Hauser & Wirth wins George Condo back as other artists drop off its roster
The gallery dropped three recently signed names from its roster the same month it moved to bring the painter back.
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George Condo is rejoining Hauser & Wirth less than a year after leaving the mega-gallery, while website records show three other names quietly disappeared from its roster last month.
The gallery said Wednesday it will present exhibitions of new and historical work by Condo at its Paris and Palo Alto galleries in 2027, following the painter's 2025 career survey at the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris.
A gallery spokesperson told ARTnews that Hauser & Wirth has resumed representing Condo worldwide, and that the artist will keep his longtime relationship with Sprüth Magers.
The Condo reunion restores a relationship that began in 2019. But it lands the same month Hauser & Wirth removed Winfred Rembert, the Estate of Winfred Rembert and Barbara Chase-Riboud from its online artist roster, according to website monitoring conducted by Urgent Matter.
Condo left Hauser & Wirth in November after six years to join Sprüth Magers and Skarstedt, both dealers he had worked with for decades. He first exhibited with Monika Sprüth in 1984 and was represented by Skarstedt from 2004 until his 2019 move to Hauser & Wirth.
"I'm very excited to be looking toward 2027 and my next exhibitions with Hauser & Wirth in distinct locations that hold such resonance and allure for me. My love affair with Paris may be decades long but it's endlessly self-renewing. I've always been inspired by the art, literature and creative thinking that was born out of the Parisian atmosphere,” Condo said in a statement.
“At the same time, I am extremely curious about the prospect of Palo Alto and bringing new art to the birthplace of technology. Creative production is at the core of both cities' identities; this is all very thrilling and inspirational.”
Marc Payot, the gallery's president, described the 2027 shows as a continuation of the partnership.
"It's wonderful to be starting the next chapter in our collaboration with George Condo by planning ambitious shows in places identified with cultural breakthroughs," Payot said. "George is, and always has been, a true pioneer."
The gallery has been visibly active on other fronts. On June 10, Hauser & Wirth said it would represent the sculptor Leonardo Drew, continuing its collaboration with Anthony Meier and Goodman Gallery, which have long shown his work.
The three names dropped from the roster in June all arrived recently. Rembert and his estate joined in January 2023, co-represented with New York's Fort Gansevoort, and the gallery announced worldwide representation of Chase-Riboud that June.
The gallery has not publicly announced either departure, and the roster changes do not state whether the representation relationships have formally ended.
Rembert, who died in 2021, posthumously won a Pulitzer Prize in 2022 for his memoir. Chase-Riboud, 87, was the subject of a 2023 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art pairing her sculpture with the work of Alberto Giacometti.
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