On the occasion of his first solo presentation with the gallery in New York City, artist Gary Simmons met with students from Artistic Noise to discuss his newest body of work. On view at our Wooster Street location, ‘Thin Ice’ debuts sculpture, paintings and drawings—including a sequence of canvases that isolate and re-purpose archetypical racialized imagery from cartoons of the 1920s and early 1930s, and a site-specific wall drawing referencing one of the most iconic films of the 1960s—to capture the instability and disorientation of the current American moment.

On the occasion of ‘Jack Whitten. Speedchaser,’ Hauser & Wirth London hosted ‘Painters on Painting’—an exploratory learning event where artists, tutors and students engage in a conversation around painting exhibitions at Hauser & Wirth. The events aim to bring young voices into the conversation on contemporary painting and artistic processes.

On the occasion of ‘Firelei Báez. The fact that it amazes me does not mean I relinquish it,’ Hauser & Wirth Downtown Los Angeles hosted ‘Painters on Painting’—an exploratory learning event where artists and students engage in a conversation around painting exhibitions at Hauser & Wirth galleries. The events aim to bring young voices into the conversation on contemporary painting and artistic processes.

This resource has been produced to accompany the exhibition ‘Jack Whitten. Speedchaser’ at Hauser & Wirth London from 7 October – 21 December 2024.

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This resource has been produced to accompany the exhibition ‘George Rouy. The Bleed, Part I’ at Hauser & Wirth London from 7 October – 21 December 2024.

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We are pleased to share our fourth Climate Action Report (CIR) with artist-led sustainability platform, Artists Commit, for the exhibition ‘GRUPPENAUSSTELLUNG.’ Inspired by the notion of a traditional Kunsthalle, ‘GRUPPENAUSSTELLUNG’ was a celebration of Hauser & Wirth’s Swiss heritage through a playful presentation of over 20 artists, conceived as a place to showcase groundbreaking art and explore contemporary issues with a broad audience.

On the occasion of his first exhibition ‘That First Rain in May’ at our West Hollywood gallery, artist Angel Otero met with students from Inner-City Arts to discuss his newest composition of work. Through a labor-intensive process of oil painting on plexiglass, then scraping the applied medium into ‘skins’ which he subsequently collages with wet paint onto canvas, Otero has developed a signature mode of expressive storytelling. The artist’s unique approach allows for an active exchange with the medium, inviting chance and unpredictability into his practice.

This resource has been produced to accompany the exhibition ‘Phyllida Barlow. unscripted,’ curated by Frances Morris, at Hauser & Wirth Somerset from Saturday 25 May 2024 – Sunday 5 January 2025.

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This printmaking glossary has been produced to accompany the exhibition ‘Rita Ackermann. Splits: Printing | Painting’, on view at Hauser & Wirth, 18th Street through 26 July 2024.  

Heralding a significant leap in Ackermann's artistic practice, the seven large-scale silkscreens on view represent a dramatic convergence of the technical processes of printmaking with the artist's sustained exploration of form, movement and erasure. Produced in collaboration with master printer Keigo Takahashi, Ackermann sought to transform paintings into prints, without recourse to the reproduction of a model. 

Learn more about the works on view by exploring the printmaking terms and techniques defined below. 

This resource has been produced to accompany the exhibition ‘AGGRESSIVE DR1FTER PART II’ at Hauser & Wirth London from 9 May – 27 July 2024.

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