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14 stories on The Cultural Signal
White Cube is returning to the fifth edition of Frieze Seoul, taking place from September 2 to September 5, 2026, with works by a roster of international artists including Mona Hatoum, El Anatsui, Georg Baselitz, Sara Flores, Theaster Gates, Marguerite Humeau, Park Seo-Bo, Tesfaye Urgessa, Marina.
Hauser & Wirth has announced it will present two major exhibitions with American artist George Condo in 2027 at its Paris and Palo Alto locations.
Gladstone Gallery will open a new expanded space in Seoul's Hannam-dong district on August 31, 2026, doubling its exhibition area. Designed by Minsuk Cho and Seoul-based architecture firm Mass Studies, the new gallery occupies two floors in the 739-28 Hannam Building.
Christie's will move its Asia-Pacific headquarters to The Henderson, a new landmark in Hong Kong's Central district designed by Zaha Hadid Architects for Henderson Land Development.
On 14 November 2025, Hauser & Wirth activated its 18th Street gallery in New York with Learning Exchange: Artists Matter, the latest edition of the gallery’s annual convening dedicated to cross-disciplinary dialogue.
On February 5, 2026, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced that the south wing of the David Geffen Galleries will be named the Ressler Family Wing in recognition of Jami Gertz and Tony Ressler’s leading support of the Building LACMA campaign.
Calder Gardens opened to the public on September 21, 2025, at the 1.8-acre site on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway between 21st and 22nd Streets in Philadelphia.
Chesa Marchetta, the second hotel from Artfarm following The Fife Arms in Braemar, Scotland, opened this winter 2025 in Sils Maria, Switzerland.
The Whitney Museum of American Art has completed a full renovation of artist Roy Lichtenstein’s former home and studio at 741/745 Washington Street in Greenwich Village, now the permanent space for its Independent Study Program.
Hauser & Wirth Downtown Los Angeles has opened the Education Lab titled ‘Art in Community: From Studio to Collection’ in conjunction with the exhibition ‘Destiny Is a Rose: The Eileen Harris Norton Collection’.
Hauser & Wirth Publishers will open a new 150 square metre location at Bäckerstrasse 51 in Zurich's Kreis 4 district in spring 2026. The corner site will function as a creative hub for research, artistic collaboration and publishing projects. Dr.
Hauser & Wirth acquired Palazzo Forcella De Seta in Palermo in early 2026.
Hauser & Wirth will open a new gallery in Palo Alto in a historic post office building at 201-225 Hamilton Avenue. The 2,600-square-foot space includes a bookshop and will host exhibitions, events and talks. It will be designed by architect Luis Laplace and is scheduled to open in Spring 2026.
Hauser & Wirth is partnering with Drawing Room, Gray’s School of Art at Robert Gordon University, Royal Drawing School and Whitechapel Gallery over the next three years to support public programs across the UK.
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