Hauser & Wirth
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| Established | 1992 |
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| Location | Switzerland |
| Type | Art gallery, modern art |
| Founder | Iwan Wirth Manuela Wirth Ursula Hauser |
| Website | hauserwirth |
Hauser & Wirth is an international gallery devoted to contemporary and modern art, founded in Switzerland by Iwan and Manuela Wirth and Ursula Hauser in 1992. It is now a global enterprise, with spaces in Zurich, London, New York, Somerset, and Los Angeles. The gallery represents over 60 established and emerging artists, including Mark Bradford, Christoph Büchel, Roni Horn, Paul McCarthy and Pipilotti Rist, and is responsible for artist estates and foundations including The Louise Bourgeois Studio, The Estate of Philip Guston, The Eva Hesse Estate, Allan Kaprow Estate, Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, The Estate of Jason Rhoades, Dieter Roth Estate and The Estate of David Smith. Hauser & Wirth has been cited by The Financial Times as "the marketplace of ideas".
Iwan Wirth and Manuela Wirth were jointly ranked as the number 1 most powerful and influential figures in the art world in ArtReview's "Power 100" in 2015, after Iwan Wirth was previously listed third in 2013 and 2014.The New York Times described Wirth as "one of the most powerful players in contemporary art".
In 1992, Hauser & Wirth opened its first public space in the first-floor apartment of an Art Deco villa at Sonneggstrasse 84 in Zurich. The gallery's first exhibitions were "Alexander Calder: Mobiles and Gouaches" and "Joan Miró: Sculptures and Paintings".
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