Paul Schimmel in Talks to Join Hauser & Wirth in Los Angeles
Schimmel. (PMC) Gallerist has learned from several independent sources that Paul Schimmel, former chief curator of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, is in late negotiations to join Hauser...
View ArticleHello, Babylon! The Art World Is Cheating on New York With Los Angeles
An influx of New York artists, dealers and museum directors is transforming the L.A. art world. When my plane broke through the Los Angeles smog on an afternoon in early spring, I imagined I had willed...
View ArticlePaul’s Uncanny Valley
'That Girl T.G. Awake' (2012–13) by McCarthy. (Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth) An hour before Paul McCarthy’s “Life Cast” exhibition opened last week at Hauser & Wirth’s Upper East Side...
View ArticleLook at This! Matthew Day Jackson at Hauser & Wirth
Much has been made of the big gallery, big art phenomenon recently, and Matthew Day Jackson, who is opening Hauser & Wirth's season tonight with an exhibition of new work in its enormous 18th...
View ArticleHauser & Wirth Takes on Mira Schendel Estate
Schendel. (Courtesy Mira Schendel Estate/Hauser & Wirth) The estate of the late Swiss-born, São Paolo-based artist Mira Schendel will be represented worldwide by Hauser & Wirth, the gallery...
View Article‘Sensitive Geometries: Brazil 1950s–1980s’ at Hauser & Wirth
'Mira Schendel — Untitled,' 1955. (Courtesy Hauser & Wirth) As Brazil’s economy strengthens dramatically, its contemporary art is gaining international attention, and galleries are rushing to open...
View ArticleThe Paradox of Martin Creed: The Artist on His Biggest Gallery Exhibition Ever
Martin Creed at Tate Britain in Nov. 2011. Lanky Martin Creed was standing on the first floor of Hauser & Wirth gallery on the Upper East Side, dressed in lightly paint-splattered, black pants that...
View Article‘Re-View: Onnasch Collection’ at Hauser & Wirth
'1953-No. 2 (PH-847)' (1953) by Still. (© City and County of Denver, courtesy the Clyfford Still Museum. ARS, NY and DACS, London 2014. Courtesy Onnasch Collection Photo by Alex Delfanne) It’s...
View Article‘Sterling Ruby: Sunrise Sunset’ at Hauser & Wirth
'FLAG (4791)' (2014) by Ruby. (Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth) Sterling Ruby’s first exhibition in New York in four years, his first here with Hauser, is a shocking show of force. He has,...
View ArticleGarry Winogrand at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and ‘The Photographic...
'New York' (1950) by Winogrand. (© The Estate of Garry Winogrand, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco) It’s been 25 years since the last Garry Winogrand retrospective, and now is a great time to...
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