Overview

• The new Palo Alto space will be Hauser & Wirth’s 17th global location, third in California and its first in the Bay Area, opening in spring 2026.
• The gallery will occupy a former post office at 201–225 Hamilton Avenue, offering 2,600 sq ft of exhibition space alongside an in-house bookstore.
• Architect Luis Laplace is overseeing the adaptive reuse design as Hauser & Wirth becomes the first mega-gallery to return to the region since Pace and Gagosian closed their Bay Area outposts.
• Gallery president Marc Payot highlighted Northern California’s dedicated community of collectors and its proximity to Stanford University as drivers for the expansion.
• The move reflects a broader strategy by global galleries to court high-wealth tech markets and underscores Silicon Valley’s emergence as a major art-collecting hub.