Art Basel in Hong Kong's Galleries sector is reserved for the world's leading galleries. 

This year's event will feature some particularly interesting art from Asia.

New York-based Gladstone Gallery is presenting new paintings by Thai artist Rirkrit Tiravanija, Tokyo-based Take Ninagawa is showing pieces by conceptual artist Danh Vō and Seoul-based PKM Gallery is exhibiting work by Lee Bul, who is currently the subject of a major retrospective exhibition at the Seoul Museum of Art. 

Seoul-based Arario Gallery is presenting work by Korean artists Kim Kulim, Byungso Choi, and Soun-Gui Kim, who pushed the boundaries of art in Korea in the 20th century by experimenting with new media, imagery and techniques, while Tokyo Gallery + BTAP is showing pieces by the likes of minimalist painter Lee Ufan and dansaekhwa master Park Seo-bo.

Guangzhou-based Vitamin Creative Space will exhibit work by celebrated Hong Kong painter Firenze Lai, who is only in her thirties but has already had her art shown at the Venice Biennale and the New Museum in New York, among many other leading art institutions and events.  

See also: South Korean Artist Lee Bul On Her Homecoming Exhibition At The Seoul Museum Of Art

The Insights sector features curated exhibitions that explore Asia's art history. 

Fans of boundary-breaking conceptual artist Kimsooja are in luck—Axel Vervoordt Gallery is dedicating its booth to her ambitious mirrored installation Encounter–A Mirror Woman. 

Meanwhile, Taipei-based Asia Art Center will juxtapose the works of Lee Tsai-chien and Fadjar Sidik, who are from Taiwan and Indonesia respectively, to explore the evolution of geometric abstraction in the two countries. 

And Nukaga Gallery will exhibit pieces by Saori Akutagawa and Yuki Katsura, two radical female artists who rose to fame in post-war Japan. 

The Discoveries sector is dedicated to solo shows by emerging artists. 

Capsule Shanghai will present pieces by Hong Kong-based artist Leelee Chan, whose work is already in the collection of Hong Kong's upcoming M+ museum and in the JPMorgan Chase Art Collection. Chan also attracted international attention last year when she won the BMW Art Journey prize, which gives an emerging artist a grant to travel almost anywhere in the world to research, network and create new art.

Other highlights include LA-based gallery Anat Ebgi's showcase of work by Greg Ito, who makes cinematic paintings and installations; High Art’s presentation of paintings by Hun Kyu Kim that take inspiration from the tradition of Korean silk painting; Shanghai-based conceptual artist Liu Ren presented by Don Gallery; and Vanguard Gallery's showcase of a new multimedia installation by artist Zhu Changquan.