"Hauser & Wirth is set to open its first Italian location, according to Italian daily La Repubblica. No, not in Milan. No, not in Rome. No, not in Venice. The gallery has chosen Palermo, Sicily for the outpost, after purchasing a major part of Palazzo Forcella De Seta in November. The building was put up for sale in 2020, and the gallery began investigating the site in 2023."
"However, the local government and Italy's Ministry of Culturecan still exercise their right of "public pre-emption," which allows them to purchase the building within 60 days due to the Palazzo's historic-monument status. Assuming that right isn't exercised, the gallery could begin work on the gallery in 2026, with plans for completion by 2030. Hauser & Wirth purchased roughly 20,000 square feet of the property, including the main floor-to be used as the exhibition space-two wings, and a building for the gallery's offices."
Hauser & Wirth purchased a major portion of Palermo's neo-gothic Palazzo Forcella De Seta and plans an Italian gallery, allocating roughly 20,000 square feet for exhibition space, wings, and offices. The building was listed for sale in 2020 and investigated in 2023, and its historic-monument status gives local government and Italy's Ministry of Culture a 60-day public pre-emption right. Work could begin in 2026 with completion targeted by 2030. The palazzo hosted Manifesta 12 in 2018 and housed Galleria Mediterranea from 1937 to 1940. Pilar Tompkins departed as chief curator at the Lucas Museum this week. A Hermès Birkin once owned by Jane Birkin sold for $2.3 million at Sotheby's during Abu Dhabi Collector's Week.
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