Dispatches
Hans Ulrich Obrist and Kimberly Drew in conversation
Since their first meeting in 1985, Maria Lassnig and Hans Ulrich Obrist went on to develop a unique relationship over the course of three decades,...
From Zurich: Pipilotti Rist’s Playlist
Slow showers of vivid color tones permeate the moving, sonic and spatial video works of Pipilotti Rist. Audio is an integral component in her...
Announcing Global Reopenings and Our Summer 2020 Exhibition Program
Following the reopening of our Zurich and Hong Kong locations in May, we are pleased to announce that we will welcome visitors back to see work by...
Reading Maria Lassnig’s Letters
‘Living with art stops one wilting!’ Maria Lassnig wrote in her letter to Hans Ulrich Obrist in 2014. Austrian artist Maria Lassnig is celebrated...
Sophie Taeuber-Arp: Announcing Representation of the Estate
Our first exhibition devoted to Taeuber-Arp launches online on 11 June. This concise survey exhibition presents 30 works dating from 1916 to 1942,...
From Berlin: David Zink Yi’s Lockdown Playlist
Projected onto the floor of Hauser & Wirth Zürich in 2013 was an 11-part video installation of Cuban musicians, alive with the energy of piano...
I Am Spirit: Reading Jack Whitten
Widely celebrated for his experimental approach to painting, Jack Whitten often turned to writing as a way to investigate, understand, and grapple...
Inside Zeng Fanzhi’s Beijing Studio
Chinese artist Zeng Fanzhi investigates the possibilities of painting in the contemporary era. Working across diverse modes of representation and...
Roni Horn and Matthew Barney in conversation
Matthew Barney talks with Roni Horn in upstate New York from the Sawtooth Valley in Idaho, where the surrounding nature seeps to the surface of...
From Vancouver: Rodney Graham’s Lockdown Playlist
Including tracks ‘I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine’ and ‘I’m the Loneliest Fool’, Rodney Graham’s honesty and much-needed droll runs through his...
The Making of Simone Leigh’s Brick House
Simone Leigh’s sculpture, the inaugural High Line Plinth Commission, was first unveiled in June 2019 on New York City’s celebrated greenway....
Distanced Figures: George Condo
We visit George Condo at his home studio where he provides an insight into the cathartic experience of art-making during lockdown. Condo’s...
Anna Maria Maiolino’s Spaghetti alla Puttanesca
Italian-born artist Anna Maria Maiolino’s shares a recipe for a personal twist on spaghetti alla puttanesca, a deeply flavorful dish made with...
The Possibilities of Sculpture: Sabine Breitwieser on Isa Genzken
For our 2020 Isa Genzken exhibition ‘Window’ at Hauser & Wirth London, Sabine Breitwieser sheds light on the German sculptor’s ever-evolving...
‘Into the Rearview Mirror’ a film series selection organized by Annie Leibovitz
While most of the world sits sequestered at home during these uncertain times, it's more compelling than ever to daydream of jumping into a car...
From Ghent: Berlinde De Bruyckere
Read and listen to Belgian artist Berlinde De Bruyckere’s moving and meditative thoughts on a painting for consolation and the Maria Vespers...
Five Best Books by Artists
From her office in the Zurich headquarters of Hauser & Wirth Publishers, the imprint’s director Michaela Unterdörfer speaks to Romas Viesulas...
From a Distance: smiles are the medicine
From an anonymous contributor, a visual diary of some things that have caught the eye and provided a diversion during days in isolation. The page...
Stream: The Possibilities of Black and White
A stone sits on a long roll of white paper unfurled on the ground. Hanging above it is a canvas sack full of water. Matsutani enters with slow,...
Digital Premiere: ‘Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf’
We are thrilled to present the first-ever digital screening of ‘Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf’ directed by Thomas Piper, exclusively...
Tetsumi Kudo’s New Ecology
‘No matter how, it is important to think about the relationship of polluted nature to the proliferation of electronics’, Kudo states, ‘the...
ALL THINGS ARE DELICATELY INTERCONNECTED
A Limited-Edition Benefit Print features one of the artist's iconic ‘Truisms’, relaying a timely message that speaks to the global health and...
Exploring the Archive: Helen Molesworth on Joan Mitchell
In a photograph dated ca. 1962, Joan Mitchell gazes directly at the photographer. Her expression is not quite legible, but her eyes hold you with...
Big Ideas: Richard Jackson on His Early Years in Pasadena, 1968–93
Whether smeared on walls or stacked face-to-face, it’s often the backs and sides of paintings that greet the viewer of Richard Jackson’s works. In...
From London: Stefan Brüggemann
We visit the London home studio of Mexican-German artist Stefan Brüggemann, who shares his latest body of works in gold, created during isolation.
Zoe Leonard’s ‘I want a president’
Zoe Leonard’s oft-cited work, ‘I want a president’ was written by the artist in 1992 in response to poet Eileen Myles’s presidential bid alongside...
Jack Whitten on Arshile Gorky
The final work created by Jack Whitten before his passing in January 2018 is a memorial to Arshile Gorky. Shimmering with brilliantly colored...
Rashid Johnson’s Baby Back Ribs
Exploring shared cultural identities and personal narratives, Rashid Johnson’s work is preoccupied with ideas that form an artistic toolkit for...
ArtLab: Our new technology and research division
Our new research and innovation arm ArtLab explores projects at the intersection of art and technology. ArtLab was formed to create bespoke...
From New York: Rita Ackermann
Citing quarantine as an ideal time for collaboration with loved ones, Rita Ackermann shares a video made in collaboration with her husband Daniel...
Exploring the Archive: on Lygia Pape
Making Worlds, Fare Mondi, Bantin Duniyan, Weltenmachen, Construire des Mondes, Fazer Mundos … our title for the 53rd Venice Biennale, with all...
Berlinde De Bruyckere wax blankets
‘Was there ever anything that came so close to the real?’ the 16th century Neapolitan poet Giambattista Marino asked once in a poem about a wax...
Art Sounds: George Condo
For our ‘Art Sounds’ initiative, the celebrated American-Canadian violinist and partner of George Condo, Leila Josefowicz, responds to ‘Parallel...