ArtAsiaPacific: 2026 Art Basel Award Winners Announced

ArtAsiaPacific opens its coverage of the 2026 Art Basel Awards with Kulapat Yantrasast — leading a year that recognizes a strong cohort of Southeast Asian practitioners.

“In the Cross-Disciplinary Creator category, Kulapat Yantrasast — the Los Angeles-based Thai architect behind Bangkok’s Dib Museum, who is also overseeing the design of the forthcoming Kontempo – Center for Contemporary Art in Manila — was nominated alongside American artist, musician, and filmmaker Laurie Anderson and South African architect Sumayya Vally, pointing to the intersections between contemporary art and other creative fields.”

The 2026 Medalists will be honored at Art Basel in Basel (15-21 June 2026), with Gold Awardees to be announced at Art Basel Miami Beach in December.

Photo: Courtesy WHY Architecture.