Art & Bali 2026 Brings Art, Fashion, and Craft Into One Conversation
The second edition brought together 23 galleries, more than 300 artists, and creative voices from across Asia at Nuanu Creative City
- Art & Bali 2026 brought together 23 galleries and art spaces and more than 300 artists across Nuanu Creative City.
- What The Body Remembers connected 26 designers and makers from India and Indonesia through craft and material memory. Nuanu Future Talks:
- Fashion & Art brought more than 20 speakers into conversations around art, fashion, craft, and creative culture.
A different kind of art fair
Art & Bali 2026 opened at Nuanu Creative City on September 11, bringing 23 galleries and art spaces together with more than 300 artists. Across the 44-hectare site, gallery presentations sat alongside commissioned installations, performances, and public programmes.
The fair followed the theme Bridging Dichotomies, looking at the relationship between tradition and modernity, nature and technology, and craft and market. Rather than keeping these ideas separate, the programme used them to explore how different creative practices can meet.
Running until September 13, the second edition brought together artists, designers, curators, collectors, and cultural figures from Indonesia, Southeast Asia, India, and beyond. The setting gave these different voices room to move between disciplines and ideas.
When making holds memory
Bandana Tewari led the flagship exhibition What The Body Remembers, assistant-curated by Brina Paska, gathering 26 Indian and Indonesian designers and makers around technique as memory.
The exhibition examines the craft knowledge in cloth, dye, weave, and gesture. Juxtaposing Indian and Indonesian practices, it highlights how techniques pass down experiences and cultural memory across generations.
While Art & Bali itself ran for three days, the exhibition continues beyond the fair. What The Body Remembers remains on view at Labyrinth Art Gallery in Nuanu Creative City until November 29, 2026.
Where creative worlds meet
FashionFashionThe art and industry of designing, producing, and styling clothing, footwear, accessories, and beauty trends. It reflects cultural influences, personal expression, and evolving styles across seasons and markets.Go to Fashion Glossary took its place within the programme through Nuanu Future Talks: Fashion & Art, held on the fair’s opening day. More than 20 speakers joined six conversations covering cultural ownership, art and fashion, craft and materials, technology, and the future of creative culture in Asia.
The speakers included Irene Umar, Bandana Tewari, Svida Alisjahbana, Sanjay Garg, Toton Januar, and Budiman Ong, alongside artists, curators, designers, and cultural figures. Their discussions reflected the wider idea behind Art & Bali: that creative disciplines can inform and influence one another.
That exchange became part of what gave the fair its character. By placing art alongside fashion, craft, design, technology, and public dialogue, Art & Bali 2026 created a broader picture of the creative culture developing across Asia.
Frequently Asked Questions
It was a three-day art fair held at Nuanu Creative City in Bali. The second edition brought together galleries, artists, designers, and cultural figures.
The fair featured 23 galleries and art spaces. Its exhibitors came from Indonesia, Malaysia, Spain, Italy, Singapore, Switzerland, and the United States.
The flagship exhibition featured 26 designers and makers from India and Indonesia. It explored technique as a form of memory through cloth, dye, weave, and gesture.
The fair ran from September 11 to 13, 2026. It took place across Nuanu Creative City’s 44-hectare site.
Yes. What The Body Remembers remains on view until November 29, 2026, and is open to the public at Nuanu Creative City.
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