October 1, 2026–January 31, 2027
Now on
Sang-ah Kim’s chronological hang of Korean art in Room 35, drawn largely from the Lee Kun-hee bequest, puts National Treasures within a Tube stop of Mayfair.
Dates and planning notes →10
Culture calendarFrieze London in Regent’s Park, Busan’s cinema festival, Paris’s Art Basel week and the opening of DESIGNART TOKYO connect living artists, historical material, Asian discovery and the European market.
The selections
October 1, 2026–January 31, 2027
Now on
Sang-ah Kim’s chronological hang of Korean art in Room 35, drawn largely from the Lee Kun-hee bequest, puts National Treasures within a Tube stop of Mayfair.
Dates and planning notes →Europe’s Asia-focused contemporary fair returns to the Monnaie de Paris for its twelfth edition, timed with Design Miami Paris and Art Basel Paris.
Dates and planning notes →October 20–25, 2026
Upcoming
Design Miami’s Paris edition returns to the eighteenth-century hôtel particulier on Rue de l’Université, the collectible-design stop during Art Basel Paris week.
Dates and planning notes →October 22, 2026
Upcoming
Kyoto’s Festival of the Ages walks the city’s ceremonial wardrobe from the Imperial Palace to Heian Jingu, moving backward from the Meiji Restoration toward the founding of Heian-kyo.
Dates and planning notes →October 23–25, 2026
Upcoming
Art Basel’s Paris edition brings 211 galleries to the Grand Palais while museum, design and gallery programmes extend the week across the city.
Dates and planning notes →October 24–November 9, 2026
Upcoming
For seventeen autumn days, the Nara National Museum brings a small selection of Shōsō-in treasures into public view, from imperial game pieces to objects shaped by Silk Road exchange.
Dates and planning notes →October 29–November 10, 2026
Upcoming
London’s autumn Asian-art week gathers dealers, auction houses and museum talks across Mayfair and St James’s, the walking counterpart to March on Madison.
Dates and planning notes →October 30–November 2, 2026
Upcoming
Taiwan’s gallery-association fair, now in its thirty-third year, fills World Trade Center Hall 1 in Xinyi after Taipei Dangdai stepped aside.
Dates and planning notes →October 30–November 8, 2026
Upcoming
Tokyo’s tenth citywide design-and-art festival spreads interiors, fashion, craft and installations from a temporary KK Line main stage through Aoyama, Harajuku and Daikanyama.
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