Paul McCarthy News

For his first exhibition with Hauser & Wirth, American artist Jack Whitten will present new paintings from the series Spatial Dialogues, Quantum Wall, and Portals, as well as new works on paper.

Beginning 16 September 2016, Hauser Wirth & Schimmel is pleased to present 'Maria Lassnig. A Painting Survey, 1950 – 2007,' the first Los Angeles solo exhibition for the acclaimed late Austrian artist. Spanning work made from the 1950s to the end of the artist's life, this survey traces Lassnig's evolution from early experiments with abstraction to a richly inventive figuration and the refinement of her 'body awareness' paintings, in which she captured physical sensation as felt from within. Lassnig devoted much of her career to recording her physiological states through a direct and unflinching style, believing that 'truth resides in the emotions produced within the physical shell.' Pursuing her extraordinary science of the self, Lassnig rendered an oeuvre that has influenced such important younger artists as Martin Kippenberger and Paul McCarthy.

Beginning 16 September 2016, Hauser Wirth & Schimmel is pleased to present 'Maria Lassnig. A Painting Survey, 1950 – 2007,' the first Los Angeles solo exhibition for the acclaimed late Austrian artist. Spanning work made from the 1950s to the end of the artist's life, this survey traces Lassnig's evolution from early experiments with abstraction to a richly inventive figuration and the refinement of her 'body awareness' paintings, in which she captured physical sensation as felt from within. Lassnig devoted much of her career to recording her physiological states through a direct and unflinching style, believing that 'truth resides in the emotions produced within the physical shell.' Pursuing her extraordinary science of the self, Lassnig rendered an oeuvre that has influenced such important younger artists as Martin Kippenberger and Paul McCarthy.

Lisa Phillips, Toby Devan Lewis Director, and James Keith Brown, President, announced today that the New Museum is launching an $80 million capital campaign to mark both the Museum's fortieth anniversary and its tenth year on the Bowery. The campaign, which will support expansion and growth of Museum programs and more than double the endowment, has already received $43 million in lead gifts from several members of the Board of Trustees.

Lisa Phillips, Toby Devan Lewis Director, and James Keith Brown, President, announced today that the New Museum is launching an $80 million capital campaign to mark both the Museum's fortieth anniversary and its tenth year on the Bowery. The campaign, which will support expansion and growth of Museum programs and more than double the endowment, has already received $43 million in lead gifts from several members of the Board of Trustees.

World Stage 2016 continues with the Canadian premiere of Looking for Paul: Inez van Dam vs. the Buttplug Gnome, a big, messy avant-garde performance that questions the role of public art. Four performances only will be presented April 27-30 at the Harbourfront Centre Theatre in this genre-colliding work.

Artadia is pleased to announce the awardees for the 2016 Los Angeles Artadia Awards: Dan Finsel and Mariah Garnett.

Artadia is pleased to announce the Awardees for the 2016 Los Angeles Artadia Awards: Dan Finsel and Mariah Garnett.

Harbourfront Centre is proud to announce an impressive and eclectic season for World Stage 2016, which runs January 20 - June 11. Since its inaugural season 30 years ago in 1986, World Stage continues to present groundbreaking contemporary performances from around the world. Artistic Director Tina Rasmussen unveiled the 2016 season, which includes seven international theatre, dance and multidisciplinary performances from Belgium, Canada, England, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Palestine.

For Art Basel Miami Beach 2015, Hauser & Wirth is pleased to present 'AMERICAN MASTERWORKS', a spotlight on the gallery's American artists and estates, featuring works by the late giants Louise Bourgeois, Philip Guston, Mike Kelley, and David Smith. Each of these visionaries occupies a significant place in the narrative of modern and contemporary art.

For Art Basel Miami Beach 2015, Hauser & Wirth is pleased to present 'AMERICAN MASTERWORKS', a spotlight on the gallery's American artists and estates, featuring works by the late giants Louise Bourgeois, Philip Guston, Mike Kelley, and David Smith. Each of these visionaries occupies a significant place in the narrative of modern and contemporary art.

Los Angeles...Beginning 13 March 2016, Hauser Wirth & Schimmel will present 'Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947 – 2016', the inaugural exhibition at its new complex in the heart of the downtown Los Angeles Arts District. Through nearly 100 works made by 34 artists over the past seventy years, this ambitious undertaking traces ways in which women have changed the course of art by deftly transforming the language of sculpture since the postwar period. Works on view reveal their makers inventing radically new forms and processes that privilege solo studio practice, tactility, and the idiosyncrasies of the artist's own hand. 'Revolution in the Making' explores multiple strains of artistic approaches, characterized by abstraction and repetition, that reject the precedent of a monolithic masterwork on a pedestal, employing such tactics as stacking, hanging, and intertwining, to create an intimate reciprocity between artist and viewer. The exhibition examines how elements that are central to art today – including engagement with found, experimental, and recycled materials, as well as an embrace of contingency, imperfection, and unstructured play – were propelled by the work of women who, in seeking new means to express their own voices, dramatically expanded the definition of sculpture. 

Rotterdam-based performance gang Wunderbaum is pulling no punches in their highly anticipated New York debut.

Rotterdam-based performance gang Wunderbaum is pulling no punches in their highly anticipated New York debut.

Andrea Rosen Gallery is delighted to announce its representation of the Estate of Alina Szapocznikow.

Pondling, directed by Paul Meade is on the 59E59 stage through October 4th. Written by Genevieve Hulme-Beaman and starring Hulme-Beaman, this one-woman show is extraordinary.

Beginning today 15 September 2015, Hauser & Wirth will present its first New York exhibition devoted to Los Angeles-based artist Rachel Khedoori. In a practice that merges architecture, sculpture, and film, Khedoori's work collides and blurs boundaries between the actual and the perceived, and raises provocative questions about reality and representation.

Andrea Rosen Gallery is delighted to announce its representation of the Estate of Alina Szapocznikow. This Fall, the gallery will present its first solo exhibition of her work, (October 30th -December 5th) with a meticulously chosen group of major figurative sculptures from the 1960s and 1970s, contextualized with drawings and works from the 'Souvenir' series.

NEW YORK...Beginning 15 September 2015, Hauser & Wirth will present its first New York exhibition devoted to Los Angeles-based artist Rachel Khedoori. In a practice that merges architecture, sculpture, and film, Khedoori's work collides and blurs boundaries between the actual and the perceived, and raises provocative questions about reality and representation. 

Beginning 15 September 2015, Hauser & Wirth will present its first New York exhibition devoted to Los Angeles-based artist Rachel Khedoori. In a practice that merges architecture, sculpture, and film, Khedoori's work collides and blurs boundaries between the actual and the perceived, and raises provocative questions about reality and representation.