Edouard Malingue Gallery

Edouard Malingue Gallery is a Hong Kong-based commercial gallery founded by French art dealer Edouard Malingue in 2010 to show emerging and established contemporary artists around the world.

In addition to solo exhibitions, the gallery is recognised for its support of public art projects and stimulating artistic discourse through collaborations with curators worldwide. In January 2015, the gallery expanded and moved to new premises in Central, Hong Kong and in November 2016, the gallery opened its new space in Shanghai.

In 2010 the gallery debuted with the largest solo exhibition of Pablo Picasso in Hong Kong. Notable exhibitions since then include the first solo shows in Hong Kong of minimalist Scottish painter Callum Innes, Chinese painter Yuan Yuan, French conceptual artist Laurent Grasso, draughtsman and sculptor Fabien Mérelle, Cuban collective Los Carpinteros and Indonesian collective Tromarama, amongst others.

The gallery furthermore represents established and emerging Western and Asian artists Eric Baudart, Chou Yu-Cheng, Cui Xinming, Jeremy Everett, Ko Sin Tung, Nuri Kuzucan,João Vasco Paiva, Sun Xun,Janaina Tschäpe, Wang Wei, Wang Zhibo, Wong Ping and Samson Young.

Edouard Malingue Gallery's first space opened in 2010 was designed by Office for Metropolitan Architecture Asia (Hong Kong) led by internationally renowned architect Rem Koolhaas.

In January 2015, the gallery expanded twice in size and moved to a new space, occupying an entire floor, designed by the Hong Kong-based firm BEAU Architects.

In November 2016, the gallery opened its space in Shanghai, designed by BEAU Architects. Located in the West Bund, the 270 sqm space is set in a new art hub where two private museums, art galleries, collector spaces and the West Bund Art & Design fair are situated.

Edouard Malingue Gallery has gained critical acclaim for its off-site projects, bringing artworks into the public realm of Hong Kong. Key examples are Zhang Huan's monumental sculpture 'Three Heads Six Arms' at 1881 Heritage, Tsim Sha Tsui (2011), Laurent Grasso's installation 'Anechoic Pavilion' atop Central Pier 4 (2012), Fabien Mérelle's life-size sculpture 'Pentateuque' in Statue Square (2013), Jeremy Everett's performance 'Color Pump' atop Central Pier 4 (2014) and João Vasco Paiva's monumental installation 'Mausoleum' at Art Basel Hong Kong, Encounters (2015).

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