AVA is delighted to announce our role as a Cultural Partner of Art Basel Hong Kong 2026. Alongside our presence at the HKCEC, we present the parallel exhibition “Between Image and Index”. This show brings together 33 artists and artist groups, ranging from emerging to established talents, based in Hong Kong, Macau, Shenzhen, Frankfurt, Berlin, Lisbon, Kraków and Katowice.

The Academy of Visual Arts (AVA) is delighted to announce our role as a Cultural Partner of Art Basel Hong Kong 2026. Alongside our presence at the HKCEC, we present the parallel exhibition “Between Image and Index”. This show brings together 33 artists and artist groups, ranging from emerging to established talents, based in Hong Kong, Macau, Shenzhen, Frankfurt, Berlin, Lisbon, Kraków and Katowice.

In a world saturated by digital screens and technology advancement, images are no longer just "windows" to reality, they are further instrumentalised in shaping our belief and attention in daily lives. This exhibition moves beyond fixed representations to explore the traces behind and "in-between" spaces where meaning is made together with the pictorial form.

Spanning two venues, the HKBU Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery and the AVA Gallery at Kai Tak, this distributed exhibition invites you to experience art through movement and encounter.

Exhibition Period | 19 March - 12 April 2026, TUE–SUN 13:00–19:00 (Closed on Mondays)
Opening Reception | 18 March 2026 (WED) 18:00 (RSVP)
Venues |

1. Koo Ming Kown Exhibition Gallery, Lee Shau Kee Communication and Visual Arts Building, HKBU (5 Hereford Road, Kowloon Tong)
2. AVA Gallery, Kai Tak Campus, HKBU (51 Kwun Tong Road, Kowloon)

Exhibition Registration | https://forms.office.com/r/YG8yx4gqQf
Enquiry | ava@hkbu.edu.hk

Ana Paula dos Santos, Benedikt Ackermann, Bill Becker, Chan Sai Lok 阿三, Chan See Kwong Ray 陳思光, Cheong Kin Man & Marta Stanisława Sala 張健文 & 瑪打沙律, Du Kunxiao Rose 杜坤曉, Foreseen Agency (Chan Kachi & Wong Wing Shan Pat 陳家智 & 黃詠珊), Jiang Suxuan 姜蘇軒, Tobias Klein 簡鳴謙, Lai Mei Kei 黎美琪, Lai Long Sang 黎朗生, Gerry Li 李嘉睿, Li Jiaxin 李佳昕, Law Yuen Ying Lola 羅苑櫻, Lin Htet Aung 敖林德, Liu Zexuan 劉澤軒, Man Ching Ying Phoebe 文晶瑩, Mari Kalabegashvili, Nina Nadig, Peter Nelson 彼得倪森, Qin Miaosheng Bard 秦苗升, Samuel Swope, Shen Shaomin 沈少民, PRS (Picture Rhythm Studios), Daniel Stempfer, Tam Wai Ping Lukas 譚偉平, Tomás Maglione, Tse Chun Sing 謝俊昇, Tom O'Dea, Sunny Wang 王鈴蓁, Wong Wo Bik 王禾璧, Zhang Shi Fei 張時飛

Chief Curator: Janet Fong Man Yee 方敏兒 
Curator: Yang Tong 楊桐
Curatorial Team: Yuriy Lee Yu Suen 李雨璇, Charlotte Li 李晞琳