Lee Bul's First Solo Show with Hauser & Wirth Opens in West Chelsea

Key facts

• Lee Bul's The Anatomy of Every Setting Sun is her first solo exhibition with Hauser & Wirth.
• The exhibition runs from September 10 to October 24, 2026, at Hauser & Wirth in West Chelsea, New York.
• Guest curator Dr. Jiyoon Lee organized the exhibition.
• The centerpiece is Willing To Be Vulnerable—Metalized Balloon (2015–2016/2020), a zeppelin-like sculpture made of lightweight materials including PET film.
• New CTCS sculptures (CTCS #5 and CTCS #6) combine stainless steel, extruded polystyrene, carbon fiber, urethane foam, epoxy, and acrylic varnish.
• The Untitled (Willing To Be Vulnerable—Velvet) series uses mother-of-pearl, acrylic paint, collage, and silk velvet; Untitled (Willing To Be Vulnerable—Velvet #29) (2026) measures 180 by 130 centimeters.
• Perdu-Silhouette I (2026) uses mother-of-pearl and acrylic paint on jute canvas with an aluminum base panel and stainless-steel frame.
• The exhibition follows Lee Bul's 2024 Met façade commission Long Tail Halo and her traveling survey Lee Bul: From 1998 to Now, which opened at Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul, traveled to M+, and is scheduled to open at the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp on November 13, 2026.