Christian Otto, a Berlin-based lawyer, has been appointed because the insolvency administrator for Peres Tasks, an influential modern artwork gallery based by Javier Peres, 53.
The Berlin district court docket positioned the gallery below provisional insolvency administration in February, following allegations of monetary misery first reported by German outlet Verbraucherschutzforum.
The gallery’s Berlin location, opened in 2005, final held an exhibition in February. Its Milan department has been dormant since December; its Seoul outpost is at present exhibiting work by Hermann Nitsch. Otto confirmed that the proceedings are personal below German regulation, and details about money owed or collectors are nonetheless undisclosed.
Although the gallery participated in Arco Madrid and Artwork Basel Hong Kong this spring, its future in Germany continues to be unsure.
(Otto is overseeing contact with affected artists and events relating to authorized claims; Peres was not instantly reachable for remark; a gallery consultant advised Artnet Information that particulars concerning the gallery’s plan would observe subsequent month.)
Based in 2003, Peres Tasks opened in San Francisco earlier than relocating to Los Angeles, gaining early consideration with a present by Terence Koh, finally transferring on to work with different artists like Joe Bradley and Dan Colen over time.
The insolvency ruling comes amid widespread pressures within the artwork market, with rising operational prices and stalling collector demand prompting drops in gallery income. A latest report revealed by Artwork Basel and UBS revealed that world gallery and public sale gross sales had been down 12 %, however that galleries on the increased finish had been struggling much more financially.
Amid the interior points, Peres continued to hold out massive tasks with the gallery’s collaborators in different components of the world. It partnered with Basis Prada on the group’s outpost in Shanghai Prada Rong Zhai to placed on a solo present by Chinese language artist Shuang Li.
