The Banquet Calendar

01

The cultural year opens in Singapore, where a citywide programme places Southeast Asian institutions and independent spaces beside the region’s international fair.

02

New Delhi brings South Asian modernism, contemporary practice, design and patronage into one concentrated fair week.

03

Hong Kong’s fair week connects the Asia-Pacific market with museums, galleries, private foundations and the wider culture of the city.

04

Geneva’s watch establishment and Milan’s design industry make April the calendar’s month for objects, rooms and the businesses that shape them.

05

Venice opens a six-month exhibition in which national representation, diasporic practice and curatorial authority become visible across an entire city.

06

The international art market gathers in Basel, offering a useful measure of which artists, galleries and institutions are receiving global weight.

07

Kyoto’s Gion Matsuri turns ritual, textiles, architecture and neighborhood stewardship into a month-long public cultural programme.

08

Tokushima reorganizes itself around Awa Odori, giving collective dance, dress and live music the scale of a citywide institution.

09

Frieze and Kiaf meet Seoul’s museums and gallery districts during the defining week of Korea’s international art calendar.

10

Paris brings the fair market into conversation with museums, fashion, design and a long history of Asian and diasporic modernism.

11

Shanghai’s West Bund places the Chinese market inside a riverfront district built from fairs, museums, galleries and public cultural investment.

12

Miami closes the circuit where Asian and Asian-diaspora practices meet institutions, collectors and galleries working across the Americas.