Art Central, In Collaboration With The Hong Kong Tourism Board, Presents The Hong Kong Art Month Discovery Guide And Introduces Travel And Experience Packages
Inviting visitors to Hong Kong Art Month for a cultural journey connecting art and the city
HONG KONG SAR
- Media OutReach Newswire - 18 March 2026 - Art Central, in
collaboration with the Hong Kong Tourism Board, is launching a digital Hong
Kong Art Month Discovery Guide alongside a series of travel and
experience packages for the Fair's eleventh edition. These offerings bring
visitors from the Greater Bay Area and overseas a seamless art travel
experience, allowing them to enjoy Hong Kong's diverse hotels, dining,
attractions, and transport networks alongside their visit to the Fair.
As a cornerstone
event of Hong Kong Art Month, Art Central returns to the iconic Central
Harbourfront from 25 to 29 March 2026. The Fair brings together contemporary
art, curated programmes, and a vibrant community of galleries, artists,
collectors, overseas visitors, and local audiences to build a dynamic platform
for artistic exchange. Art Central 2026 is financially supported by the Mega
Arts and Cultural Events Fund under the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau of
the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government.
Entering its second decade, Art Central 2026 will assemble 117 galleries and
500 artists from Hong Kong, Asia, and around the world, further reinforcing its
position as an integral platform for discovery and exchange among collectors
and curators. Co-curated by Enoch Cheng and Zoie Yung, the Fair's eleventh
edition will present a series of artistic programmes—including performances,
video art, large-scale installations, and talks—examining the frictions and
intimacies that shape contemporary social and virtual life, foregrounding
emergent Asian voices.
To enrich the artistic journey for visitors, Art Central, in partnership with
the Hong Kong Tourism Board, proudly presents the digital Hong Kong Art
Month Discovery Guide. The guide compiles exciting events across the city's
art districts, covering gallery exhibitions, special museum showcases, and
performing arts programmes across Central, Sheung Wan, Wan Chai, Tai Hang, the
Southern District, Tsim Sha Tsui, and the West Kowloon Cultural District.
Beyond visual arts, the guide offers detailed dining recommendations in the
vicinity, perfectly illustrating Hong Kong's diverse culinary culture. The
curated selections range from local street food and refined Cantonese cuisine
to Michelin-starred contemporary European dining. Featured establishments
include MIAN, Amber, Belon, L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon, Chinesology, Gu Liang
Cai, and the historic Luk Yu Tea House. Through this comprehensive guide,
visitors can easily navigate the city's streets and alleys alongside their
visit to Art Central, seamlessly transitioning from visual arts to culinary
delights while deeply experiencing Hong Kong's unique charm as Asia's events
capital. Explore more in the Hong Kong Art Month Discovery Guide.
To allow visitors to incorporate the Fair into their broader Hong Kong
itineraries with ease, Art Central has introduced a brand-new Flexible
Date Ticket, available in limited quantities exclusively during the advance
sale period. Holders of the Flexible Date Ticket may select any single
day between 25 and 29 March 2026 for entry during general admission hours
without the need for advance date selection.
Art Central has also launched comprehensive packages on various travel
platforms covering accommodation, attractions, and transportation for the
convenience of visitors. For example, through Ctrip, visitors can
book curated packages combining Fair admission with selected offers and enjoy
a HK$50 no-minimum-spend Uber Taxi promo code with the purchase of any ticket,
easily charting a cultural journey connecting art and city life.
Ctrip's accommodation bundles span top-tier five-star luxury properties such as
Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong, Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, and The Murray, Hong
Kong, as well as boutique options including The Pottinger Hong Kong, offering
convenient and elevated choices for cultural getaways and weekend itineraries.
Additionally, attraction bundles will extend the Fair experience to multiple
transportation options and popular leisure destinations, including the Peak
Tram, the Hong Kong Observation Wheel, the Star Ferry, and the Airport Express.
This allows visitors to integrate transportation, accommodation, and urban
cultural experiences, extending their exhibition visit into a city journey
exploring Hong Kong's art and lifestyle.
Furthermore, Art Central has launched combo packages on Klook,
pairing the Flexible Date Ticket with admission to the Hong Kong Observation
Wheel at the Central Harbourfront (HK$302) or a Cupping Room coffee e-voucher
(HK$314). These allow visitors to take in the spectacular views of Victoria
Harbour or take a relaxing coffee break following their visit to the Fair.
After viewing the exhibition, visitors can also take the "WestK
Ferry" from Central Pier 9—a short eight-minute ferry ride—to effortlessly
reach the West Kowloon Cultural District and continue their exploration at M+,
the Hong Kong Palace Museum, and the WestK FunFest.
Package offers are exclusively available for purchase via Ctrip and Klook. For
more details regarding participating hotels, dining, attractions, and transport
partners, please visit artcentralhongkong.com/tickets. Ticket Packages might be
subject to change without prior notice and are available in limited quantities
while stocks last.
