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She was an aristocrat sculpting voluptuous female figures, he a working-class maker of scrap metal kinetic sculptures – but their tumultuous personal relationship and creative collaborations endured.

‘We couldn’t sit down together without creating something new, conjuring up dreams.’—Niki de Saint Phalle, ‘A little of my story with you Jean’ (1996)

An intimate exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Somerset explores three decades of a creative partnership.

Hauser & Wirth Somerset, BrutonThe married sculptors made very different art – hers curvy and colourful, his rickety and angular – but it all hums with life when brought together.

The physical impact of handling this hefty book is, in its own way, almost as powerful as the experience of Phyllida Barlow’s sculpture, though not quite.

‘An Uncommon Thread’ is part of an ongoing Hauser & Wirth Somerset initiative that champions emerging and mid-career artists.

‘An Uncommon Thread’ features 10 contemporary artists living and working in the UK. The group exhibition highlights the transformative power of unconventional mediums in evoking personal and collective memories.

This is the first Art Diary of 2025. Viewing art, as with its making, involves paying attention. As Simone Weil once pointed out, paying attention equates to prayer.

All art is part of an ecosystem. At a glance, it might seem that the United Kingdom’s artists and art spaces are concentrated in London, with its many museums, commercial galleries, fairs, and studios.

The work of Phyllida Barlow (1944 - 2023) takes over Hauser & Wirth Somerset in a celebration of the British artist’s transformative approach to sculpture;

The late British artist certainly had no sympathy for the idea — or perhaps the misplaced ideal — of the perfectly crafted sculptural object.

A decade after it was first exhibited at the gallery's Somerset location, artist Oddur Roth brings back the sybaritic installation for visitors to enjoy on tap.

This is the retrospective the artist never had in her lifetime, including her last sculpture series. Despite the skilful curation, visitors will yearn for Barlow’s special touch

George Rouy, a fast-rising British painter, is the latest artist to join the roster of Hauser & Wirth, the mega-gallery which operates 18 spaces worldwide.

‘Present Tense’ at Hauser & Wirth Somerset showcases some of Britain’s most exciting emerging talents with a group show of 23 artists