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Hauser & Wirth Somerset has created a group specifically for young people aged 15 – 19 years who are interested in learning more about art and architecture, and who wish to meet other people with similar interests. The group is called Arthaus. They meet at the gallery once a month and have the opportunity to meet our artists, gallery team and industry specialists in a series of events such as workshops, conversations, tours and talks.

As part of our Learning program, Hauser & Wirth is thrilled be to partnering with arts organizations Bold Tendencies (London, UK), Spike Island (Bristol, UK) and The New Art School Modality (New York NY). Each three-year partnership is focused on increasing access, support and expertise for professional development within the arts, as well as engaging broader communities with art and artists. These initiatives allow us to work in tandem with our partner organizations over a sustained period, adapting and developing these programs together in order to create long-term meaningful change and a positive impact.

Hauser & Wirth Menorca has concluded its fourth season on Illa del Rei, welcoming over 76,000 visitors from Saturday 11 May to Sunday 27 October 2024—the highest attendance since the gallery’s opening in 2020. On view were solo exhibitions by Eduardo Chillida and Roni Horn; an outdoor sculpture trail featuring works by Stefan Brüggemann, Eduardo Chillida, Pipilotti Rist and Gary Simmons; and an Education Lab, ‘An Invitation to Look,’ inspired by Chillida’s practice.

‘School Without Walls’ places the arts at the heart of the curriculum, transforming models of learning outside a traditional classroom context. Educators, artists and cultural organizations work together to co-design learning alongside children, with adults observing, listening, documenting and being responsive to children’s ideas. Over the course of one week, young people from St Aldhelm’s Church School transferred their learning from the school classroom to the gallery’s ‘Education Lab: Open Art School.’

Since launching the partnership in 2021, with a series of workshops, screenings, talks and book donations, we are continuing to work with Menorca’s local libraries to expand their art book collection.

This fall, Hauser & Wirth celebrates The Big Draw Festival 2024 theme ‘Drawing in Motion’ across our global locations. The gallery will welcome diverse audiences of all ages to celebrate the dynamic and ever-changing nature of drawing, by exploring how the act of drawing can capture the essence of movement, energy and life.

On the occasion of ‘Gary Simmons. Thin Ice,’ on view at our Wooster Street location in New York, and as part of the gallery’s ongoing learning initiatives, Gary Simmons has collaborated with young people from Artistic Noise, an organization committed to enriching the lives of system-impacted youth through art making.

In receiving the award—the highest given to artists and arts patrons by the United States government—Bradford shared: ‘It is an unbelievable honor to be included among the recipients of the National Medal of Arts. I've always believed that my practice has had one foot in the studio and one foot in the world—acknowledgement by this community that my work has resonated is truly humbling.’

Artist William Kentridge’s extraordinary, expansive ‘Self-Portrait As A Coffee-Pot’ is now available to watch worldwide exclusively on the global film distributor and streaming service MUBI, following special previews at Toronto International Film Festival and BFI London Film Festival and its presentation at the Arsenale Institute for the Politics of Representation, curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, during the Venice Biennale of Art 2024.

As part of the gallery’s ongoing learning programs and initiatives, we introduced a new weeklong program called Digital Drawing School with local partners Inner-City Arts and Ramón C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts. Digital Drawing School brings unique opportunities to youth aged 14 – 18, to expand participants’ professional knowledge and deepen their engagement with local creative communities.

Hauser & Wirth Publishers will be participating in Tai Kwun Contemporary’s BOOKED: Hong Kong Art Book Fair (Zone C, 1/F), from 30 August to 1 September 2024 at JC Contemporary. Enjoy 20% off in-person purchases at the fair.

Since Hauser & Wirth Somerset’s launch in 2014, the gallery has worked in partnership with 14 charitable organizations, institutions and local businesses across the South West of England. Each year, a new local charity is supported through visitor entrance donations and community events, providing a platform to promote ongoing initiatives and increase awareness to a broader audience.

This summer-season we are proud to announce the return of the Roth Bar to our spaces at Hauser & Wirth St. Moritz, alongside a presentation by the internationally acclaimed artist Anna Maria Maiolino.

We are proud to have welcomed Leela Keshav as our inaugural writer-in-residence at Hauser & Wirth Somerset. Keshav was the first participant in ‘Write Now,’ a new residency in partnership with ArtReview, that provided time and space for early career writers to develop their craft and ambitions. ‘Write Now’ took place in parallel to the gallery’ s ongoing program of artist residencies, that have been running since 2013.

The 2024 edition of the Baur au Lac’s Art in the Park program will feature five bronze sculptures by artist William Kentridge, on view 10 June until 21 July 2024. Curated by Gigi Kracht, curator, collector, writer and founder of Art in the Park, Kentridge’s playful investigations in sculpture and scale will be featured alongside an indoor presentation by Martin Creed and Rita Ackermann.

This Zurich Art Weekend, major solo exhibitions by Philip Guston and Nairy Baghramian open at our Limmatstrasse gallery, with a showcase of selected masterpieces on view in our Bahnhofstrasse space. In collaboration with the Baur au Lac hotel, works by William Kentridge, Martin Creed and Rita Ackermann feature in this year’s edition of ‘Art in the Park.’ Join us on Friday evening for a summer party organized by Hauser & Wirth Publishers in collaboration with our neighboring galleries on Rämistrasse.

On the occasion of late American artist Winfred Rembert’s exhibition ‘Hard Times’ on view in Downtown Los Angeles, ‘Being Unique is a Gift,’ is a new learning inititative in collaboration with the Arts for Healing and Justice Network (AHJN), an organization that provides arts programming to youth impacted by the juvenile justice system. 

Hauser & Wirth Somerset celebrates the opening of our Education Lab, ‘Open Art School,’ a partnership with Bath Spa University from Saturday 25 May 2024 until Sunday 5 January 2025. 

As part of ‘Phyllida Barlow. unscripted,’ curated by Frances Morris, a presentation of sculpture is on view across all of the outdoor spaces at our Somerset gallery, including works from the artist’s ‘PRANK’ series and works being shown in open air for the first time. The landmark exhibition brings together a collection of the artist’s signature elements from several major installations, including work made in the last year of Barlow’s life.