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Marking Earth Day, we reflect on what it means to collaborate across communities, cultures and disciplines in service of the planet. In Guatemala’s Northern Highlands, Indigenous leaders, conservation partners and artists are working together to safeguard one of the last cloud forests in Central America. Since 2020, Hauser & Wirth has partnered with local community leaders and non-profits’ Fundaeco, Re:wild, and Art into Acres to permanently protect approximately 5,000 acres of this threatened ecosystem. The effort weaves together local health, Indigenous stewardship, and community well-being, reflecting the belief that people and nature thrive together.

The ‘Education Lab: Echoes’ accompanies the forthcoming Angel Otero exhibition, ‘Agua Salada,’ at Hauser & Wirth Somerset and explores how memory shapes who we are.

Hauser & Wirth Publishers is participating in noisé magazine’s first reading room in Shanghai, created as a place where reading can happen again.

Hauser & Wirth and Spike Island are delighted to announce Joe Lyward as the recipient of the second Engagement Fellowship for South West-based Curators 2026 – 2027.

On the occasion of ‘Glenn Ligon. late at night, early in the morning, at noon,’ on view at Hauser & Wirth New York, 18th Street, and as part of the gallery’s ongoing learning initiatives, artist Glenn Ligon collaborated with participants from Artistic Noise, an organization committed to enriching the lives of system-impacted youth through art making.

It is with great sadness that Iwan and Manuela Wirth, together with Marc Payot, Co-Presidents of the gallery, announce the passing of New York-based artist Pat Steir, shortly before her 88th birthday. Steir is survived by her husband Joost Elffers and niece Lily Sukoneck-Cohen. Along with Andrea Glimcher, who has served as the artist’s longtime advisor, we extend our deepest condolences to Pat’s family and her extraordinary network of friends and colleagues at home and internationally. We would also like to recognize the extraordinary dedication of her studio team—Liam van Loenen, Alexis Myre, and Shaun Acton—who worked alongside Pat for decades with remarkable care, loyalty, and commitment.

Following an open call by ZHdK – Zurich University of the Arts, MA and BA students, as well as mid-career academic staff and junior researchers from the Department of Fine Arts, responded to KOO JEONG A's exhibition ‘KANGSE X’ in a performative presentation. The event brought together an incredible mix of young people, students, and friends, with roughly 180 participants joining us for an inspiring evening.

Returning to Paris for its fifth presentation in the city, the project featuring works by Jean-Charles de Quillacq will be located on the second floor of our Paris gallery.

Opening March 2027 in London, Tate Britain will present a major exhibition of works by Sonia Boyce DBE RA. Celebrating the artist’s practice, shaped by her fierce experimentation and a refusal to conform, the multi-sensory exhibition will span more than four decades, bringing together large-scale installations, photography, collage, drawing, film and sculpture. It will trace Boyce’s collaborative and improvisational techniques, navigating questions of collective memory and the boundaries between private and public experiences.

We are proud to announce a three-year partnership with Robert Gordon University and Gray’s School of Art to support free Mobile Art School workshops in rural communities across North East Scotland. Launched on Thursday 12 March 2026, the Mobile Art School joined forces with artist Thomas J Price and Braemar School for creative workshops at St. Margaret’s Church, culminating in an exhibition at Braemar Kirk.

We are proud to share an important sustainability milestone across arts institutions in Los Angeles. Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles, alongside Getty, LACMA, MOCA and the Hammer Museum, has committed to work in the spirit of the Bizot Green Protocol, a set of sustainability guidelines designed to reduce environmental impact while protecting artworks and cultural collections.