Selected Press

Apollo

Francesca Wade

7 February 2025

Picabia, the painter who refused to be pinned down

‘[…] these profound, bewitching, fresh works bear all life within them.’

Colloque (Colloquium) (1949), Francis Picabia. Archives Comité Picabia, Paris. Photo: Nicolas Brasseur.

Monopol

Elke Buhr

6 February 2025

The Liberation of Pixels

‘It is the task of art and culture to keep such childlike associations alive so that these brain connections are not completely severed.’

The New York Times

Victoria Burnett

1 February 2025

Restored Anti-Fascism Mural by Philip Guston Unveiled in Mexico

'It’s a call to the local community that we can’t be indifferent to suffering.'

Philip Guston-Reuben Kadish mural, 'The Struggle Against Terrorism,' 1935, during restoration in Morelia, Mexico, 2025.

Frieze

Paige K. Bradley

28 January 2025

Camille Henrot’s Playful Acts of Disruption

Henrot’s art calls for an encounter with being: how we could be; how we might desire to be; what prevents us from being; what we feel might annihilate us.

Installation view, ‘Camille Henrot. A Number of Things,’ Hauser & Wirth New York, 22nd Street 30 January – 12 April 2025 © Camille Henrot Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth Photo: Thomas Barratt

The New York Times

Zoë Hopkins

2 January 2025

At Lorna Simpson’s Show, a Constellation of Galactic and Human History

‘Exuding a serene drama, Simpson’s paintings of meteorites are the most gripping part of the exhibition.’

Installation view, ‘Lorna Simpson: Earth & Sky,’ at Hauser & Wirth New York. Photo: Thomas Barratt.

The Believer

Carmen Winant

19 December 2024

An Interview with Annie Leibovitz

‘The older I get, and with the accumulation of the work I have, it is so interesting to see the relationships between the photographs. That’s kind of what I’m interested in in the show I’m having at Hauser & Wirth.’

Installation view, 'Annie Leibovitz. Stream of Conciousness,' Hauser & Wirth New York, 22nd Street. Photo: Thomas Barratt

Financial Times

Lucy Davies

14 December 2024

Basquiat’s peak years — how the artist found inspiration in St Moritz

'Basquiat’s time in the Engadin is ‘a genuine blind-spot in our understanding of one of the most studied artists of the post-war period.'

Installation views, 'Jean-Michel Basquiat. Engadin', Hauser & Wirth, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 14 December 2024 – 29 March 2025. Photo: Stefan Altenburger.

The New Yorker

Calvin Tomkins

9 December 2024

The Confident Anxiety of Rashid Johnson

'There is no purity for me, no absolute success or failure, and no room for the masterpiece.'

Portrait of Rashid Johnson. Photo: Joshua Woods

W Magazine

Arthur Lubow

4 December 2024

Manuela Wirth on Transforming Hauser & Wirth into so Much More than a Gallery

‘We always say our gallery is like a big family. But it’s mutual—they teach us so much. We give love, support, and advice to all our artists. Some take our advice to heart, some perhaps want little of that advice. Just like our kids!’