Galleries continue to bank on Asia as Peres Projects expands in Seoul and Hauser & Wirth relocates to new street-level space in Hong Kong

Peres Tasks gallery—a participant on the Artwork Basel in Hong Kong truthful this week—is opening a second house in Seoul subsequent month, additional cementing the South Korean capital as a key artwork market hub within the area.

The brand new gallery, because of launch 28 April, can be housed throughout 4 flooring in a constructing positioned within the Sagan-dong neighbourhood near establishments such because the Nationwide Museum of Trendy and Modern Artwork. Three exhibition areas can be unfold over the primary and second flooring of the brand new gallery.

“We all know the significance of Asia as a area,” says Javier Peres, the gallery founder. “Crucially, we want extra space to accommodate our artists. There’s additionally a giant collector base in Seoul and a increase in personal museums which implies there may be numerous room for content material.” Peres Tasks opened its first gallery, a smaller venue in The Shilla Seoul resort, final April; it additionally runs galleries in Berlin and Milan.

The launch of the brand new house can be marked by two reveals together with an exhibition of works by the London-based artist Cece Philips. The second present, an in depth group presentation, contains works by artists reminiscent of Emily Ludwig Shaffer and Rafa Silvares.

Different Artwork Basel in Hong Kong collaborating galleries are additionally bolstering their presence in Asia. Hauser & Wirth is transferring out of its present venue on the fifteenth and sixteenth flooring of H Queen’s tower in Hong Kong and is relocating to a ground-floor block—refurbished by Selldorf Architects—on the junction of Ice Home Avenue and Duddell Avenue.

Marc Payot, the gallery’s president, says in a press release that “the transfer to a brand new website comes at a time after we look ahead to deepening our connections within the area”. The brand new street-level house is because of open by the tip of the 12 months.

Tang Modern Artwork—which runs galleries in Beijing, Hong Kong and Seoul—additionally plans so as to add one other house to its roster in Singapore, a transfer confirmed by Charlotte Lin, advertising supervisor. The brand new gallery is because of open later this 12 months.