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South China Morning Post

Fionnuala McHugh

2 October 2024

How US artist Mark Bradford teamed up with Hong Kong students ahead of his new exhibition

‘The entire project could be seen as a nudge towards bigger possibilities. During the opening, the students commented on the mural’s scale, as well as the insight into another landscape and the height – and hugs – of [Mark] Bradford.’
Mark Bradford poses with students in front of a mural in Sham Shui Po created as part of gallery Hauser & Wirth’s Education Lab in Hong Kong.

The Art Newspaper

Gareth Harris

1 October 2024

Stuffed animals, Superman and communing with spirits: the wacky world of Mike Kelley explored in Tate Modern survey

'His work asks significant and prescient questions about the role of art and the identity of the artist, the experience of living in a hyper-mediated society, and obsessions with various forms of belief system.'
© Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts. All Rights Reserved/VAGA at ARS, NY.

The Guardian

Adrian Searle

27 September 2024

Glenn Ligon: All Over the Place review – Black art disruptor shakes down the museum

'If museums are looking for a way to expand their horizons, Ligon has found a solution.'
Waiting for the Barbarians, by Glenn Ligon, in Athens in 2021. Photograph: Natalia Tsoukala.

The Robb Report

Julie Belcove

21 September 2024

Meet George Rouy, the 30-Year-Old British Painter With a Knack for Making Things ‘Bleed’

'The oil becomes that finishing layer, the kind of extra, because there’s such a beautiful weight and density to oil that acrylic doesn’t have.'
George Rouy, 2024 © George Rouy. Courtesy the artist, Hannah Barry Gallery and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Kemka Ajoku

Artnet

Eileen Kinsella

12 September 2024

Hauser and Wirth Teams Up with Steve Martin on a Love Letter to Los Angeles

'We are coming on this moment of Pacific Standard Time. Well, L.A. has been writing its history. There is this whole new L.A. story, and that’s also one of the many narratives of our exhibition.'
Richard Prince, Untitled (2024). ©Richard Prince. Image courtesy the artist and Hauser and Wirth Photo: Keith Lubow.

The New York Times

Nancy Princenthal

9 September 2024

Amy Sherald, Brazen Optimist

'You don’t have to live the fight to be the fight. And I don’t always want my identity to be associated with resistance and struggle.'
Portrait of Amy Sherald.

The New York Times

Zachary Small

7 September 2024

Nicole Eisenman at the Tipping Point

'To use space is to destroy space...Destruction and construction are two sides of the same coin.'
Portrait of Nicole Eisenman, 2020. © Brigitte Lacombe

Cultured

5 September 2024

Travis Scott and George Condo Are Unlikely Friends. They Compare Notes on Careers Spent Breaking the Rules.

When I get into my studio, the one thing I ask myself is, What have I never done before?
Portrait of George Condo. Photo: Michael Avedon.

The Art Newspaper

Linda Yablonsky

3 September 2024

New York exhibition places brutality of Leon Golub's paintings in dialogue with contemporary artists

'I was thinking of these in-between spaces...This kind of waiting and pause you see in Golub’s work. Its brutality draws a certain audience, but there can and should be opportunities to bring people into that space and be challenged by tough themes. I think these works can begin that process.'
Leon Golub Figure Gesturing 1982 Acrylic on linen 102.9 x 99.1 cm / 40 1/2 x 39 in Photo: Sarah Muehlbauer Estate of Leon Golub © The Nancy Spero and Leon Golub Foundation for the Arts Courtesy the Estate of Leon Golub and Hauser & Wirth

The Art Newspaper

Philippa Kelly

23 August 2024

Colourful new Hauser & Wirth show celebrates bringing art-making to mental health settings

‘What we've always thought is that anyone who's in an inpatient mental health facility deserves to experience extraordinary art, and to be able to express themselves creatively.’
Installation view of Hospital Rooms at Hauser and Wirth, 'Digital Art School' Exhibition, 2024. Photo © Hospital Rooms (Tim Bowditch)

T: The New York Times Style Magazine

Sasha Weiss

16 August 2024

The Artist Tackling One of Our Last Taboos

‘When she began making work about the beginning of life, she realized that it wasn’t just about her, or her childhood or children but about 'the whole world, how it’s built, how we think.'’
Camille Henrot, portrait, 2022. Photo: Ans Brys.

Harper's Bazaar

Kaitlyn Greenidge

14 August 2024

How Amy Sherald Painted Herself Into History

‘In times like these, if I stop creating, then the world turns into complete darkness. If we don’t create, then there is no light.’
Amy Sherald, Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama, 2018, oil on linen. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.

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