New Art Galleries To Visit Right Now in Hong Kong

BY SAKINA ABIDI

23 MAR 2022

We make the rounds of Hong Kong’s newest art gallery openings and locations, and find out what to expect from each.

New Art Galleries To Visit Now

Denny Dimin Gallery

I am invincible…on the screen/ False motion by Lau Wa on display at the Lunarian group exhibition at Denny Dimin Gallery

Denny Dimin Gallery was founded by Elizabeth Denny in New York in 2013, starting as an art space on the Lower East Side before moving to Tribeca six years later. After almost two years of delay, its Hong Kong offshoot opened at last in Wong Chuk Hang at the end of January.

The gallery launched with the group exhibition Lunarian, which featured four international artists (Damien H Ding, Natalie Baxter, Lau Wai and Paula Wilson) and demonstrates Denny Dimin’s incredible roster of contemporary artists and conceptual works.

For example, Baxter explores gender identity through every textile imaginable (fabric, jeans, quilts, T-shirts and even hospital receiving blankets), while Lau Wai’s video work plays with nostalgia, looking at old Hollywood depictions of Asian characters “alongside the uncomfortable realities of how they embody offensive stereotypes”. It’s a welcome addition to the neighbourhood.

Natalie Baxter, Clearly Confused VII, 2021

Paula Wilson, Mooning (Yellow), 2019

Upcoming: Joy As An Act Of Resistance, a solo exhibition by Amir H. Fallah, from 19 March to 14 May.

Denny Dimin Gallery, 612 Remex Centre, 42 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Wong Chuk Hang; 5721 2638