A Few Hits from Hauser & Wirth
This week, we've got a big profile of the gallery Hauser & Wirth in the arts section of The New York Observer, and we thought you might want to familiarize yourself with some of the gallery's...
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Hauser & Wirth to Open 23,000-Square-Foot Space on West 18th Street, in Chelsea
511 West 18th Street Last week, The Observer's Dan Duray published a comprehensive profile of the Hauser & Wirth gallery, on the occasion of its imminent expansion into a larger space in New York....
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Hauser & Wirth Announces Second New York Gallery With Best Card Ever
A digital announcement from Hauser & Wirth. (Courtesy Hauser & Wirth) Sometimes a gallery just nails it. Presented without further comment, Hauser & Wirth's official electronic announcement...
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Frieze Week has arrived. The New York debut of the British fair runs on Randall's Island May 4–7, opening to VIPs on May 3. But there is plenty more on offer over the next few days: satellite fairs...
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Homeless People’s Belongings as Sculpture at Frieze, Courtesy Christoph Büchel
Christoph Büchel, "1% (Jacob)," 2012. (Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth) Yesterday, in the Frieze New York sculpture garden, a shopping cart was parked behind a giant statue of a mustachioed...
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Supersize Chelsea!: In New York’s Main Art District, It’s Go Big or Go Home
Rendering of Sean Kelly Gallery's new Toshiko Mori-designed space on 36 Street. (Sean Kelly) “Be careful where you step,” shouted Maureen Bray over a percussion of power tools as she maneuvered past...
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Picking Up the Pieces: Phyllida Barlow at Hauser & Wirth
'untitled: upturnedhouse' (2012) by Phyllida Barlow. (Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth) Hauser & Wirth gallery has become difficult to navigate. Chunks of concrete, scraps of burlap and...
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‘Dieter Roth. Björn Roth’ at Hauser & Wirth
Dieter Roth, 'Zuckerturm (Sugar Tower),' 1994. (Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth) You will first meet Dieter Roth—who is posthumously inaugurating Hauser & Wirth’s massive new gallery on...
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The Id Stays in the Picture: Rita Ackermann Has Gone Abstract But Hasn’t Lost...
'Fire By Days Blues X,' 2013. (Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth) “I like a sudden appearance, when you look down on the marble bathroom floor, or in wood, and you see a face in it and it is...
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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...
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Hello, 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...
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Paul’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...
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Hauser & 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...
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‘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...
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The 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...
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‘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...
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‘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,...
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Garry 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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