A raft of galleries opened new spaces in central London in time for Frieze week. The French dealer Olivier Malingue inaugurated his new premises in Mayfair with a show on the Korean artist Cho Yong-Ik (until 16 December). Malingue says: “I don’t think Brexit will have a negative effect on us, considering that the art world operates in such an international market.”
The Paris- and Brussels-based dealer Almine Rech launched her second London space at Grosvenor Hill in Mayfair with a Jeff Koons show (until 21 January). The Paris-based contemporary art dealer Kamel Mennour has opened a small gallery in Brook Street, and the Milan-based Cardi gallery has set up shop in a 17th-century Mayfair town house.
A show of works by Cindy Sherman and David Salle (until 26 November) opened the New York-based dealer Per Skarstedt’s space in St James’s; the UK dealer Alan Cristea has relocated to Pall Mall; and Carpenters Workshop has opened a second venue on Albemarle Street.
There is life outside Mayfair, too: Cabinet gallery recently opened a five-storey space south of the Thames, in Vauxhall.
