Disrupting Art Market Models with S2 Gallery London
Presented by The Culture Story
21 November 2019
The Culture Story hosted a talk with Bianca Chu, then Deputy Director of Sotheby’s S2 Gallery, London, to discuss S2 Gallery’s distinctive approach to exhibition-making, opportunities in the London art scene amid Brexit, and insights on value buys and emerging international artists before they gain market traction. With over eight years of experience in the art industry, Bianca, alongside gallery director Darren Leak, oversaw the exhibition programme at S2, which operates independently of Sotheby’s auction business. The gallery spotlights overlooked artists, anticipating recognition through curated exhibitions and in-depth research.
Bianca, born in New York, holds an MA in History of Art and Chinese Studies from the University of Edinburgh. She is an ambassador for Tate Young Patrons and a patron of the UK Friends of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, based in Washington, DC.
Previous solo exhibitions at the S2 Gallery include the first UK solo show of Austrian artist Renate Bertlmann (currently representing Austria at the Venice Biennale); Kim Lim; Li Yuan-Chia; Yuko Nasaka; Ibrahim El-Salahi; Tess Jaray; Tsuyoshi Maekawa; Alfredo Volpi; Roger Hilton; and the first UK solo show of Huang Rui. Group shows include an exhibition re-staging the important but overlooked Signals gallery in London between 1964-66 which included work by Filipino artist David Medalla alongside key proponents of Kinetic and experimental art in Europe such as Takis, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Lygia Clark, and Helio Oiticicia.