- Ctrip: https://m.ctrip.com/tangram/MjM3OTAz?ctm_ref=vactang_page_237903&isHideNavBar=YES&apppgid=10650019968&statusBarStyle=2
- Klook: https://www.klook.com/en-HK/activity/188904-art-central-ticket/?spm=Activity.TopNavigation.SelectCurrency&clickId=acd899af1
Art Central 2026 Package Offers
|
Category |
Package |
Price |
Booking Channel |
Remarks |
|
Fair Ticket |
Art Central Advance Ticket + |
Adult: HK$180 |
Ctrip |
|
|
Experience |
Art Central Advance Ticket |
Adult: HK$305 |
Ctrip |
|
|
Experience |
Art Central Advance Ticket + |
Adult: HK$164 |
Ctrip |
|
|
Experience |
Art Central Advance Ticket + Star Ferry World Star /
Shining Star Water Tour Ticket + Uber Taxi HK$50 Promo Code |
Adult: HK$351 |
Ctrip |
|
|
Transport |
Art Central Advance Ticket + |
Child: HK$89 |
Ctrip |
|
|
F&B |
Art Central Advance Flexible Date Ticket + |
HK$314 |
Klook |
|
|
Experience |
Art Central Advance Flexible Date Ticket + |
HK$302 |
Klook |
|
|
Hotel |
Art Central Advance Ticket + Hotel Bundle |
RMB ¥581+ |
Ctrip |
Options include: |
Opening Dates and Hours
Tuesday 24 March
VIP Preview (by invitation)
Wednesday 25 March
Fair Hours 12 pm – 5 pm
Night Central 5 pm – 9 pm
Thursday 26 March
Fair Hours 12 pm – 7 pm
Friday 27 March
Fair Hours 12pm – 7 pm
Saturday 28 March
Fair Hours 11 am – 7 pm
Sunday 29 March
Fair Hours 11 am – 5 pm
Venue
Central Harbourfront Hong Kong, 9 Lung Wo Road
https://artcentralhongkong.com/
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Wechat: https://artcentralhongkong.com/wechat/
https://www.instagram.com/artcentralhk/
About Art
Central
Art Central, a
cornerstone event of Hong Kong Art Week, presents the next generation of talent
from Asia's most forward-thinking galleries alongside celebrated artists from
across the globe. Since its inaugural edition in 2015, Art Central has
established itself as a leading platform for innovation in contemporary art,
advancing the profiles of artists and galleries and reinforcing their presence
within the international art landscape. Today, the Fair is recognised for the
strength of its curatorial programming and as a vital meeting point for
discovery and exchange among collectors and curators representing private,
corporate, and institutional collections worldwide.
Fair Director
Corey Andrew Barr joined Art Central as Fair Director in 2019. A
champion of Hong Kong artists, Barr has expanded the Fair's platform to
highlight local talent and underscore its position as a benchmark for aspiring
galleries from around the world. He was formerly the director of a prominent
Hong Kong- and London-based gallery focusing on contemporary Asian art, and
prior to that, served as Specialist and Head of Sales for Phillips in New York,
where he also organised exhibitions of contemporary art, photography, and
design by leading international artists.
Curator
Enoch Cheng is an artist-curator whose work spans curation, moving
image, installation, performance, dance, and fashion. His cross-disciplinary
multimedia practice reinterprets norms, stories, and myths through contemporary
lenses, drawing on a range of creative practices and engaging audiences through
diverse cultural traditions. Cheng was awarded the Asian Cultural Council
Fellowship (2020) and held artist residencies at the Museum of Arts and Design,
New York (2022), and the American Museum of Natural History, New York (2020).
He was most recently named Artist of the Year (Visual Arts) at the 2025 Hong
Kong Arts Development Awards, recognising his contributions to the arts,
including his role at Art Central since 2024.
Curator
Zoie Yung, currently based in Hong Kong, is an independent exhibition
consultant and curator, and former exhibition manager of chi K11 art museum in
Shanghai. She provides a unique approach to exhibition production by combining
practice in exhibition spatial arrangement and her knowledge of Chinese Xuanxue
as well as Western astrology. Selected recent exhibitions include Wonder-verse
(chi K11 art space, Hong Kong, 2022) and Curve of Buoyancy (Duddell's, Hong
Kong, 2021). She also actively organises public education campaigns; she has
collaborated with local organisations, including Tai Kwun Contemporary, Para
Site, 1a Space, and Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre.
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About Mega Arts and Cultural Events (ACE) Fund
The Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region Government sets up the Mega ACE Fund to attract and support
international or large-scale arts and cultural events which bring significant
arts, cultural or economic values and can be recurrent and anchored in Hong
Kong, or events which can bring exceptionally significant arts or cultural
merit, as well as publicity and image building values to Hong Kong as an arts
and cultural hub with a view to contributing to Hong Kong's development into an
arts and cultural metropolis as well as a tourist destination, providing
development opportunities for the arts, cultural and creative sectors, and
facilitating arts and cultural exchange.
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