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Founded in 2023, Hong Kong-based contemporary art gallery PODIUM operates as a robust platform for underrepresented emerging and mid-career artists whose creative practices reflect idiosyncratic aesthetics and resonate with current social discourses.

[Held Nothing Against Him - Luis Xertu: Halfway Across the Rubicon]In Held Nothing Against Him (2026), a musing figure l...
12/10/2026

[Held Nothing Against Him - Luis Xertu: Halfway Across the Rubicon]

In Held Nothing Against Him (2026), a musing figure lies suspended in still water, gaze drifting past the frame’s edge, as if some presence, some fragment of a life once lived, has already loosened its hold on him. Yet his eyes refuse to resolve; they dissolve into the skin‘s soft terrain, unreadable as water at dusk. This double blurring, of what he beholds and of his own capacity to behold, speaks less of sight than of release—whatever he once carried has already drifted downstream, and nothing remains to hold against the distant, half-remembered shape of himself.

For more information on Luis Xertu’s (Luis Xertu) works, DM or send us an email at [email protected].

LUIS XERTU
Held Nothing Against Him
Material transformation initiated 2026; ongoing natural chromatic shift
Acrylic and organic materials on canvas
60 x 75 cm | 23.6 x 29.5 in

Photo: Wong Pak Hang. Courtesy of PODIUM, Hong Kong.

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‘Luis Xertu: Halfway Across the Rubicon’
19 September - 21 November 2026
Tuesday - Saturday, 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Luis Xertu

       

[The Waves - Luis Xertu: Halfway Across the Rubicon]The Waves (2026) unfolds as a dynamic seascape overflowing with imme...
09/10/2026

[The Waves - Luis Xertu: Halfway Across the Rubicon]

The Waves (2026) unfolds as a dynamic seascape overflowing with immediacy and intensity; fierce, destructive, yet poetically orchestrated, Xertu renders water with rhythmic force and an instinctive palette that answers majestically to light. Here, the currents conflate and conflict, bleeding into the sepia dusk to transform even the sky into a field of volatile, spectral waves. Amidst these restless tides, a solitary figure drifts, stranded and engulfed by the now-distorted collapse of the atmosphere and water body.

The performative suspense that once lingered in Xertu’s work, in an instant, ruptures into irrepressible sensibilities: akin to love—or the ache of its afterimage—that can no longer be controlled nor contained. Stirring and colliding, the passionate devotion and the bittersweet memories reverberate in oscillation, like apparitional waves that alternately recede and surge, at times hushed, at times rising from unseen depths to wreak havoc. In surrendering to this vortex of emotions, one is reduced to the frail foliage scattered—abandoned—scantly upon an immeasurable sea, swaying to the errant, indifferent currents of fate.

For more information on Luis Xertu’s (Luis Xertu) works, DM or send us an email at [email protected].

LUIS XERTU
The Waves
Material transformation initiated 2026; ongoing natural chromatic shift
Acrylic and organic materials on canvas
105 x 150 cm | 41.3 x 59.1 in

Photo: Wong Pak Hang. Courtesy of PODIUM, Hong Kong.

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‘Luis Xertu: Halfway Across the Rubicon’
19 September - 21 November 2026
Tuesday - Saturday, 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Luis Xertu

       

[Omyo Cho - New Museum Triennial]PODIUM is proud to announce that Omyo Cho (Omyo CHO) will be presenting at the 2027 New...
08/10/2026

[Omyo Cho - New Museum Triennial]

PODIUM is proud to announce that Omyo Cho (Omyo CHO) will be presenting at the 2027 New Museum Triennial (New Museum), running through 4 February to 16 May in New York. Themed ‘The Outside Expands’, this edition is curated by Vivian Crockett (Viv Crockett | art worker / PhDiva), Allen and Lola Goldring Curator, and Isabella Rjeille (Isabella Rjeille), Curator at Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, with Thalia Stefaniuk, Curatorial Assistant and Taeyi Kim, Curatorial Fellow.

