George Condo Joins Sprüth Magers and Skarstedt
Following a six-year run with Hauser & Wirth.
Summary
- George Condo is now represented by galleries Sprüth Magers and Skarstedt
- The announcement comes as an exit from Hauser & Wirth, which had represented the artist since late 2019
Artist George Condo is now jointly represented by galleries Sprüth Magers and Skarstedt, marking both a departure from Hauser & Wirth and reunion with old friends.
First showing with co-founder Monika Sprüth at her then-eponymous gallery in 1984, just a few years before her powerhouse merger with fellow dealer Philomene Magers, it’s safe to say that the gallery and artist go way back. His return to Skarstedt also rekindles a long-standing partnership, with the gallery which represented him from 2004 to 2019, prior to his time with Hauser & Wirth.
“[Condo] is a remarkable artist, and it has been a privilege to work with him over the past six years,” Iwan Wirth, Hauser & Wirth’s founder and president, told ARTnews. “I am deeply proud of all we’ve achieved together, and we will continue to celebrate George’s every success.”
One of the most in-demand painters alive today, Condo, who fronted our recent Platinum anniversary issue, is known for his dynamic portraits that fuse centuries of art history into a singular, visual vocabulary — “psychological Cubism,” as he calls it. Blending the grotesque and tragicomic, across painting, drawing, collage and sculpture, his works fold the dystopian and tender into grotesque renders of humanity that speak to the beauty and horror of inner psychic landscapes.
The announcement follows Pastels, a two-part exhibition hosted between Sprüth Magers and Hauser & Wirth New York earlier this year. Condo is currently the focus of a major retrospective at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, which Sprüth Mager described as a “testament to the breadth of his practice and to his prominent position in contemporary painting.”
“It is a privilege to collaborate with one of the most significant artists of our time,” Skarstedt wrote in a recent post, welcoming Condo back to the gallery. “Both galleries look forward to this next chapter of collaboration,” Sprüth Magers elaborated, “united in their admiration for and longstanding commitment to [Condo’s] art.”
