Iwan Wirth

Who is Iwan Wirth?

Iwan Wirth is a Swiss art dealer and gallery owner.

Together with Manuela Wirth and Ursula Hauser, Iwan Wirth is co-President and owner of Hauser & Wirth, an international gallery of contemporary and modern art. Over a period of two decades, Hauser & Wirth has hosted exhibitions by Christoph Büchel, Louise Bourgeois, Martin Creed and Paul McCarthy, among others. In addition to collaborating with more than 40 artists, Hauser & Wirth represents The Estate of Eva Hesse, Allan Kaprow Estate, The Estate of Lee Lozano, The Estate of Jason Rhoades, Dieter Roth Estate and the Henry Moore Family Collection.

Since it was founded in 1992, Wirth has led the expansion of the gallery, adding four permanent exhibition spaces: Hauser & Wirth Zürich; Hauser & Wirth London, Piccadilly; Hauser & Wirth New York; and Hauser & Wirth London, Savile Row. In 2011, Wirth was named the most important contemporary art dealer in Europe and recently ranked fourth in the world in Art Review’s latest ‘The Power 100’ released in October 2012. The New York Times described Wirth as ‘one of the most powerful players in contemporary art’, while a recent survey of artists’ opinions for Flash Art magazine’s ‘100 Top International Galleries’, voted the gallery number one in Europe and second in the world.