Join us for a late opening at Hauser & Wirth Publishers, to celebrate our most recent publications in the setting of Dieter and Björn Roth’s ‘Bar 2.’

This event is part of the ‘After Hours’ program by galleries and spaces in Wiedikon and Aussersihl.

Friday 30 October 2026
6 – 9 PM

Hauser & Wirth Publishers
Bäckerstrasse 51
8004 Zürich
Switzerland

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About Hauser & Wirth Publishers
In keeping with Hauser & Wirth’s artist-centric vision, Hauser & Wirth Publishers works to bring readers into the universe of artists and behind the scenes of their practices. From publishing artists’ writings and exceptional exhibition-related books to commissioning new scholarship and pursuing the highest levels of craft in design and bookmaking, Hauser & Wirth Publishers creates vital, lasting records of artists’ work and ideas, forging critical gateways to the cultural discourse they inspire.

Hauser & Wirth Publishers titles are available worldwide in all our gallery locations as well as in museum stores, independent bookshops, and online. Our books are distributed via Distributed Art Publishers, Thames & Hudson, and Interart.

About ‘Bar 2’ (1983 – 97)
by Dieter Roth with Björn Roth
While the bar installed here has its origins in 1983, its Zurich history begins in 1997, when Dieter Roth persuaded Iwan Wirth that ‘Bar 2’ should be run as a ‘genuine’ bar before the opening of his show at Hauser & Wirth in the Löwenbräu arts complex. After being exhibited as work-in-progress in Marseille earlier that year, Bar 2 was expanded and reconfigured for Fabrikstrasse 21—a five-minute walk from the gallery—where it served as a functional bar from December 1997 until the following summer. The current site-specific installation of Bar 2 has also been executed by has been executed by the artist's grandson Oddur Roth, who has encouraged us to find ways to reactivate some of the bar’s original functions so that ‘the social sculpture can become alive again.’

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Please be advised that photographs may be taken at this event for use on the Hauser & Wirth website, social media and in other marketing materials.