Manuela Wirth

Manuela Hauser Wirth (née Manuela Hauser; born c. 1960s) is a Swiss art gallery owner. She is co-owner of Hauser & Wirth, with galleries in Europe, Asia, and North America.

Life and career

Manuela Hauser was born in the mid 1960s to Ursula Hauser, co-owner of the Swiss retail chain Fust She grew up in the town of Uzwil in the canton of St. Gallen in eastern Switzerland.

Manuela, Iwan Wirth, and Ursula Hauser founded Hauser & Wirth in 1992. Hauser married Iwan Wirth in 1996.

Wirth has been called "the world's most powerful [art] dealer."

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ruiz, Cristina (2016). "Manuela Wirth: Great pastoral care makes for happy artists, believes the world's most powerful dealer". The Gentlewoman. No. Spring & Summer. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  2. ↑ Gapper, John (March 12, 2024). "Hauser & Wirth: the Swiss gallery that went global". Financial Times. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  3. 1 2 Shnayerson, Michael (May 21, 2019). Boom: Mad Money, Mega Dealers, and the Rise of Contemporary Art. PublicAffairs. p. 175. ISBN 978-1-61039-841-1.
  4. ↑ Duray, Dan (January 17, 2012). "The Constant Gardener: Iwan Wirth's Hauser & Wirth Gallery Will Open a 15,000-Plus-Square-Foot Space Downtown This Year". The Observer. Retrieved 2026-04-18.
  5. ↑ "100 Most Powerful Women in Art: Part Three". Artnet News. October 21, 2014. Retrieved 2026-04-18.