Art Jakarta returned to JIExpo Kemayoran for its 16th edition on 2–4 October 2026, bringing together 75 galleries, 33 of them from outside Indonesia. Nineteen international galleries were first-time participants, with exhibitors coming from Tokyo, Taipei, Seoul, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Phnom Penh as well as Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta, Bali, Semarang and Surabaya. The fair’s programming beyond the booths grew this year with SCOPE, a new section supported by MTN Seni Budaya, the National Talent Management for Arts and Culture programme of Indonesia’s Ministry of Culture. Its first presentation, MTN Market, gathered six emerging art fairs from other Indonesian cities — Mini Art Malang, Artists Art Fair in Pekanbaru, ART HEY in Banyumas, Maa Ledungga in Gorontalo, Hello Goodbye Photo Market in Bekasi and Watercolor Art Fair in Yogyakarta — selected through an open call. SPOT reserved space for works that do not fit a standard booth, with four presentations from Indonesia and Southeast Asia. They included Nguyễn Phương Linh’s PVC-sheet prints about landscapes and bodies, Henryette Louise’s intaglio prints on gypsum, wooden sculptures by Albertho Wanma and Budi Santoso in mahogany and jackfruit wood, and Angki Purbandono’s scanography, light-box and bamboo installation highlighting the community-led movement defending Indigenous lands in South Papua. SCENE, the section for artist collectives and collaborative projects, expanded to 39 participants drawn from Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Bandung, Bali, Malang, Surabaya, Bogor and Payakumbuh. Under AJX, the fair’s institutional arm, the Korea Focus showcase returned for a second year with 14 South Korean galleries backed by the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Arts Management Service, while Natta-Cita Art Space from ISI Bali presented Balinese contemporary artist-academics. A talks programme hosted by Mature.idn ran across all three days. Fair director Tom Tandio said the fair’s artists, galleries, collectors and curators “grow together with us,” adding that Art Jakarta hopes to keep serving the region’s art ecosystems.