Art Basel Qatar Names Participants For 2027 Edition

Art Basel Qatar has announced 82 galleries from 37 countries and territories for its second edition, slated to run from January 28–30 in Msheireb Downtown Doha. 30 exhibitors are newcomers, including Jhaveri Contemporary, Richard Saltoun, and Hanart TZ Gallery, while returning exhibitors include Gagosian, Perrotin, David Zwirner, Nature Morte, and Axel Vervoordt. The tally is down slightly from the inaugural edition’s 87, with Hauser & Wirth and Pace Gallery opting not to return as the region faces renewed geopolitical uncertainty. Each gallery will mount a solo-artist presentation responding to the theme “between / بين,” conceived by Iraqi curator Wassan Al-Khudhairi. In a statement, she describes it as a “liminal space of possibility, where different perspectives, histories, and ideas meet and new ways of seeing emerge.”

Hong Jin-hwon Wins Korean Artist Prize 2026

Photojournalist-turned-artist Hong Jin-hwon has been awarded the Korean Artist Prize 2026 by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA Seoul). Announced on October 28, the prize recognizes his use of photography, video, and web programming to examine how political struggle is staged and circulated as imagery. His new video The Highest Form of the Image Is Armed Struggle (2026) sets the rhetoric of past revolutionary movements against scenes from present-day South Korean rallies. Charmaine Toh, acting head of curatorial at Tate Modern and a member of the six-person jury, said the work reveals how tensions are “represented as images, and questions the visual systems through which we see and understand reality.” Hong was chosen from four finalists, whose works, including those of Lee Hai Min Sun, Lee Jung-woo, and Jeon Hyun-sun, are on view at MMCA Seoul through December 6.

Nolan Jimbo Joins Whitney Museum as Arnhold Associate Curator

The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York has appointed Nolan Jimbo as its Arnhold associate curator, effective November 16, succeeding Rujeko Hockley. Jimbo, who specializes in Asian diasporic artists, is currently assistant curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. During his five-year tenure there, he organized two collection exhibitions and various solo shows for artists such as Kenzi Shiokava (2026) and Gregory Bae (2022). He also co-directed the MCA DNA Research Initiative, a multiyear program dedicated to studying the museum’s collection and archives, and held curatorial positions at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art and the Dallas Museum of Art. At the Whitney, he will oversee exhibitions and public programs. In a statement, Jimbo noted, “I look forward to building upon [the Whitney’s] legacy while advocating for emerging and overlooked artistic practices, particularly at this moment when the museum is attracting ever younger and more diverse audiences.”

Irini Papadimitriou Tapped to Lead 14th Seoul Mediacity Biennale

The Seoul Museum of Art has appointed Irini Papadimitriou as artistic director of the 14th Seoul Mediacity Biennale, set to open in August 2027. The forthcoming exhibition, titled “Machines of Repair,”  will examine how societies, power systems, and art are impacted by emerging technologies. Currently director of exhibitions at Diriyah Art Futures in Riyadh, Papadimitriou previously worked at London’s V&A and Manchester’s FutureEverything. She also served as artistic director of the 2023 Busan Sea Art Festival. In a press release, she remarked, “At a time when technological innovation is too often driven by conquest, extraction, surveillance, and control, . . . my vision is to open up a space for collective imagination and dialogue, asking how technology might be reoriented towards infrastructures of the public good.

Harrie Fasher Wins 2026 Sculpture by the Sea Prize
New South Wales-based artist Harrie Fasher received the AUD 70,000 (USD 49,200) Aqualand Sculpture Award for Unveiling the Edges of the Sky (2026), currently on display at Sydney’s annual Sculpture by the Sea. Fasher, who is renowned for her large-scale installations and small-format works, is the fourth woman to win the prize in its 30-year history. A six-by-five-meter web-like construction of steel, bronze, and timber, Unveiling explores female strength, intuition, and the disintegration of the ego. The abstract sculpture joins 99 others made by local and international artists at this year’s edition, spanning two kilometers of the Bondi to Tamarama Beach Walk and Marks Park. The outdoor exhibition remains open to the public through November 2.