SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Hauser & Wirth will return to FOG Design+Art this year with a selection of exceptional works by gallery artists spanning generations and genres. Contemporary works by Larry Bell, Charles Gaines, Jeffrey Gibson, Rashid Johnson, William Kentridge, Glenn Ligon, Angel Otero, Mika Rottenberg, Pat Steir, Henry Taylor and Ambera Wellmann are complemented by important historic works by Arshile Gorky, Luchita Hurtado, Francis Picabia and Jack Whitten.
Among the highlights:
Mika Rottenbergs sprawling new chandelier, carved from invasive bittersweet vines harvested in Upstate New York and reclaimed plastic, is part of the artists ongoing series of functional sculptures entitled Lampshares;
A vibrant new large-scale collage and beaded bird sculpture by Jeffrey Gibson, who will be in conversation with artist, designer and author George McCalman at Pier 3s FOG Theater on 23 January as part of the fairs annual FOG Talks. The artists traveling solo exhibition They Teach Love opens at the Boise Museum of Art, Boise ID, on 31 January and his commission titled The Animal That Therefore I Am, for the façade of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY, will be on view through June 2026;
Aquatint prints and acrylic paintings by Henry Taylor, whose intimate style of portraiture will be celebrated in a monumental solo exhibition at the Musée Picasso, Paris, France, opening 8 April;
Two seminal works on paper by Jack Whitten (1939 2018)both were exhibited in the artists globally acclaimed 2025 retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art in New Yorkare made available for the first time;
New ceramic works by Rashid Johnson, whose solo exhibition A Poem for Deep Thinkers will travel from the Guggenheim Museum, New York NY, to the Modern Museum of Forth Worth, Fort Worth TX, opening on 8 March.