March Art Week Highlights 2026
CHAT at Art Basel Hong Kong 2026
Date: 27-29.03.2026 (Preview Days on 25-26.03.2026)
CHAT booth location: HKCEC, Art Basel Hong Kong Booth | Outside Hall 1B
TALK
Image Courtesy : Chan Wai Lap
In partnership with UBS
Chan Wai Lap on Art, Memory and Communal Spaces
Hong Kong artist Chan Wai Lap joins Elaine Choi, UBS Art Collection Manager, and Takahashi Mizuki, Executive Director and Chief Curator of CHAT, in a panel moderated by Louiza Ho, Associate Curator of Tai Kwun. Together, they will discuss Chan’s creative journey, memory as a social construct, and how communal spaces shape collective and personal experience.
Speakers:
Artist Chan Wai Lap
Takahashi Mizuki, Executive Director and Chief Curator at the Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile (CHAT)
Elaine Choi, UBS Art Collection Manager
Moderator:
Louiza Ho, Associate Curator, Tai Kwun
Date: 28.03.2026
Time: 12:30-1:15pm
Venue: Auditorium, N101B, Level 1, HKCEC
Language: English with Cantonese and Mandarin simultaneous interpretation
Exchange Circle – Soft Force: Labour, Ritual and Collective Energy
Moderated by CHAT’s curator Wang Weiwei, this conversation features artists Hu Yinping and Marcos Kueh as well as guest curators Eugene Hannah Park and Wang Huan. Together, the speakers will reflect on the quiet yet enduring power of intimacy, memory, care and collective labour – forces often expressed through ‘soft’ practices such as weaving, embroidery and ritual.
Participating Artists:
HU Yinping
Marcos KUEH
Participating Curators:
Eugene Hannah PARK
WANG Huan
Moderator:
WANG Weiwei Curator, Centre for Heritage, Arts & Textile (CHAT)
Date: 26.03.2026
Time: 1:15-2:00pm
Venue: Exchange Circle, Level 1 Concourse (Near Entrance 1A), HKCEC
Language: English & Mandarin
WORKSHOPS
Chan Wai Lap, Standard Summer Uniform, 2013
1. Design Your School Uniform
Join artist Chan Wai Lap and create a uniform that inspires students to be themselves! After the workshop, Chan will select two designs to be produced and displayed as part of his installation at CHAT this July!
Date: 27.03.2026
Time: 2:00-3:00pm
Venue: CHAT Booth
2. Mini Tuskyiz Workshop
Tuskyiz is a hand-embroidered felt wall hanging, traditionally made by Kazakh mothers as a dowry for their daughters. Here, you can create your own mini tuskyiz by collaging felt pieces inspired by Central Asian ornaments, imagining the stories embedded within.
Date: 28.03.2026
Time: 2:00-3:00pm
Venue: CHAT Booth
3. Natural-Dyed Fabric Badge Workshop
Create an eco-friendly badge using fabrics dyed with food waste and natural ingredients.
Date: 28-30.03.2025
Time: 2:00-3:00pm
Venue: CHAT Booth
Venue
CHAT Art Month Shuttle Bus Service
Coming to CHAT will be even easier during Art Month! From 27 to 29 March, free shuttle buses will run between Art Basel Hong Kong and CHAT.
Passengers arriving at The Mills from the HKCEC will receive a 10% discount coupon for CHAT Shop. While stocks last!
Please refer to the shuttle bus service schedule for easier planning.
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