Art travel guide: here are the best times to visit these five Asian cities in 2025

Go beyond the sightseeing with these art events that bring together the best in the city.
Visitors exiting a traditional Japanese building in Tokyo with Art Week Tokyo banners. Art travel guide.

We’re nearly halfway into 2025 but the global art calendar never stops. If you’re bored of simply sightseeing or food-hunting and want a new perspective on a city’s culture, check out these art travel destinations that present the perfect time to experience works by the best artists and galleries they have to offer.

The ninth edition of Gallery Weekend Beijing (GWBJ) marks the start of the new Beijing Art Season, this year homing in on the intersection between art, science and technology in China’s capital, and the role of women artists and collectives in the creative sector.

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Celina Lei is ArtsHub's Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_