Press Release

LINSEED is pleased to present The Castle, a group exhibition featuring recent works by Maya HEWITT (b. 1981, London, UK), Von Hyin KOLK (b. 1997, New York, USA), and Tommy XIE (b. 1998, Guangdong, China). The exhibition takes its title from Franz Kafka’s unfinished novel The Castle, in which the castle appears always within reach, yet remains impossible to truly enter. For the three artists, whose practices emerge from distinct experiences of migration, diaspora, and life across cultures, this sense of an elusive destination also speaks to questions of identity and belonging. Mother tongue, cultural memory, and one’s understanding of the self are not fixed points of origin. Rather, they are continually approached and reconstructed through moments of displacement, misalignment, and renewed understanding. The Castle opens on September 13, 2026, and runs through October 31, 2026.

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About the Gallery

LINSEED was established in Shanghai, focusing on the practices and artistic development of young emerging artists flowing across the Asian and global scenes. Initially exploring the potential and flexibilities of exhibitions in alternative spaces and diverse contexts, LINSEED launched its gallery space in 2022. Discovering, representing, and supporting a new generation of forward-looking artists across different backgrounds and disciplines, LINSEED invites exciting interactions among the talents and institutions, and converses with multifaceted mechanisms and cutting-edge topics.

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