The Facts
On July 28, 2026, Lisson Gallery announced its return to Frieze Seoul with a presentation of new and historic works by Olga de Amaral, Huguette Caland, Ryan Gander, Hugh Hayden, Leiko Ikemura, Anish Kapoor, Julian Opie, Dalton Paula, and Hiroshi Sugimoto. A central highlight is Hugh Hayden's new skillet work, "The blacker the berry the sweeter the juice" (2026), alongside Anish Kapoor's mirror sculpture "Tangerine over Red and Spanish and Pagan Gold" (2020). The booth also features works by Sugimoto, including "Brush Impression 1617 (River)" (2024), ahead of his solo exhibition at Lisson New York this September. Other works include Caland's "Untitled (Self Portrait)" (1980), de Amaral's textile "Nébula 16" (2016), Pedro Reyes's stone mosaics, Leiko Ikemura's sculpture "Miko" (2008/2024), Julian Opie's "Year 4 A. (Third Grade A)" (2025), and Ryan Gander's animatronic cat piece. Dalton Paula's "Baba Egun" (2025) continues his focus on Afro-Brazilian histories.
The Signal
The booth aligns Kapoor's perceptual investigations with his concurrent major solo exhibitions at Palazzo Manfrin in Venice, the Hayward Gallery in London, and the Serlachius Museum in Finland, signaling sustained institutional demand. Sugimoto's inclusion ahead of his New York solo show and Caland's posthumous presence after her Lisson New York debut suggest the gallery is leveraging Seoul to reinforce artist momentum for the fall. The mix of historical and brand-new works, particularly Hayden's timely skillet series and Gander's animatronic commentary, underscores Lisson's strategy of using a premier Asian fair to test market appetite for conceptually layered, medium-diverse practices.
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- Artists: Olga de Amaral, Huguette Caland, Ryan Gander, Hugh Hayden, Leiko Ikemura, Anish Kapoor, Julian Opie, Dalton Paula, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Pedro Reyes
- People: Hugh Hayden, Anish Kapoor, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Huguette Caland, Olga de Amaral, Pedro Reyes, Leiko Ikemura, Julian Opie, Ryan Gander, Dalton Paula
- Galleries: Lisson Gallery
- Locations: Seoul
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