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Manuela is a welcoming neighborhood restaurant and bar where great contemporary art and food combine to create a convivial atmosphere and sense of abundance. The restaurant is named for Manuela Wirth, who co-founded Artfarm with her husband Iwan Wirth. And like its sister restaurant in the Downtown Arts District of LA, Manuela in SoHo takes its cues from its namesake’s legendary hospitality, culinary talents and famous warmth as a hostess whose passion for freshly prepared cuisine, local culture and community are complemented by the guiding conviction that art and life are indivisible. Hewing to the belief that great food and delicious, nourishing meals are not luxuries but essentials to be generously shared.

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.

‘Barbara Chase-Riboud. Everytime A Knot is Undone, A God is Released’ is the first multi-museum exhibition of a single artist to be presented in Paris during their lifetime. On view across eight major Parisian institutions—Musée d’Orsay, Palais de la Porte Dorée, Musée du Louvre, Philharmonie de Paris, Centre Pompidou, Musée du Quai Branly, Musée Guimet and Palais de Tokyo—this presentation is a wide-ranging celebration of the work of the artist, spanning sculpture, drawing and poems created from 1958 to the present day.

We are honored to announce the global representation of acclaimed American artist Jeffrey Gibson, in collaboration with Sikkema Jenkins & Co. Over the past three decades, Gibson has evolved a rich interdisciplinary practice, drawing from American, Indigenous and queer histories, as well as references to popular music, literature and art historical narratives. Harnessing these sources to his own personal experiences, Gibson has created an astonishing array of works that explore questions of taste, authenticity and the limits of cultural legibility. His art spans the fullest range of mediums—from painting and sculpture to installation, video and performance—and a distinctive visual language that embraces a broad spectrum of cultural expressions and identities in a way that is simultaneously intimate and radically expansive.

Following the presentation of Susana Chillida’s book ‘Una vida para el arte’ in Menorca, we have partnered with Escola Oficial d’Idiomes (Mahon and Ciutadella’s language schools), Escoles d’adults de Menorca (Menorcan adults education school) and Xarxa de Biblioteques de Menorca (local libraries across Menorca). The collaboration will involve the donation of Susana Chillida’s memoir in both Spanish—published by Galaxia Gutenberg—and English, released by Hauser & Wirth Publishers, to be included in their winter programs.

On the occasion of Takesada Matustani’s exhibition ‘Matsutani’ at Hauser & Wirth Paris, we collaborated with students from the local arts and design school École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d’art to create a series of digital projects inspired by the works on view.  

In connection to Mark Bradford’s solo exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Hong Kong, the gallery celebrates the opening of Mark Bradford Education Lab: ‘Merchant Posters.’ The Education Lab marks the debut of Hauser & Wirth’s learning program in Hong Kong, in partnership with The Bridge+.

Announcing the appointment of Mirella Roma as our new Chief Executive Officer. Roma has a 27-year track record at Hauser & Wirth and has been a Partner of the gallery since 2020. As CEO of Hauser & Wirth, Roma will work alongside the Presidents to complement their leadership of the gallery across its locations.

We are pleased to announce that our three-year initiative with Hospital Rooms has raised over £1 million to support transformative art projects in NHS mental health hospitals across the UK. Proceeds from this year’s auction will fund inspiring new Hospital Rooms projects in London, Bristol, Birmingham, Wakefield and beyond, bringing the healing power of art to more communities than ever before.

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. 

We are pleased to announce representation of British artist George Rouy in collaboration with Hannah Barry Gallery. George Rouy’s artistic pursuit delves into the physicality and movement of the body, navigating contradictions, harmonies and perpetual transformations. In his paintings, a dynamic and signature deployment of the human figure, vexed with desire, alienation and crisis, results in rhapsodic portraits of identity in the globalized and technologically driven 21st Century.

For the Spring 2024 semester of Community Impact Media, a shared project between the gallery and Cal State LA, student filmmakers drew inspiration from the exhibition RETROaction (part two). Their films illuminate the stories of nonprofits committed to the socioeconomic transformation in South LA communities and organizations advocating for those impacted by the juvenile justice system.

In celebration of Jason Rhoades’ exhibition in Los Angeles the Education Lab will host ‘Going Forward with No Brakes,’ an interactive space and series of programs throughout the duration of the exhibition for visitors to consider the significance of car culture in Los Angeles. For Rhoades, cars played an important role in the California artist’s work: as readymade sculptural objects, and as imaginative spaces in which to break, conceptualize, create and converse with others. In the Education Lab, visitors will have access to a curated film and books about cars and transportation and space to respond to the materials and document their own relationships to vehicles. 

As part of the gallery’s ongoing learning programs and initiatives, we launched a multi-year partnership with The Drawing Center’s education and community programs: Drawing Connections and Drawing All-Stars 3.0.

This year’s Education Lab in Menorca, ‘An Invitation to Look,’ takes its starting point from the many summers Eduardo Chillida spent in Menorca and how he responded to the landscape and, in particular, the sea. Inspired by Chillida’s sculpture ‘Homenaje a la mar IV (Homage to the Sea IV)’ (1998), the Education Lab is an invitation to look closer at our natural surroundings. In the interactive space, resources will be provided to engage in activities that invite visitors to observe the landscape and artworks on Illa del Rei through new perspectives.

Presented alongside the gallery buildings are four outdoor sculptures by gallery artists, and embedded in the natural landscape of Illa del Rei.

During the fair, we invite you to stop by our gallery at 443 West 18th Street to explore our new titles ‘Eva Hesse: Exhibitions, 1972–2022,’ ‘Mark Bradford: Process Collettivo,’ and ‘Dieter Roth in My Life: Memories,’ Issue 10 of the gallery’s magazine, ‘Ursula,’ and other recent publications.