Global art takes root in the Balearics – with a whiff of Somerset

Hauser & Wirth is known for its galleries in Zurich, Monaco, Hong Kong, New York, LA and Bruton.

For all the lizards, the loquats and the lantana, Menorca's newest art gallery, which lies amid the blue waters and lolling yachts of Mahon harbour, carries the faintest whiff of a corner of Somerset.

Illa del Rei, a 40,000-sq-metre island a short boat ride from the Menorcan capital, Mahon, has a long and unique history. As well as being the site of a sixth-century Christian basilica and a staging post for Alfonso III's conquest of Menorca 700 years later, the island is home to a decommissioned naval hospital founded by the Royal Navy in 1711 when Menorca was in British hands.