NFC 2026 brings digital art into real life. Set within a connected industrial site, the program unfolds as a living environment where artists, galleries, platforms, and communities coexist over three days under multiple curations by Arab Bank Switzerland, NFC, 100 collectors, RNA Studio and BOTTO.

This year’s format is not built in reference to an existing model. It stands on its own as a temporary ecosystem for digital art to unfold in real life. NFC operates as a space where works can be unfinished, systems can evolve, and visitors can take part in the experience rather than observe a polished, finished product.

As John Karp puts it: “The institutions that have defined how art is shown will innovate more slowly. They have reasons to. NFC does not have those reasons. Each edition has been an attempt to ask what the native format for digital art in real life actually looks like, because the answer is not yet settled, and the only way to find it is to try things, publicly, at scale, and learn from what works. This is the fifth edition. It is also, in many ways, year zero.”