Gladstone Gallery to Relocate in Seoul, Doubling Exhibition Space

Gladstone Gallery will move its Seoul location to the city’s Hannam-dong neighborhood later this year.

Gladstone’s new outpost, designed by Minsuk Cho of Mass Studies in Seoul, will occupy two floors of the 739-28 Hannam Building in Yongsan. Across the street is the Seoul branch of Pace Gallery, and down the street is the Leeum Art Museum.

The space is expected to open in late summer, ahead of Frieze Seoul in September. The space will be inaugurated by Ed Atkins, his first solo exhibition in the city.

“Gladstone has always approached its projects from a global perspective, creating opportunities for our artists to reach audiences across regions and cultural backgrounds,” Gladstone senior partner Max Falkenstein said in a statement. “The opening of our new space marks an important milestone for the gallery and strengthens our international platform to engage with leading institutions, private collectors and art enthusiasts around the world.”

Gladstone opened in Seoul’s Gangnam district in 2022, part of a wave of Western galleries such as Thaddaeus Ropac, which set up shop there just before Frieze Seoul opened that year. Over the past four years, it has hosted solo concerts in the space for Ugo Rondinone, Jaider Esbell, Joan Jonas, Cecily Brown, Ian Cheng and Alex Katz, among others.

The Seoul gallery is Gladstone’s flagship store in Asia, and according to a press release, the expansion “further strengthens[s] Gladstone’s influence in Asia. In addition to continuing to exhibit at Art Basel Hong Kong and Frieze Seoul, Gladstone plans to expand its participation in regional fairs across Asia, including Photo Shanghai and Art Busan in May.

“Asia has become an increasingly important part of Gladstone’s projects and global network,” Gladstone partner Paula Tsai said in a statement. “Our new space in Seoul allows us to further strengthen the relationships we have built with collectors, curators and museums in the region, while continuing to support our artists’ engagement with audiences across Asia.”