Tesfaye Urgessa
The Lingering Departure
Sep 9 – Oct 20, 2026
Opening: Tuesday, Sep 8, 5pm – 8pm
Exhibition tour: Tuesday, Sep 8, 5pm
Tesfaye Urgessa presents The Lingering Departure, his first exhibition with the gallery since joining in August 2026. Bringing together paintings and works on paper created over the past year in Addis Ababa, and Stuttgart, Germany, the exhibition reflects on themes of migration, familial relationships and community, as reflections on an increasingly unsettled socio-political world.
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Lynne Drexler 琳恩‧德雷克斯勒 / Review / May 12, 2025
Jessica Rankin 傑西卡‧蘭金 / Feature / November 4, 2024
Lee Jin Woo 李鎮雨 / Review / August 22, 2024
Julie Curtiss 朱莉·柯蒂斯 / Feature / October 30, 2023
Michael Ho, Chris Huen Sin Kan, Timothy Lai, Su Yu-Xin / Review / September 13, 2023
Haim Steinbach / Review / October 4, 2022
Cerith Wyn Evans 凱裡斯·懷恩·埃文斯 / Feature / January 20, 2022
Bruce Nauman 布魯斯·瑙曼 / Feature / May 2, 2021
Virginia Overton 弗吉尼亞·奧弗頓 / Feature / October 9, 2020
Park Seo-Bo / Review / December 27, 2018
Sarah Morris / Feature / June 15, 2018
Rachel Kneebone / Feature / August 7, 2017
Danh Vō / Review / February 1, 2017
50 Connaught Road, Central
(852) 2592 2000
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The first of White Cube’s galleries to be located outside of the UK, White Cube Hong Kong is situated at 50 Connaught Road, in the heart of Hong Kong’s Central district. Since its inception in March 2012, the gallery has hosted a varied programme of exhibitions including Gilbert & George, Anselm Kiefer, Damien Hirst and Cerith Wyn Evans. The gallery provides an interior exhibition space of 550 m2 (6000 sq ft) which is set over two floors and has a ceiling height of over 4.5 metres. The building was designed by London based architects Maybank and Matthews.