Iwan Wirth
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Iwan Wirth | |
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| Born | 1970 (age 55–56) |
| Occupations | Art dealer, gallery owner |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Known for | Co-founder, Hauser & Wirth |
| Spouse | Manuela Hauser (m. 1996) |
Iwan Wirth (born 1970) is a Swiss art dealer, gallery owner, and the president and co-founder of Hauser & Wirth, a contemporary art gallery.[2]
Hauser & Wirth
Iwan Wirth was born in 1970[2] and spent his early life in St. Gallen, Switzerland,[3] where his father was an architect and his mother was a schoolteacher.[4] Wirth opened a commercial gallery in 1986 at the age of sixteen,[5] and began working as a private dealer in Zurich in 1990.[6]
In 1992, Wirth opened the Hauser & Wirth gallery together with his wife Manuela and her mother Ursula, heirs to the Fust retail fortune.[7][8]
Other activities
In addition to his commercial activities, Wirth holds a variety of advisory positions, including:
- California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), member of the board of trustees (since 2016)[9]
- Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York, member of the board of trustees (since 2016)[10]
- Maria Lassnig Foundation, member of the board of trustees (since 2015)
- Royal Academy of Arts, member of the board of trustees (since 2014)[11]
- Serpentine Gallery, member of the council
- Tate, member of the South Asian Acquisitions Committee
From 1998 until 2009, Wirth and David Zwirner operated Zwirner & Wirth, which focused on private sales, in New York.[8]
In 2014, Wirth opened an arts complex in Bruton, Somerset, which includes the Roth Bar & Grill restaurant and a guesthouse hotel in the Durslade Farmhouse. The public garden is designed by Piet Oudolf.[7] He later purchased a hotel in Braemar, in Aberdeenshire in Scotland.[12][13] He is also part-owner of 'Manuela', a restaurant at the Hauser Wirth & Schimmel arts complex in Los Angeles.[14]