The title of the upcoming sixth edition takes inspiration from a July 1979 urban intervention in Brazil, where artists and cultural workers converged to think beyond institutions during a period of civil-military dictatorship and extreme repression. The sixth edition of New Museum Triennial thus envisions to gather artists that destabilize fixed notions of territory, identity, gender, and sexuality and who foster alternate ways of forging relationships, kinships, and collaborations.

Founded in 1977, the New Museum is Manhattan’s only dedicated contemporary art museum, with a curatorial program known for its global scope and adventurousness.
The initiative of the New Museum Triennial (2009) is the first and only recurring international exhibition in New York City devoted to emerging artists from around the world.

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The Sixth New Museum Triennial
‘The Outside Expands’
4 February - 16 May 2027

Images:
(1)
Omyo Cho.
Photo: Lee Woojeong.
Courtesy of the artist.

(2)
New Museum, New York.
Courtesy of New Museum, New York.

(3)
Omyo Cho’s Studio View.
Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Omyo CHO
New Museum

   

[Treading Water - Luis Xertu: Halfway Across the Rubicon]In Treading Water (2026), marsh grass dominates the stage as a ...
05/10/2026

[Treading Water - Luis Xertu: Halfway Across the Rubicon]

In Treading Water (2026), marsh grass dominates the stage as a contemplative figure navigates through the thickets, traversing the terrain. Overhead, the moon glows with an uncanny radiance, contouring the figure in fluorescent teal and flooding the waterway with a turquoise sheen.

Within this frozen frame, the space hovers between sense and sensibility: though the moonlit figure appears cool, calm, and collected, his facade is softened by the silk-like flow of water, his glacial core thawed by the warmth of the surrounding greens. The mangrove becomes a maze of proliferation; the water passage, a course leading to many crossroads beyond. Caught between reason and desire, restraint and impulse, he continues to tread water but to no avail—left only to struggle and waver along the Rubicon, as the luminescence of midnight perpetuates its cradle and whisper.

For more information on Luis Xertu’s (Luis Xertu) works, DM or send us an email at [email protected].

LUIS XERTU
Treading Water
Material transformation initiated 2026; ongoing natural chromatic shift
Acrylic and organic materials on canvas
65 x 150 cm | 25.6 x 59.1 in

Photo: Wong Pak Hang. Courtesy of PODIUM, Hong Kong.

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‘Luis Xertu: Halfway Across the Rubicon’
19 September - 21 November 2026
Tuesday - Saturday, 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Luis Xertu

       

[Omyo Cho - Centre Pompidou Hanwha]PODIUM is proud to share that Omyo Cho’s (Omyo CHO) installations including her lates...
02/10/2026

[Omyo Cho - Centre Pompidou Hanwha]

PODIUM is proud to share that Omyo Cho’s (Omyo CHO) installations including her latest work ‘Amorpho’ (2026) are currently on view at the exhibition ‘Imprinting Time’ at Centre Pompidou Hanwha (Centre Pompidou Hanwha).

Bringing together three Korean women artists from distinct generations, the exhibition explores the meaning of the objects, words, and events they encounter in the realities they have lived. Omyo Cho invites into the garden unknown life forms that seem to resemble nature and parts of the body yet remain strangely unfamiliar. With the curves of vines, the glimmer of dew, and the strength of roots, these beings crash-land here and coexist with nature. As if extracted from a future yet to arrive, the slowly seep into the climate and landscape of the present. In doing so, they imbue this familiar place with a sudden sense of the unfamiliar.

Centre Pompidou Hanwha
‘The Garden Project: Imprinting Time’
6 September 2026 - 7 March 2027

Images:
(1)
OMYO CHO
Amorpho (2026)
Aluminium, silver pigment
150 x 90 x 190 cm
Commissioned by Centre Pompidou Hanwha, Seoul.
Image courtesy of Centre Pompidou Hanwha.

