Art Jakarta Paper 2026

Art Jakarta Papers is the inaugural fair dedicated entirely to paper-based art, is coming to City Hall at Pondok Indah Mall 3 from 5–8 February 2026, bringing together 28 galleries from Indonesia and across Asia in a four-day-long exhibition, installations, and public programmes.

The fair was conceived in response to a long-standing gap in how paper is positioned within the art ecosystem. Locally, works on paper– ranging from drawings, prints, photography, and artists’ books to research-based and archival practices –have often been treated as secondary, even though they form the backbone of many artistic processes.

Internationally, however, paper-based practices have gained momentum through art fairs, biennales, and institutional exhibitions that recognise the medium’s intellectual and material value, as well as its accessibility. Art Jakarta Papers emerges as a platform that expands the existing ecosystem and places paper-based works on equal conceptual and economic footing.