Hauser&Wirth Somerset
Swiss gallerist and art dealer Iwan Wirth is named the art world's third most powerful figure in Art Review's 2013 list. His art gallery Hauser&Wirth, once co-founded with his wife, Manuela, and his mother-in-law, entrepreneur and art collector, Ursula Hauser, is one of the most successful contemporary art galleries in the world representing such brilliant names as Louise Bourgeois, Martin Creed, Paul McCarthy and others. The gallery has its branches in London, Zurich, New York and plans to open yet another one in Los Angeles in 2015. This year, however, it's going to launch a brand new and ambitious project set in the middle of nowhere, as it may seem - in a small rural town in Somerset, southwest England. Several years ago Wirth bought the place as a rural property for his four children family, but now it is transformed into Durslade Farm - a project that unites five art galleries (covering a total area of 2483 m²), a shop that sells produce of local farms and a restaurant. The beautiful 18th-century rural farmhouse in the middle of the property will also accommodate artists who are setting up exhibitions at the gallery. The art center is planned to be opened with a personal exhibition of British artist Phyllida Barlow, while former barn and other building will house artworks that are created especially for Hauser&Wirth Somerset, namely bright and colorful installations inspired by country festivals and carnivals. Hauser&Wirth Somerset opens to public on July 15 and will be open for six days per week with free admission. Hauser&Wirth Somerset garden, designed by Dutch landscape architect Piet Oudolf, is to be open only in September, however. Oudolf is known also for his cooperation with the famous architect Peter Zumtor, designer of London Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in 2011.
Durslade Farm is expecting about 40,000 visitors a year, and The Guardian in its article devoted to the new cultural destination already talks about it as the "new Guggenheim".
Another nearest art gallery is located in Bristol, about one hour drive from Durslade Farm, but the home of bohemian Glastonbury Festival is just a half an hour drive away. So, be sure to pack your rubber boots, and off you go!
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