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 1 She grew up in the town of Uzwil in the canton of St. Gallen in eastern Switzerland.1
Manuela, Iwan Wirth, and Ursula Hauser founded Hauser & Wirth in 1992.23 Hauser married Iwan Wirth in 1996.34
Wirth has been called "the world's most powerful [art] dealer."15
References
References
- 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.
- Gapper, John (March 12, 2024). "Hauser & Wirth: the Swiss gallery that went global". Financial Times. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
- 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.
- 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.
- "100 Most Powerful Women in Art: Part Three". Artnet News. October 21, 2014. Retrieved 2026-04-18.