(2)
OMYO CHO
Wait, This Can’t Be It (2025)
Glass, silver, aluminum, surgical chain, stainless steel
250 x 200 x 200 cm
Commissioned by Seoul Museum of Art.
Image courtesy of Centre Pompidou Hanwha.

(3)
Installation view of ‘2025 SeMA-Project A Permanent Exhibitions’ at Seoul Museum of Art, 2025.
Photo: Hong Cheolki. Courtesy of the artist and Seoul Museum of Art.

Centre Pompidou Hanwha
Omyo CHO

       

[Gypsophila - Luis Xertu: Halfway Across the Rubicon]In Gypsophila (2026), quietude prevails as the central figure is ab...
30/09/2026

[Gypsophila - Luis Xertu: Halfway Across the Rubicon]

In Gypsophila (2026), quietude prevails as the central figure is absorbed in silent contemplation. Behind him, the horizon dissolves into an indistinct expanse where sky and water merge into one. Within this muted abyss, gypsophila blossoms drift and scatter across the scene—a flower symbolising everlasting love and purity, persisting even within the indeterminate emptiness that envelops the solitary figure.

The work functions as a meditation on solitary forms of love, addressing those suspended in between: lovers separated by distance, individuals lingering in unrequited affection, or those engaged in the introspective cultivation of self-love. Amid the twilight of struggle and uncertainty, gypsophila continues to flourish, stirring faint ripples that soften the silence and illuminate the void.

For more information on Luis Xertu’s (Luis Xertu) works, DM or send us an email at [email protected].

LUIS XERTU
Gypsophila
Material transformation initiated 2026; ongoing natural chromatic shift
Acrylic and organic materials on canvas
105 x 150 cm | 41.3 x 59.1 in

Photo: Wong Pak Hang. Courtesy of PODIUM, Hong Kong.

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‘Luis Xertu: Halfway Across the Rubicon’
19 September - 21 November 2026
Tuesday - Saturday, 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Luis Xertu

       

[SIHAN GUO JOINS PODIUM]PODIUM is delighted to announce its representation of Shanghai-based artist Sihan Guo (Sihan Guo...
28/09/2026

[SIHAN GUO JOINS PODIUM]

PODIUM is delighted to announce its representation of Shanghai-based artist Sihan Guo (Sihan Guo).

Dissolving, subtracting, and sculpting paint across wood panel surfaces, Guo’s practice investigates the complex interrelations between organic and technological life. Through a process of building up layers of vibrant pigment before smudging and, at times, carving into them, she creates compositions characterised by sharp, stem-like drips that evoke synaptic or neuron-like forms set against hazy, cloud-like colour fields. Informed by her exploration of the inseparability of corporeality and virtuality, her works oscillate between anatomical interiors and infrastructural networks, forming ambiguous, shifting landscapes that invite reflection on the porous boundaries between the tangible and the digital.

‘In the context of the post-internet era and its overheated circulation of images, abstraction has become one of the most challenging genres in its capacity to move or persuade. This makes the search for a practice that resonates on a deeper level all the more compelling. Guo’s paintings hold a striking tension between emergence and dissolution, intimacy and distance. What draws me to her practice is her treatment of painting as both a sensory and psychological field; one in which bodily memory, technological systems, and affective atmospheres become intricately entangled. Her works unfold as fluid environments that mirror the instability and complexity of our contemporary condition. We look forward to presenting her practice alongside Vienna-based artist Yein Lee in the duo exhibition ‘Blooming Reverie, Moonlight Dreams’ at the gallery this November.’ — Cusson Cheng (Cusson Cheng)

Guo’s solo exhibitions include Cassina Projects, Milan (2025), and Commons Gallery at New York University, New York (2022). She has also participated in group exhibitions at Galeria Gato, Lima (2025); Public Gallery, London (2025); Alexander Berggruen, New York (2024); Galleria Pedro Cera, Lisbon (2024); Third Street Gallery, Shanghai (2024); and NARS Foundation, New York (2023), among others.

