Hauser Wirth throws a Frieze Art Party on Monday, February 23, 2026 from 6-9pm. Tonight’s event will celebrate Destiny Is a Rose: The Eileen Harris Norton Collection and Christina Quarles. The Ground Glows Black. The public can partake in local community, cash bars as well as food for sale by the gallery’s onsite restaurant Manuela. Moreover, enjoy music by Chloëdees and BAE BAE.

Destiny Is a Rose The Eileen Harris Norton Collection

Widely known for her grace and generosity, Eileen Harris Norton champions artists and institutions through sustained, intentional support. Primarily, she has shaped a collection centered on women, artists of color, and California-based creators. Notably, her collecting began with a 1976 print purchased from Los Angeles artist Ruth Waddy. Marking fifty years later, Destiny Is a Rose honors that foundational acquisition and enduring commitment. Consequently, the exhibition presents over eighty works reflecting foresight, equity, and educational purpose. Together, these works express Harris Norton’s long-standing dedication to social justice and cultural learning.

Eileen Harris Norton Collection

Kerry James Marchall, Destiny Is a Rose, 1990

Titled after a Kerry James Marshall painting, the exhibition highlights influential contemporary artists. Specifically, it features works by Mark Bradford, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, David Hammons, and Glenn Ligon. Likewise, artists including Lorraine O’Grady, Adrian Piper, Betye Saar, and Lorna Simpson appear. Moreover, the presentation includes Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems, Jack Whitten, and others. In conjunction, Hauser & Wirth Publishers will release an accompanying exhibition catalogue. Therein, essays by Kellie Jones and Ingrid Schaffner celebrate Norton’s continuing role in cultural transformation. This exhibition runs through August 16, 2026.

Christina Quarles The Ground Glows Black

Formed after the Altadena wildfires, this new work channels profound displacement across geographic, emotional, and bodily dimensions. Consequently, the artist translates upheaval into paintings charged with urgency and instability. Quarles commands paint and surface with force, movement, and control. Here, she further pushes the medium’s physical and expressive boundaries. Meanwhile, shifting fields of color and texture suggest architectural and digital environments. Simultaneously, strained figures twist and collapse, as if driven by rotational energy.

Compared to earlier works, these paintings feel denser, faster, and more compressed. Ultimately, the practice examines instability, resilience, and the experience of occupying multiple realities at once. This exhibition runs through May 3, 2026.

What: New Exhibitions
Where: Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles, 901 East 3rd Street, LA, 90013
When: Monday, February 23, 2026, 6-9pm.
Website: http://www.hauserwirth.com

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