Swire Properties’ Arts Month 2026 Presents Mixed-Media and Multisensory Art Experiences Across the City

Swire Properties’ Arts Month 2026, the Company’s annual celebration of arts and culture, invites audiences on an immersive journey through mixed-media and large-scale art installations across Taikoo Place, Cityplaza, Pacific Place and Starstreet Precinct, as well as Upper House Hong Kong and EAST Hong Kong. This year’s programme continues Swire Properties’ commitment to bringing arts and culture into the wider community.

Marking its 14th year of partnership with Art Basel Hong Kong, the Company will once again present the Swire Properties VIP Lounge, themed Into the Wild. Designed by Oscar-nominated production and costume designer and film editor William Chang, the installation features approximately 4,000 handcrafted blades inspired by Chinese silvergrass, a native Hong Kong plant. Together, they form an immersive field that will stage the live Dialogue Series.

“Arts Month has become one of the most anticipated events on Swire Properties’ calendar. We are excited to present an expanded and reimagined programme this year, extending the reach of our arts and cultural offerings to more locations than ever before,” said Tim Blackburn, Chief Executive of Swire Properties.

“Arts and culture are central to how we shape our places. They invite people to explore our neighbourhoods in new ways, spark connections, inspire conversations, and create enduring experiences. This year’s programmes—diverse in form and perspective—reflect our ongoing commitment to integrating meaningful cultural encounters into everyday life, while contributing to Hong Kong’s vibrancy as Asia’s cultural capital.”

Swire Properties Arts Month 2026 Highlights

Taikoo Place’s ArtisTree will present ArtisTree Selects: Imagination Investments—a comprehensive three-part exhibition of photographs, paintings, and installation works by celebrated artist Coco Capitán. At ArtisTree, Naïvy channels the artist's love of the sea, as both a subject and a metaphor. More than 50 photographs, and a selection of paintings and text-based works, will lead viewers through an absorbing gallery space that echoes Hong Kong's maritime past, present and future.

Memory Adoption Bureau at 67/F One Island East – the top floor of the iconic skyscraper in Taikoo Place, breaks new ground as a participatory artwork, inviting visitors to engage with overlooked and forgotten memories drawn from incredible photographic archives around the world. A curated journey between ArtisTree and 67/F One Island East, I Read While I Walk is an immersive installation that applies the artist's famous aphorisms playfully across the very fabric of Hong Kong.

Joining Arts Month for the first time, Cityplaza will introduce IN ART WE SHARE – CITY ART LOUNGE, a dynamic platform where art, music, culture and inspiration converge. Anchoring the experience is Perpetual Discussion Platforms, a large-scale, multicoloured sculptural work by contemporary British artist Liam Gillick, complemented by live musical performances.

For the fourth consecutive year, Pacific Place will host the only offsite Encounters presentation of Art Basel Hong Kong, supported by Swire Properties, the Official Partner of offsite Encounters. A site-specific digital animation installation, A String of Echo Traps by Christine Sun Kim, will transform Pacific Place into a landscape of visual resonance, exploring echoes as a metaphor for communication across languages.

At the neighbouring Starstreet Precinct, I Have Anticipated You II, a cactus-themed sculptural work by Mexican artist Gabriel Rico, will be installed outside Three Pacific Place on Star Street. The work invites audiences into a psychological game, encouraging them to project desires, interests and ideals onto the cactus to form a hybrid entity that exists between plant and animal.

As Official Partner of Art Basel Hong Kong, Upper House Hong Kong’s The Tea Room will be taken over by artisanal luxury brand Philip Huang for a week-long programme of cross-disciplinary conversations with artists and collaborators. Themed around community and making, the programme will feature a conversation with Jakkai Siributr, one of Southeast Asia’s most important contemporary artists working with textiles, and a Kulaparty salon with renowned architect Kulapat Yantrasast of WHY Architecture, known for the extension of the Louvre’s Department of Byzantine and Eastern Christian Art, and the renovation of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Rockefeller Wing, amongst other conversations and workshops.

In collaboration with local social enterprise r é n, EAST Hong Kong will present r é n @ EAST, a month-long celebration of art and community. The hotel lobby will be transformed into an exhibition space showcasing works by artists from Hong Kong and London, highlighting the accessibility of art. The programme will commence with the “Ideas to Wake Up To” panel discussion and will feature a fundraising pop-up stall offering exclusive collaboration merchandise to support the beneficiaries of  r é n.

Swire Properties Arts Month 2026 at a Glance

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A site-specific digital animation installation, A String of Echo Traps by Christine Sun Kim, will transform Pacific Place into a landscape of visual resonance.

At Starstreet Precinct, a cactus-themed sculptural work, I Have Anticipated You II, will be installed outside Three Pacific Place on Star Street.

Contemporary British artist Liam Gillick.

EAST Hong Kong will present r é n @ EAST, transforming the hotel lobby into an exhibition, while featuring a fundraising pop-up stall to support the beneficiaries of r é n.

About Swire Properties
Swire Properties develops and manages commercial, retail, hotel, and residential properties, with a particular focus on mixed-use developments in prime locations at major mass transportation intersections. Swire Properties is listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and its investment portfolio in Hong Kong comprises Taikoo Place, Pacific Place, Cityplaza and Citygate. The Company’s completed portfolio in Hong Kong comprises approximately 1.54 million sqm (approximately 16.5 million sq ft) of space.

In the Chinese Mainland, Swire Properties has six completed developments. They include Taikoo Li Sanlitun and INDIGO Phase One^ in Beijing, HKRI Taikoo Hui and Taikoo Li Qiantan in Shanghai, Taikoo Hui Guangzhou and Taikoo Li Chengdu. Taikoo Place Beijing^{^}, Taikoo Li Xi'an, Taikoo Li Sanya, the expansion of Taikoo Li Qiantan, Lujiazui Taikoo Yuan in Shanghai and Taikoo Li Julong Wan Guangzhou are currently under development. The Company’s completed portfolio in the Chinese Mainland comprises approximately 1.3 million sqm (14 million sq ft) of space.

In addition to Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland, the Company has a presence in Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand and Miami, USA.

Swire Properties has achieved global leadership in sustainable development with its No. 1 ranking in the Dow Jones Best-in-Class World Index 2024 (formerly known as Dow Jones Sustainability World Index), in the Real Estate Management & Development Industry category.

Visit Swire Properties’ website at www.swireproperties.com

^Taikoo Place Beijing will include the existing INDIGO upon completion.

About Art Basel
Founded in 1970 by gallerists from Basel, Art Basel today stages the world’s premier art shows for Modern and Contemporary art, sited in Basel, Miami Beach, Hong Kong, Paris, and Qatar. Defined by its host city and region, each show is unique, which is reflected in its participating galleries, artworks presented, and the content of parallel programming produced in collaboration with local institutions for each edition. Art Basel’s engagement has expanded through new digital platforms including Zero 10 and the Art Basel App, and initiatives such as the Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report and Survey of Global Collecting, Art Basel Awards, and Art Basel Shop. For further information, please visit artbasel.com.