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The dedicated showcase highlights the artist’s profound connection with the island and its natural environment, as well as local materials he was able to work with during time spent in Menorca. The presentation includes early works on paper from the 1970s, Chamotte clay sculptures made during the 1980s and later work in Corten steel. ‘Saludo a los Pájaros II (Salute to the Birds II)’ (2000) is visible beyond the gallery window, surrounded by trees and views of the harbour. Appearing almost weightless, the sculpture denotes Chillida’s mastery of material and form as well as his continuous passion for natural phenomena.

On April 29, our sister company Artfarm will open its doors to Fish Shop in Washington DC. Initially born in Ballater, Scotland, Fish Shop is a welcoming restaurant and bar, where seafood, craftsmanship and art combine. Designed to cater to local residents alongside the many seasonal visitors to the capital, Fish Shop will offer a modern, informal 180-cover restaurant and bar with three private dining rooms also available to hire.

Since 2020, we have supported land conservation with Art into Acres, an initiative connecting artists, gallerists and collectors and large-scale land protection. To date, we have directly supported the locally-led protection of 2,063 hectares, or 5,104 acres, of new cloud forest preservation in Central America, in a partnership with environmental non-profits Fundaeco and Re:wild, which matches the donation. This forest is the last large, unpreserved cloud forest in northern Central America—home to Mexican Elm trees spanning 10 feet in diameter and 160 feet in height, and hundreds of bird species.

The Gershon Iskowitz Foundation in partnership with the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) has awarded Allison Katz the 2023 Gershon Iskowitz Prize at the AGO. The award, which includes a $75,000 cash award as well as a solo presentation at the AGO is presented annually to an artist who has made an outstanding contribution to the visual arts in Canada.

In 2017, Hauser & Wirth partnered with public university Cal State LA to develop a joint community engagement initiative, giving rise to the innovative documentary filmmaking course, Community Impact Media. A training program for student filmmakers, the course pairs students with local nonprofit organizations to produce high-quality, short documentaries. Students are provided with hands-on experience in media production and storytelling mentorship to bolster both their craft and the inspiring work of the nonprofits they feature. In turn, these organizations are left with a visual tool to educate and build constituencies, support funding efforts and encourage participation.  

In fall 2024, Hauser & Wirth established a partnership with The New Art School Modality, an innovative and alternative art school model that offers free participation to students via hybrid, online and in-person modules worldwide. 

William Kentridge has been elected as a Foreign Associate Member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts by Erik Desmazières, member of Engraving and Drawing section. Kentridge was previously elected in 2021 as a Foreign associate member in Seat XIII previously occupied by the greek jeweller and artist Ilias Lalaounis (1920 – 2013).

Frank Bowling’s exhibition ‘Collage’ will be complemented by an academic program, the first of its kind for our Parisian gallery, driven by the shared passion for education and learning by Frank Bowling and Hauser & Wirth. This includes a Study Day on Monday 28 April 2025 at the gallery, as well as workshops for school pupils from wider Paris regions.

Hauser & Wirth and Spike Island are delighted to announce Florence Fitzgerald-Allsopp as the recipient of the first Engagement Fellowship for South West-Based Curators 2025 – 2026.

‘The Struggle Against Terrorism’ (1934–35), a monumental landmark mural by Philip Guston and Reuben Kadish will be unveiled to the public on Friday, 31 January 2025 in a celebration honoring the masterwork’s resplendent restoration. Located in an 18th Century Baroque palace in Morelia, Mexico that today houses the Regional Museum of Michoacán, this significant artwork has been brought back to life, and conserved for generations to come, through an intensive collaboration between The Guston Foundation, Mexico’s Ministry of Culture and the National Center for the Conservation of Artistic and Architectural Heritage.

‘School Without Walls’ places the arts at the heart of the curriculum, transforming models of learning outside a traditional classroom context. Educators, artists and cultural organizations work together to co-design learning alongside children, with adults observing, listening, documenting and being responsive to children’s ideas. Over the course of one week, young people from St Aldhelm’s Church School transferred their learning from the school classroom to the gallery’s ‘Education Lab: Open Art School.’

On the occasion of ‘Gary Simmons. Thin Ice,’ on view at our Wooster Street location in New York, and as part of the gallery’s ongoing learning initiatives, Gary Simmons has collaborated with young people from Artistic Noise, an organization committed to enriching the lives of system-impacted youth through art making.

In receiving the award—the highest given to artists and arts patrons by the United States government—Bradford shared: ‘It is an unbelievable honor to be included among the recipients of the National Medal of Arts. I've always believed that my practice has had one foot in the studio and one foot in the world—acknowledgement by this community that my work has resonated is truly humbling.’

Artist William Kentridge’s extraordinary, expansive ‘Self-Portrait As A Coffee-Pot’ is now available to watch worldwide exclusively on the global film distributor and streaming service MUBI, following special previews at Toronto International Film Festival and BFI London Film Festival and its presentation at the Arsenale Institute for the Politics of Representation, curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, during the Venice Biennale of Art 2024.

‘Barbara Chase-Riboud. Everytime A Knot is Undone, A God is Released’ is the first multi-museum exhibition of a single artist to be presented in Paris during their lifetime. On view across eight major Parisian institutions—Musée d’Orsay, Palais de la Porte Dorée, Musée du Louvre, Philharmonie de Paris, Centre Pompidou, Musée du Quai Branly, Musée Guimet and Palais de Tokyo—this presentation is a wide-ranging celebration of the work of the artist, spanning sculpture, drawing and poems created from 1958 to the present day.

We are honored to announce the global representation of acclaimed American artist Jeffrey Gibson, in collaboration with Sikkema Jenkins & Co. Over the past three decades, Gibson has evolved a rich interdisciplinary practice, drawing from American, Indigenous and queer histories, as well as references to popular music, literature and art historical narratives. Harnessing these sources to his own personal experiences, Gibson has created an astonishing array of works that explore questions of taste, authenticity and the limits of cultural legibility. His art spans the fullest range of mediums—from painting and sculpture to installation, video and performance—and a distinctive visual language that embraces a broad spectrum of cultural expressions and identities in a way that is simultaneously intimate and radically expansive.

Following the presentation of Susana Chillida’s book ‘Una vida para el arte’ in Menorca, we have partnered with Escola Oficial d’Idiomes (Mahon and Ciutadella’s language schools), Escoles d’adults de Menorca (Menorcan adults education school) and Xarxa de Biblioteques de Menorca (local libraries across Menorca). The collaboration will involve the donation of Susana Chillida’s memoir in both Spanish—published by Galaxia Gutenberg—and English, released by Hauser & Wirth Publishers, to be included in their winter programs.

On the occasion of Takesada Matustani’s exhibition ‘Matsutani’ at Hauser & Wirth Paris, we collaborated with students from the local arts and design school École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d’art to create a series of digital projects inspired by the works on view.  

On Thursday 19 September 2024, the Learning Exchange traveled to Somerset for a day of conversations highlighting interdisciplinary approaches to learning, led by artists, educators, museum and gallery professionals. The event followed the gallery’s inaugural Learning Exchange in 2023 at Hauser & Wirth New York, 18th Street, with further editions planned in New York and Los Angeles. The forthcoming ‘Learning Exchange: Community Matters’ will take place in our gallery in New York, 18th Street, on Friday 18 October 2024.