Nuanu announces Art & Bali 2026 Dates and Appoints Bandana Tewari and Brina Paska to Curate Its Annual Exhibition

30 March 2026, Nuanu Creative City, Bali - Nuanu Creative City announces the return of Art & Bali 2026, set to take place from 11–13 September 2026. Building on the momentum of last year’s inaugural edition, which presented work by more than 150 artists across 18 exhibitors and a curated annual group exhibition, and welcomed more than 10,000 visitors to Nuanu Creative City across the event period, the fair continues to grow as a focused, site-specific platform for contemporary art in dialogue with the cultural and material realities of the region.

Conceived as a boutique international art fair rooted in Bali while engaged with wider regional and global conversations, Art & Bali brings together galleries, artists, collectors, and cultural practitioners within a setting shaped by the island’s layered artistic and ceremonial life. The 2026 edition will place greater emphasis on its marketplace, with 20 exhibitors in the main section, while continuing to develop as a cultural meeting point for artistic exchange, thoughtful collecting, and cross-disciplinary dialogue.

“Indonesia’s cultural landscape is extraordinary and still largely underrepresented in the international art world. That’s the gap Art & Bali is here to address.” said Lev Kroll, CEO of Nuanu Creative City. “In a world that sometimes feels like it’s coming apart, art is one of the few things that still brings the right people into the same room. When I see investors and future residents — people with serious skin in this place — genuinely moved by what they discover here, it confirms something: culture isn’t decoration. That's the whole point.”

“Art & Bali is part of a wider effort by different organisers on the island to build stronger platforms for contemporary art in this region that can operate to an international standard. For us, that means shaping a fair that is culturally grounded, commercially credible, and open to a wider range of audiences and conversations. We are not interested in applying an existing model from elsewhere, but in developing one that makes sense here in Bali and can grow with depth and integrity over time,” said Kelsang Dolma, Fair Director of Art & Bali.

As part of the 2026 edition, Art & Bali has appointed Bandana Tewari as curator, with Brina Paska as assistant curator, for the fair’s annual curated exhibition. The exhibition will focus on the intersections of fashion, art, and craft, examining how material knowledge, adornment, labour, memory, and embodiment move across contemporary practice.

“This exhibition will explore the intersections of fashion, art and craft as powerful forms of cultural expression,” said Bandana Tewari. “We are focused on practices that embody memory, technique, intimacy, labor and transformation. Developing this project in Bali, where craft and ritual are not only vibrant but also continually evolving, is both timely and exciting.” she added.

Bandana Tewari is widely recognised for her work across fashion, culture, and sustainability, with a curatorial lens shaped by long-standing engagement with craft traditions, contemporary design, and critical discourse across Asia and beyond. Brina Paska brings a curatorial perspective grounded in contemporary art, Indonesian textile cultures, and exhibition-making rooted in local knowledge. Together, they will shape an exhibition that sees fashion and craft not as fixed categories, but as living cultural languages bound up with making, memory, identity, and material practice.

Alongside its main fair section, Art & Bali 2026 will unfold through a wider public programme that includes talks, performances, and site-responsive works staged across key venues within Nuanu Creative City’s 44-hectare site. Together, these elements reflect the fair’s commitment to creating a platform that is both commercially focused and culturally engaged. Further details on exhibitors, participating galleries, artists, ticketing, and programme highlights will be announced ahead of the opening.

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