[Rachel Youn at Dib Bangkok]PODIUM is delighted to share that Rachel Youn (Rachel Youn)’s sculptures, Fixus (2022) and G...
25/09/2026

[Rachel Youn at Dib Bangkok]

PODIUM is delighted to share that Rachel Youn (Rachel Youn)’s sculptures, Fixus (2022) and Gape (2024), were acquired by Dib Bangkok (Dib Bangkok), and are now featured in its latest exhibition ‘Giving Life’.

Spanning three floors of the museum, ‘Giving Life’ brings together 160 works by 33 artists working in sculpture, painting, film, installation, and performance. By giving materials new lives as artworks, they do not merely imitate nature but risk some of its conditions, making creations that are open to vulnerability, unpredictability, ending, and reconnection.

Youn’s practice employs secondhand massage devices and artificial plants as the primary media, creating kinetic sculptures moving in repetitive motions that evoke an aesthetic of failure, melancholia and a sardonic sense of humour. Gape (2024) and Fixus (2022) embody the sense of ‘Sisyphean dance-until-you-die-ness’ to mirror the cyclic, mundane, and deteriorating lives of the exhausted labour in our neoliberal society.

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RACHEL YOUN
Gape
2024
Fake flora, stainless steel, shiatsu neck massager, tv wall mount, found parasol
55.9 x 63.5 x 35.6 cm | 22 x 25 x 14 in

RACHEL YOUN
Fixus
2022
Shiatsu massager, artificial flower, steel
109 x 40.5 x 46 cm | 42.9 x 15.9 x 18.1 in

Rachel Youn
Dib Bangkok

     

[Camouflage - Luis Xertu: Halfway Across the Rubicon]In Camouflage (2026), two figures veil their tender moments by subm...
23/09/2026

[Camouflage - Luis Xertu: Halfway Across the Rubicon]

In Camouflage (2026), two figures veil their tender moments by submerging in stirring dark water; yet, the water splashes upward, as if straining to engulf everything within its reach. Through Xertu’s spirited brushstrokes, the figures shake in denial, their silhouettes melted into the lake until camouflage becomes an act of escapism, a dissolving of the self into the element that threatens to consume it.

For more information on Luis Xertu’s (Luis Xertu) works, DM or send us an email at [email protected].

LUIS XERTU
Camouflage
Material transformation initiated 2026; ongoing natural chromatic shift
Acrylic and organic materials on canvas
65 x 85 cm | 25.6 x 33.5 in

Photo: Wong Pak Hang. Courtesy of PODIUM, Hong Kong.

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‘Luis Xertu: Halfway Across the Rubicon’
19 September - 21 November 2026
Tuesday - Saturday, 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Luis Xertu

       

[On View - Luis Xertu: Halfway Across the Rubicon]‘Luis Xertu: Halfway Across the Rubicon’ is now officially open!As Rot...
19/09/2026

[On View - Luis Xertu: Halfway Across the Rubicon]

‘Luis Xertu: Halfway Across the Rubicon’ is now officially open!

As Rotterdam-based artist Luis Xertu’s (Luis Xertu) first solo presentation with the gallery and in Asia, the new body of paintings unfolds a tender, sun-drenched world where the fleetingness of love, beauty, and youth lingers like the last light of summer.

He traces delicate passages of intimacy within and beyond friendship, attending to a bittersweet ambivalence shaped by quiet tensions, hidden desires, and unspoken affections that surface as both excess and residue through the fissures of the grammar of social life.

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Exhibition Dates
19 September - 21 November 2026

Luis Xertu

Installation view of ‘Luis Xertu: Halfway Across the Rubicon’ at PODIUM, Hong Kong, 19 September - 21 November 2026.
Photo: Wong Pak Hang. Courtesy of PODIUM, Hong Kong.

       

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