Asia NOW 2025 Fair Returns to Paris with Focus on West and South Asia, New Sections and Prizes
Monnaie de Paris will host Asia NOW 2025 from October 22 to 26, with a VIP preview scheduled for October 21. This eleventh edition will present approximately 70 galleries featuring solo or duo exhibitions by artists from 28 Asian regions. The overarching theme, 'Grow,' delves into perspectives that transcend East-West divisions. A new segment, The Third Space, highlights collaboration among galleries and hybridity, particularly focusing on West and South Asia. Notable new participants include GALLERY 2, Arario Gallery, and Baik Art. Performances will showcase Ahaad Alamoudi's 'Ghosts of Today and Tomorrow' and Pascal Hachem's memory explorations. The RAK ART FOUNDATION Prize will grant two artists a residency in Bahrain, with jury discussions taking place on October 23–24, 2025.
Key facts
- Asia NOW 2025 runs October 22-26 at Monnaie de Paris with VIP preview October 21
- Features around 70 galleries from 28 Asian territories
- Curatorial theme is 'Grow,' focusing on perception transformation
- Introduces The Third Space section for hybrid collaborations
- Highlights West Asia and South Asia in programming
- New screening program Cinema NOW launches
- RAK ART FOUNDATION Prize offers Bahrain residency to two artists
- Supported by Sisley and French Embassy to Pakistan
Entities
Artists
- Ahaad Alamoudi
- Hamra Abbas
- Feroza Hakim
- Mella Jaarsma
- Imran Qureshi
- Fazal Rizvi
- Abuzar Madhu
- Laila Tara H
- Jungwon Jay Hur
- Han Mengyun
- Mohammed Al Faraj
- Pascal Hachem
- Basir Mahmood
- Chathuri Nissansala
- Subas Tamang
- Rahema Zaheer
Institutions
- Asia NOW
- Monnaie de Paris
- Esther Schipper
- Sabrina Amrani
- NIKA Project Space
- carlier | gebauer
- Kaikai Kiki
- O Art Space
- Yeo Workshop
- Gallery SIDE 2
- TANG Contemporary Art
- GALLERY 2
- Arario Gallery
- Baik Art
- KLEMM’S
- Capsule
- Studio Gallery
- Regeneration Art Gallery
- Stems Gallery
- Method Art Space
- Rajiv Menon Contemporary Gallery
- Tao Art Gallery
- Art Manzil
- HATCH Gallery
- Third Born
- Lahore Biennale Foundation
- COLOMBOSCOPE
- Sharjah Biennial
- Biennale BCK
- Brown University
- Arts Afalula
- Current Plans
- M+ museum
- Poush
- 91530 Le Marais
- Arts & Ideas
- Saudi Visual Arts Commission
- AFALULA
- French Agency for AlUla Development
- French Embassy to Pakistan
- Pakistan International Airlines
- NOWNESS
- Kochi Biennale
- Jaipur Centre for Artists' Cinema
- RAK ART FOUNDATION
- The Art Station
- Arter Foundation
- Centre for Contemporary Art, Tashkent
- Nottingham Contemporary
- Sisley
Locations
- Paris
- France
- Berlin
- Germany
- New York City
- USA
- Seoul
- South Korea
- Madrid
- Spain
- Dubai
- United Arab Emirates
- Tokyo
- Japan
- Lahore
- Pakistan
- Singapore
- Jeju Island
- Los Angeles
- Jakarta
- Indonesia
- Shanghai
- China
- Tashkent
- Uzbekistan
- Brussels
- Belgium
- Mumbai
- India
- Toronto
- Canada
- México D.F.
- Mexico
- Sri Lanka
- Colombo
- Greece
- Bahrain
- Istanbul
- Turkey
- AlUla
- Saudi Arabia
- Al Hasa
- Lebanon