A Festive Celebration at Make Hauser & Wirth Somerset

As part of Bruton’s annual Late Night Christmas Shopping, the Good Company Bruton will join us at Make Hauser & Wirth Somerset for a special festive evening.

Our exhibitions, ‘The Shape of Here’ and ‘Prophetic Land,’ will be open for after-hours viewing with complimentary mulled wine and mince pies.

Beyond the gallery, Good Company Bruton will host ‘The Good Wrap,’ a gift-wrapping station at Stockwell House throughout the evening. Visitors can drop off presents to be wrapped for a charitable donation of their choice, with all funds raised benefiting local causes that support those in need over the holiday season and into 2025. ‘The Good Wrap’ is your chance to support the Bruton community whilst adding a touch of festive sparkle to your presents. All the gift wrapping will use 100% recyclable paper.

A pop-up stall from the Farm Shop will be stationed outside Make offering complimentary tastings of their Christmas range and information about ordering products for the festive period.

Be sure to catch Father Christmas arriving At The Chapel, Bruton at 5.45 pm, and an array of celebrations along the High Street.

This event is free and open to all, with no advance booking required.

About Good Company Bruton
Run entirely by volunteers, Good Company Bruton is a not-for-profit organization that supports community projects that bring people together, including those that help Bruton’s most disadvantaged groups, to foster a greater sense of belonging. They exist to remove the barrier sometimes caused by bureaucracy and administration to create positive change in and around Bruton, Somerset. Good Company Bruton is Hauser & Wirth Somerset’s 2024 – 2025 charity partner.

About ‘The Shape of Here’
‘The Shape of Here’ features four UK based artist-makers, Helen Carnac, Ken Eastman, David Gates and Annie Turner, who explore new and evolving notions of place through distinct material techniques. Across various perspectives and disciplines—from clay to metal and wood—their experimental investigations result in personal responses to space and landscape.

About ‘Prophetic Land’
‘Prophetic Land’ is a poetic response to the shifting nature of the complex landscape and environment that artists Max Bainbridge and Abigail Booth encountered in Braemar, Scotland, during their month-long residency with Make Hauser & Wirth in 2023. Their works in ‘Prophetic Land’ are a reflection of the paradoxical role humans have had in tipping the ecological balances in the Cairngorms, and the importance of looking to new ways of turning the tide of environmental collapse.

Both exhibitions are on view through Sunday 5 January 2025.

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Photographs will be taken at this event for use on the Hauser & Wirth website, social media and in other marketing materials.