February 24, 2023

In Conversation

Hao Liang and Hans Ulrich Obrist

To coincide with his recent exhibition Hao Liang: The Sad Zither at Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London, the artist speaks with curator Hans Ulrich Obrist about the past, his beginnings, and his references.

Hao Liang: The Sad Zither, Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London, February 9–March 28, 2023

Artwork © Hao Liang; video: Emma Charles

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Hao Liang: Emaciation Now: Paintings of My Contemporaries

Hao Liang: Emaciation Now: Paintings of My Contemporaries

Travis Diehl pens an essay on Hao Liang’s latest paintings.

Hao Liang: To Forge the Chain of Being

Hao Liang: To Forge the Chain of Being

Fan Jingzhong analyzes the classical concepts and references in Hao Liang’s paintings.

Hao Liang: Poetics of Li Shangyin

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Hao Liang: Poetics of Li Shangyin

Join Hao Liang in his Beijing studio as he discusses the inspiration behind his latest series of paintings, rendered in ink and color on silk. Evoking the tradition of literati painting, the three works picture imagery conceived in response to passages of poetry by the ninth-century poet Li Shangyin.

Hao Liang: Portraits and Wonders

Hao Liang: Portraits and Wonders

Hao Liang speaks with curator Philip Tinari about Chinese artists and traditions that have inspired him. New works by the artist are currently on view at Gagosian in New York.

Mary Weatherford and Mark Lee: Persephone

In Conversation
Mary Weatherford and Mark Lee: Persephone

Ahead of Persephone, an exhibition of new paintings by Mary Weatherford inside Hong Kong’s historic Pedder Building, the Quarterly’s Wyatt Allgeier met with Weatherford and the architect Mark Lee to talk about their collaboration. Here, they discuss how custom architectural interventions—from mirrored columns to strategic light play—transform the gallery, evoking Persephone’s mythic journey through the underworld and back into the light of spring.

Jenny Saville and Douglas Stuart

In Conversation
Jenny Saville and Douglas Stuart

Ahead of her exhibition over the summer at the National Portrait Gallery, London, Jenny Saville met with the novelist Douglas Stuart to discuss Glasgow, the beauty and blemishes of bodies, and their respective creative processes.

Derrick Adams and Ekow Eshun

In Conversation
Derrick Adams and Ekow Eshun

Join Gagosian for a conversation between Derrick Adams and Ekow Eshun, author, curator, and chair of the commissioning group for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, London. The pair discuss Adams’s latest paintings depicting visions of Black Americana—featured in the exhibition Situation Comedy at Gagosian, Davies Street, London—within the context of British contemporary culture.

Setsuko and Peter Marino

In Conversation
Setsuko and Peter Marino

To coincide with her exhibition SetsukoKingdom of Cats, at Gagosian, New York, the artist speaks with architect Peter Marino about her recent sculptures, paintings, and works on paper.

Takashi Murakami and Hans Ulrich Obrist

In Conversation
Takashi Murakami and Hans Ulrich Obrist

In conjunction with the exhibition Japanese Art History à la Takashi Murakami at Gagosian, London, Takashi Murakami and Hans Ulrich Obrist, curator and artistic director of Serpentine, London, sit down to discuss the artist’s exploration and contemporizing of ancient Japanese artworks and movements. The two delve into Murakami’s investigation of Iwasa Matabei’s seventeenth-century masterwork Rakuchū-Rakugai-zu (Scenes in and around Kyoto) and the Kyoto-based style of Rinpa painting, among other examples.

Julian Rose and Nicholas Serota

In Conversation
Julian Rose and Nicholas Serota

Join Gagosian for a conversation between Julian Rose, historian and critic of art and architecture, and Nicholas Serota, chair of Arts Council England and senior independent director on the BBC board, to celebrate the publication of Building Culture (2024), Rose’s new book about museum architecture. Rose and Serota discuss the ways in which museums are shaping the future of art, architecture, and public space.

Urs Fischer and Róisín Tapponi

In Conversation
Urs Fischer and Róisín Tapponi

Gagosian and Sadie Coles HQ hosted a conversation between Urs Fischer and film curator and writer Róisín Tapponi about fearless creativity and the artist’s most recent monograph, Urs Fischer: Monumental Sculpture.

Robert Stilin & Fernando Garcia

In Conversation
Robert Stilin & Fernando Garcia

The celebrated interior designer Robert Stilin invited Fernando Garcia, the co-creative director of Oscar de la Renta and MONSE, to his home in New York to discuss their approaches to design, art, and their clientele.