In the Studio, a new book series from Hauser & Wirth Publishers, offers an intimate look at artists’ practices, spaces, and creative lives
Hauser & Wirth Publishers has launched a new book series that invites readers into the often-guarded spaces where art is made and ideas take shape. In the Studio, as the series is aptly titled, offers intimate, sharply observed portraits of influential artists through the eyes of leading scholars and critics.
These slim, elegantly designed volumes serve as both introductions and companion pieces—each one a portal into the artist’s creative world. Richly illustrated and thoughtfully composed, they offer readers more than biography or critique. They trace the arc of artistic development, the texture of materials, and the disciplined chaos of the studio itself.
The series opens with three distinct voices in modern and contemporary art: Phyllida Barlow, whose large-scale, rough-hewn sculptures reshaped the language of form; Jack Whitten, a painter whose abstractions absorbed decades of American history; and Lee Lozano, the radical conceptualist whose brief, intense career continues to challenge and inspire.
Forthcoming volumes will turn their gaze towards Berlinde De Bruyckere, known for haunting sculptural meditations on the human condition; Paul McCarthy, the provocateur whose work unsettles as much as it reveals; and Louise Bourgeois, whose towering legacy remains a vital touchstone in the story of twentieth-century art.
More than a survey, In the Studio offers a quiet, focused look into the places where art takes shape—inviting us to linger, to look more closely, and to better understand what it means to create.
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In the Studio: Phyllida Barlow
English
Clothbound
12.5 x 18.5 cm
978-3-907493-03-8
£18.99 / $21.99 / €20.00
Go behind the scenes of Phyllida Barlow’s extraordinary work and transformative approach to sculpture in this essential guide to her practice. Combining curator Frances Morris’s expert insights with a clear timeline of Barlow’s life and career and never-before-seen archival images and details, In the Studio: Phyllida Barlow is an excellent resource for both those new to and familiar with Barlow’s groundbreaking work.
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In the Studio: Jack Whitten
English
Clothbound
12.5 – 18.5 cm
978-3-907493-04-5
£18.99 / $21.99 / €20.00
This richly illustrated companion to Jack Whitten’s life and work provides fascinating insights into the creation of his pioneering artworks. A new text by critic Yinka Elujoba spans the breadthof Whitten’s wide-ranging practice—where he found inspiration, glimpses of his thoughts jotted down in studio logs, as well as the unconventional tools and materials he embraced—while archival images and a detailed timeline offer an intimate window into the artist’s life.
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In the Studio: Lee Lozano
English
Clothbound
12.5 x 18.5 cm
978-3-907493-19-9
£18.99 / $21.99 / €20.00
September 2025
The third volume in the In the Studio series looks at the daring and provocative paintings, drawings and conceptual work of Lee Lozano. This compact introduction features an illuminating text by Lucrezia Calabr. Visconti—co-curator of ‘Lee Lozano: Strike,’ an important survey exhibition that travelled from Turin’s Pinacoteca Agnelli to the Bourse de Commerce— Pinault Collection in Paris—exploring her notebooks and life-projects, richly illustrated with a wealth of archival material.
The In the Studio series is available from Hauser & Wirth Publishers.
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