In celebration of the exhibition ‘Nicolas Party. Clotho,’ we will welcome a community of artists, tutors and students for a discussion on painting in response to the work of the artist at Hauser & Wirth London.
‘Painters on Painting’ is an exploratory event where artists and tutors facilitate a conversation around painting exhibitions at Hauser & Wirth. The event aims to bring an audience of university students and young people who are interested in painting into discussions where thoughts and feelings on contemporary painting and artistic process can be expressed freely.
This event explores the language of paint and considers how artists engage with paint not only as a medium, but as a conceptual framework that can challenge and reimagine the conventions of painting through its interplay with other materials and media.
Taking place in the North Gallery, welcome drinks will be served at 6 pm, with the conversation and tour starting at 6.30 pm. Please note that this event is designed for students only, with student ID being required upon arrival. Attendance is free, but advance registration is required.
The participating tutors will be:
Habda Rashid, Senior Curator Modern and Contemporary Art, Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge.
Habda Rashid was the lead curator on the exhibition ‘Glenn Ligon: All Over The Place’ (2024 – 2025) at the Fitzwilliam Museum and ‘Paint Like The Swallow Sings Calypso’ (2022 – 2023) at Kettle’s Yard. She has taught on the MFA programs at the Royal College of Art and Goldsmiths University, as well as MA in Curating at the Whitechapel Gallery, and is a 2025 Turner Prize Jury member.
Andrew Pierre Hart, Associate Lecturer, Royal College of Art
Andrew Pierre Hart’s interdisciplinary practice explores the relationship between painting and sound, raising questions about how one may shape or influence the other (if there is a separation), and investigating the rhythmic play of improvised and spontaneous generative processes through a range of different media.
Dr Onya McCausland, Associate Professor, Head of Undergraduate Painting, Slade School of Art
Dr Onya McCausland’s practice transforms materials that are considered waste into pigments for paints, exploring the materials and materiality of how painting and paint relates to chemical elements and processes, human cultures, and traditions of art that relate to specific sites and places.
About ‘Nicolas Party. Clotho’
The universe of Swiss painter Nicolas Party comes alive in his first solo exhibition at Hauser & Wirth in London. Featuring new treescapes and portraits in pastel, this exhibition celebrates and challenges longstanding and cherished conventions of representational painting through Party’s signature style. The portraits in the exhibition, inspired by two sculptural works by Camille Claudel and Auguste Rodin, serve as a conceptual springboard to also frame the group of treescapes on view. Party utilizes the symbolism and mythological references present in these sculptures to confront the inevitability of aging and death, two themes that have long been central to his artistic exploration. Known for his unique use of soft pastel, the artist has become a master of the medium, employing the pigment’s versatility, immediacy and saturated color.
The first instalment of Hauser & Wirth Publishers’ new Contemporary Masters series, a new monograph focused on Nicolas Party’s mural work, will be published alongside this exhibition, which is on view from Tuesday 14 October – Saturday 20 December 2025.
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Filming and photography will take place at this event for use on the Hauser & Wirth website, social media and in other marketing materials.
