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Watch L.A. Dance Project's David Adrian Freeland Jr. powerful choreographic work, ‘It Could’ve Been Me...It Could Be Me,’ performed throughout Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles's outdoor spaces and within ‘The Great American Fact,’ Amy Sherald’s first West Coast exhibition. Watch now: https://tinyurl.com/2x9fd2wc Debuting online as part of Ursula Magazine, the performance was created during the uprisings against police brutality and the killings of unarmed Black Americans.... Choreography & performance: @david_adrian Videography: @trevortweeten Music: Joel Thompson’s ‘Seven Last Words of the Unarmed’. Audio recording by Michigan State University Men’s Glee Club, 2016. Conducted by Eugene Rogers

'Amy Sherald sees her work representing the 'dash' of life, the in-between moments of everyday living. I feel like I’m returning us to our rightful place, which is in all of our natural elements like a fully functional person".'

Congratulations to LA-based artist Sichong Xie, former exchange artist in residency at Hauser & Wirth Somerset, who is a recipient of the 2021 Los Angeles Artadia Award. Read more: tinyurl.com/x8wskyp6 ‘I was awe-struck by Sichong. Her collaborative spirit, workmanship and storytelling were incredibly moving to me. Her projects weave narratives that are, at once, poignantly singular and wholly universal a seemingly impossible feat.’Beth Malone, Independent Curator and Executive Director of Dashboard in Atlanta

Amy Sherald speaks with Elvis Mitchell, legendary film critic and host of KCRW's The Treatment a weekly segment of 'in-depth interviews with the most innovative and influential people working in entertainment, art, and pop culture.'

Be among the first to see new works by Amy Sherald today, 11 am 6 pm. We're excited to welcome in-person visitors to the gallery via a weekend standby line. Free entry, no weekend booking necessary.

For her 2016 series 'Colorvision', LA-based artist and educator Diana Thater asks 'Does language or sensation dominate our experience of art?' On view on galleryplatform.LA through 12 November, each monitor in this series displays the name of a color along with a bouquet of flowers in a different, complimentary color. Explore this work now: https://tinyurl.com/y7hkxbz7... Installation view, ‘Diana Thater: Colorvision’, 1301PE, Los Angeles, CA, 2016 Diana Thater. Photos: Fredrik Nilsen. Courtesy the artist, Hauser & Wirth, David Zwirner, London/New York, and 1301PE, Los Angeles.

For the month of October, we're participating in The Big Drawthe world's largest drawing festival connecting people of all ages with museums, outdoor spaces, artists, designers and illustrators. Share your artwork using #HauserWirthBigDraw #ClimateOfChange and tag @hauserwirth @TheBigDraw for a chance to be featured!

On the occasion of the benefit ‘Artists for New York,‘ join us today at 3 pm PST for a screening of two films by artists Joan Jonas and Mika Rottenberg, followed by an intimate discussion with Sally Tallant, President and Executive Director of The Queens Museum in Queens, New York. Register on Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/y3kdtaq3

In its 11th season premiere, #Artbound journeys into the art works of Robert Irwin, Larry Bell and Helen Pashgian and their exploration of perception, material, and experience in the Light and Space movement. Tune in or stream Sept. 30 at 9 p.m. https://bit.ly/3i5FzxK

Need some mid-week inspiration? LA artist #MarkBradford has been busy. Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles has just released a stunning body of work Mark Bradford: Quar...antine Paintings for view online. The kinetic energy of his work radiates even from a social distance. Mr. Bradford is also the founder of Art+Practice, an arts organization and gallery in Leimert Park that benefits foster kids in Los Angeles. Did you see his interview on 60 Minutes? It’s up for an Emmy this Sunday. He’s that good. Learn more about the artist and check out the show: https://bit.ly/2ZFS6By : Joshua White, Portrait by Sean Shim-Boyle, Hauser + Wirth by Joshua Targownik #discoverla #BlackExcellence See more

Explore ‘Fell for Everything,’ the thesis exhibition of 2020 graduating artists from the ArtCenter College of Design MFA program curated by Adam Stamp. Watch the video below to preview the exhibition. Learn more here: https://tinyurl.com/y6n2ok6v

On the occasion of the release of ‘Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting,’ a new publication from Laurence King, please join us for a live virtual conversation between the monograph’s author, Robert Storr, artists Carroll Dunham, Mark Thomas Gibson, Amy Sillman, and moderated by Alexi Worth. Register for the event here: https://tinyurl.com/y6rc8cbs

‘It’s high time for the inventive work of American painter Ed Clark (1926-2019) to take its rightful place in contemporary art history.’ Read Art Critic Shana Nys Dambrot review of ‘Ed Clark. Expanding the Image’ for LA Weekly.

‘Quarantine Paintings’, an online exhibition featuring new paintings by Mark Bradford, is now live. Created during the pandemic, Bradford’s new paintings explore the nature of art in isolation.

We are delighted to share that ‘Ed Clark. Expanding the Image’ is now open for timed viewing appointments. To book a timed viewing appointment, please make a reservation here: https://tinyurl.com/yxsn6g7w Viewing appointments will be released on a weekly basis. Please review viewing guidelines prior to your visit.

California Institute of the Arts announces the launch of the Charles Gaines Faculty Chair created by the generosity of philanthropist Eileen Harris Norton. This transformative gift provides much-needed support to Black and underrepresented faculty in the School of Art, and pays tribute to the enormous impact #CalArts School of Art faculty and acclaimed artist Charles Gaines has had on students. During his three decades at the Institute, he has mentored such acclaimed Black artists as Mark Bradford, Rodney McMillan, Lauren Halsey, Edgar Arceneaux, and Henry Taylor, among others.

Breonna Taylor by Amy Sherald for the cover of Vanity Fair's September issue.

In loving memory of artist Luchita Hurtado (1920 2020) Over the course of 80 years, Luchita Hurtado resolutely committed to documenting the interconnectedness of human beings, nature, and terrestrial life. Her profound engagement with and deep compassion for Earth and humanity is evidenced by her extensive oeuvre of paintings, drawings, photographs, and prints. Hurtado’s work forms an expansive visual languagecombining abstraction and figurationto underscore the connection between corporeality and the planet, recognizing the urgency of the current ecological crisis. Luchita Hurtado, 2020 Luchita Hurtado. Photo: Fredrik Nilsen