Iwan Wirth

Iwan Wirth (born May 1970, Switzerland) is President of Hauser & Wirth, an international gallery of contemporary art and modern masters, which he co-founded with his wife, Manuela Wirth and mother-in-law, Ursula Hauser in Switzerland in 1992. Hauser & Wirth is now a global enterprise, with spaces in Zurich, London, Somerset, New York and Los Angeles. Hauser & Wirth is also a publisher of art books with a backlist of over 100 titles.

Iwan and Manuela Wirth were jointly ranked as the number 1 most powerful and influential figures in the art world in ArtReview’s 2015 ‘Power 100’, and were listed third in 2016. Iwan Wirth was also listed third in 2014 and 2013.

In 2016, Wirth was appointed to the Board of Trustees at CalArts, California and the Swiss Institute, New York. He has served as a Trustee of the Royal Academy of Arts, London since 2014. Wirth is a member of a number of committees including the Maria Lassnig Foundation, the Swiss Cultural Fund, the Frieze Masters selection committee, the Council of the Serpentine Gallery and the South Asian Acquisitions Committee at Tate. He was the 2007 Honoree at the Swiss Institute / Contemporary Art Benefit, and in 2015, he was awarded a Doctor of Letters (Hons) from Bath Spa University.

Wirth is a major benefactor of museums and international art projects, and contributes to a range of charities supporting the arts, architecture, the environment, conservation, community and education. Iwan and Manuela Wirth have been funding a teaching and research post at The Courtauld Institute of Art, London in the field of Asian modern and contemporary art since 2013. They are ongoing supporters of the Reykjavik Arts Festival and the Bruton Museum situated on Bruton High Street, as well as The Holburne Museum in Bath where they made a contribution towards the museum’s contemporary programme with a gallery space named the Wirth Gallery.

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