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Art Basel Hong Kong

Swire Properties Arts Month returns in 2026 — celebrating art in everyday life and sparking connection, curiosity and inspiration.

This year’s Swire Properties VIP Lounge at Art Basel Hong Kong, Into the Wild, is designed by Oscar-nominated production, costume designer and film editor William Chang. Inspired by Hong Kong’s native plant Chinese silvergrass, the immersive installation features 4,000 handcrafted blades and hosts the Dialogue Series of panel discussions and artist talks.

At Pacific Place, the only offsite Encounters of Art Basel Hong Kong returns with a site-specific digital animation installation, A String of Echo Traps by Christine Sun Kim — an American sound artist, performer and activist whose practice explores the politics of sound, language and communication.

Meanwhile, the Starstreet Precinct presents I Have Anticipated You II by Gabriel Rico on Star Street . Rico, a Mexican contemporary artist, pairs found, collected and manufactured materials to create sculptures that reflect on the relationship between humans and the natural environment.

As Official Partner of Art Basel Hong Kong, Upper House Hong Kong’s The Tea Room will host a week-long programme led by sustainable fashion designer Philip Huang, exploring community and making through cross-disciplinary conversations.

 At Taikoo Place, ArtisTree Selects: Imagination Investments by Coco Capitán unfolds as a three-part exhibition. Capitán’s practice moves fluidly between fine art and commercial contexts, working across photography, painting and prose.

Cityplaza will host IN ART WE SHARE – CITY ART LOUNGE, anchored by Perpetual Discussion Platforms, a large-scale sculptural work by contemporary British artist Liam Gillick, alongside live music and a Media Lounge.

An exciting collaboration between r é n and EAST Hong Kong presents r é n @ EAST, showcasing works by artists from Hong Kong and London to transform EAST Hong Kong’s Lobby to an exhibition space.

Together, these programmes invite audiences to encounter art and new experience as part of everyday city life.

Into the Wild

Designed by William Chang—Oscar‑nominated Hong Kong production and costume designer and film editor—the 2026 Swire Properties VIP Lounge marks the designer’s first art‑led spatial installation. Renowned for his cinematic sensibility and graceful command of visual language, Chang brings a new dimensionality to space through form, material and light.  

Set against sweeping views of Victoria Harbour, the installation introduces a natural sensibility into the HKCEC’s architectural setting. "Into the Wild" comprises approximately 4,000 finely crafted ‘blades’, each rising in slender, multi‑faceted form and finished in vivid blue, red and mirrored surfaces. Together, they form an immersive field animated by shifting colour, reflection and light as surrounding conditions change throughout the day. 

The gently curving blades draw inspiration from Chinese silvergrass, a fast‑growing, native plant that transforms Hong Kong’s countryside into luminous fields each autumn, embodying strength, adaptability and uplifting vitality. 

Within this immersive "field", the Lounge continues to host Swire Properties’ Dialogue Series, presenting conversations with leading voices in arts and design. The installation functions not only as a visual experience, but also as a spatial framework for exchange – where art, creativity, and dialogue intersect. 

Lighting: Speirs Major 
Lounge Production: Work Shop Production

Swire Properties Dialogue Series

The Swire Properties Dialogue Series reconvenes to Art Basel Hong Kong in 2026 with a lively programme of panel discussions and artist talks. Presented in collaboration with the Financial Times and FTChinese.com, the series brings together leading voices from museums, creative industries and the art market. Topics range from storytelling in public space, new museum models and multidisciplinary practice to cultural placemaking, shifts in the Asian art market, and the impact of technology on creative production.