Iwan Wirth
Iwan Wirth (born 1970) is a Swiss art dealer and gallery owner.
Together with Manuela Wirth and Ursula Hauser (respectively his wife and mother-in-law), 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, the 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 (opened in 1996); Hauser & Wirth London, Piccadilly (opened in 2003); Hauser & Wirth New York (opened in 2009); and Hauser & Wirth London, Savile Row (opened in 2010). In 2011, Wirth was named the most important contemporary art dealer in Europe and recently ranked fourth [1] 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 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.