The ARTJOG 2023 curatorial team is led by a collaboration of curators and artists: Hendro Wiyanto, a Jakarta-based curator and writer, and Nadiah Bamadhaj, a Malaysian artist based in Yogyakarta. The two chose the title “Motif: Lamaran” to connect the ideas and patterns of the artists' work while inviting them to reveal the thoughts and motivations behind their work. ARTJOG 2023 involves 73 artists, 51 adult artists from the invitation and open-call programs, and 22 child artists.

ARTJOG invited Mella Jaarsma to be this year's commissioned artist, featuring a limasan (a traditional Javanese house) that holds her works between 2000 and 2023. Mella Jaarsma has contributed significantly to the art world over 30 years of her career. The three motifs that attract Mella Jaarsma's attention in her artistic explorations are shadow, second skin, and the relationship between body and inhabited space. In addition, in the ARTJOG Kids program, ARTJOG invited Erwin Windu Pranata to create an interactive work. This work involves children from Rumah Belajar Ummasa, Bandung, in the creation process.

This year, ARTJOG also refined its idea of involving friends with disabilities by providing a Pusat Layanan Disabilitas (Disability Service Center) so that ARTJOG can become a medium for raising awareness and understanding of disability and promoting equality and acceptance of individual diversity. The transformation of the performance program that has been present since 2017 is manifested in the performa•ARTJOG.