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Hauser & Wirth
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Hauser & Wirth is an international gallery for modern and contemporary art founded in Zurich in 1992 by Iwan Wirth, Manuela Wirth, and Ursula Hauser. From its Swiss origins the gallery has grown into one of the largest art dealerships in the world, representing a roster of leading contemporary artists and major artist estates.
The gallery is known for a program that pairs museum-quality exhibitions with education, publishing, and hospitality. Its locations include galleries in Zurich, London, New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Monaco, and Gstaad, as well as destination art centers that extend beyond the conventional white cube: Hauser & Wirth Somerset, a converted farm complex in rural England, and an island art center in Menorca, both featuring exhibitions, gardens, and restaurants. The gallery publishes books and the magazine Ursula, and its artist list includes figures such as Louise Bourgeois, Philip Guston, Mark Bradford, and Rashid Johnson, alongside numerous estates and foundations.
Hauser & Wirth participates in the major international art fairs, including Art Basel and Frieze, and sells to museums, foundations, and private collectors worldwide. Works range from editions and works on paper to paintings and sculptures priced in the millions of dollars. The gallery remains privately owned by its founding partners.
The gallery is known for a program that pairs museum-quality exhibitions with education, publishing, and hospitality. Its locations include galleries in Zurich, London, New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Monaco, and Gstaad, as well as destination art centers that extend beyond the conventional white cube: Hauser & Wirth Somerset, a converted farm complex in rural England, and an island art center in Menorca, both featuring exhibitions, gardens, and restaurants. The gallery publishes books and the magazine Ursula, and its artist list includes figures such as Louise Bourgeois, Philip Guston, Mark Bradford, and Rashid Johnson, alongside numerous estates and foundations.
Hauser & Wirth participates in the major international art fairs, including Art Basel and Frieze, and sells to museums, foundations, and private collectors worldwide. Works range from editions and works on paper to paintings and sculptures priced in the millions of dollars. The gallery remains privately owned by its founding partners.
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Hauser & Wirth is one of the world's largest contemporary art galleries, representing artists such as Louise Bourgeois, Philip Guston, Mark Bradford, and Rashid Johnson across spaces in Zurich, London, New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and destination art centers in Somerset and Menorca. It sells museum-quality works to institutions and top private collectors.
Brand Details
Brand Tier
Ultra-Luxury
Price Range
$10,000 - $50,000,000
Founded
1992
Headquarters
Zurich, Switzerland
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Hauser & Wirth has distinguished itself among the world's mega-galleries by treating exhibition-making as seriously as sales, an approach that shows in its willingness to build destination art centers like Somerset and Menorca rather than confining the program to conventional urban white cubes. That combination of museum-grade curation, publishing, and hospitality gives the gallery a cultural footprint closer to an institution than a commercial dealer, even as it competes at the top of the market for major estates and living artists. Representing figures of the stature of Louise Bourgeois and Philip Guston alongside contemporary names like Mark Bradford signals both historical depth and forward-looking relevance, a balance not every blue-chip gallery strikes successfully. Remaining privately owned by its founders has also let Hauser & Wirth move more independently than publicly accountable rivals. The scale of ambition comes with correspondingly rarefied pricing and access, this is a gallery built for serious collectors and institutions, not casual buyers, but within that world it operates with real authority and consistency.
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