Art Fair Philippines 2026 took place from 6 to 8 February 2026 at Circuit Corporate Center One, The Circuit Makati. The venue brought gallery presentations, special artist projects, and public programmes into a multi-floor setting, offering visitors a focused view of Philippine modern and contemporary art. This archive guide documents that completed edition and its programme; the Circuit Makati location pertains specifically to the 2026 fair.
The fair’s interest lay in the relationship between a commercial gallery visit and a more sustained encounter with an artist’s practice. Moving between the exhibitor floors and special projects encouraged visitors to compare not only individual works, but different ways of organising an exhibition and telling an artistic history.
ArtFairPH/Projects included Imelda Cajipe Endaya’s A Votary’s Art, a selection spanning her printmaking practice. Its variety of techniques connected formal experimentation with concerns around identity, history and social experience. Ambie Abaño’s …beyond body… and Max Balatbat’s KAPILYA offered further approaches to material and installation.
The programme also presented Constancio Bernardo, Brenda V. Fajardo, Ged Unson Merino, Jon and Tessy Pettyjohn, Sa Tahanan Co., Solomon Saprid, Romeo Tabuena and Ampparito. Rather than expecting these artists to illustrate a single national style, the rewarding approach was to follow the differences between their working methods, histories and subjects.
Exhibition designers Nazareno/Lichauco conceived the Special Projects area around the memory of a neighbourhood plaza, with paths and informal meeting places connecting the presentations. The spatial arrangement made conversation and movement part of the visit, giving the projects a different character from a sequence of enclosed booths.
ArtFairPH/Digital featured The Keeper, an animated short by TRNZ made with Fleet Studios. Its story considered the pressure of achievement and the details of life that can escape attention. Seeing moving image alongside prints, painting and installation invited a change in pace rather than a single, hurried viewing routine.
The talks programme, presented with the Ateneo Art Gallery and Museum Foundation of the Philippines, extended the fair through discussion. Topics included Philippine modern artists, new materials and approaches to making, and archival practices. These sessions created opportunities to place a gallery encounter within a broader artistic conversation.
Art Fair Philippines 2026
A new Circuit Makati setting for Philippine modern and contemporary art, with gallery presentations, artist projects and public conversations.
6 February 2026 - 8 February 2026
Circuit Corporate Center One, The Circuit Makati, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Mission:
Expand the audience for Philippine visual art, support Filipino practitioners, and make modern and contemporary practices accessible through exhibitions and educational programmes.
Organizer:
Philippine Art Events, Inc.
The fair combined gallery presentations with artist-led projects, moving images, and educational discussions. Its Circuit Makati setting offered visitors several ways to explore Philippine modern and contemporary art, from an in-depth encounter with printmaking to a conversation about the conditions of artistic practice.
The 2026 edition has ended. Public opening hours were 10am–9pm from February 6 to 8. The published regular day pass cost PHP750; concessions were PHP500 for eligible students, senior citizens, and persons with disabilities, and PHP300 for eligible Makati students and teachers with valid ID. These are historical 2026 details, not current ticket offers.
Circuit Corporate Center One is within The Circuit Makati, Makati City, Metro Manila. Plan the journey to this building rather than to a previous Art Fair Philippines venue. The official visitor information listed approaches from Ayala, Buendia and Guadalupe MRT stations with onward road transport, as well as bus stops and parking within the Circuit area.
Makati offers a range of hotel locations, but allow for road traffic when comparing routes to Circuit. A district name alone is not a reliable estimate of journey time. Leave a buffer before a booked talk or meeting and avoid filling the whole day with tightly spaced appointments.
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Founded in 2013, Art Fair Philippines developed as a platform for Philippine modern and contemporary visual art, managed by Philippine Art Events, Inc. Audience development remains an important part of its purpose: talks, projects and other programmes help connect first-time visitors with practices that may initially seem unfamiliar.
For readers taking an interest in Manila’s art scene into a wider regional itinerary, our early 2027 guide to art fairs in Asia compares Singapore, New Delhi and Tokyo. It offers three different perspectives for a future trip without treating the region as a single artistic landscape.
Alternate gallery browsing with a project or discussion that rewards longer attention. Keep the artist and gallery names with permitted photographs, and ask how a work connects with the artist’s wider practice. For an installation, give yourself time to move around it rather than relying on one photograph.
For a possible acquisition, confirm medium, condition, edition details, framing and delivery with the exhibitor. In a multi-floor venue, note where you want to return before leaving a presentation. A short, well-labelled shortlist is more useful than a large collection of images without context.
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