HONG KONG
he second edition of Unscheduled (September 2–6) took place in a vacated two-story retail space in Hong Kong’s Central district. Though the location sees heavy foot traffic, the former clothing store posed other challenges for exhibitors, with decor and a floorplan retained from the previous tenant, Topshop. Transparent PVC curtains divided the labyrinthine space into areas that curators Jing Chin-Yin Chong and Clara Wong assigned to 15 galleries. While each “booth” necessitated a unique approach to displaying artworks, some were more challenging to utilize than others, as gallerists pointed out. Edouard Malingue (Hong Kong/Shanghai), for example, was given the staircase, where it was hard to appreciate the details of Eric Baudart’s (2021), which comprises rippled aluminum sheets.
