Hauser & Wirth Institute expands archiving program with three new partners
Under its In-House Archiving Program, the Hauser & Wirth Institute has initiated three pro bono partnerships, offering complimentary cataloging, conservation, and digitization to small arts organizations and artist estates. New collaborators include Dieu Donné, The Drawing Center, and the estate of Jesse Murry. Dieu Donné plans to digitize almost 50 years of documentation, whereas The Drawing Center will work on digitizing its archive from 1977 onward and will also facilitate a donation to a significant research library. To support this initiative, the Institute will sponsor a Pratt Institute student, with a target completion date of 2027. Additionally, the Institute will digitize a portion of Murry's archive and aid the Jesse Murry Foundation in securing a permanent location for it.
Key facts
- Hauser & Wirth Institute launched three new pro bono archiving collaborations.
- Partners: The Drawing Center, Dieu Donné, and Jesse Murry estate.
- Dieu Donné is a Brooklyn nonprofit papermaking studio founded in 1976.
- The Drawing Center archive spans from 1977 to present.
- Artists in Drawing Center archive include Kara Walker, Sol LeWitt, Antoni Gaudí, Louise Bourgeois.
- Pratt Institute student funded to prepare Drawing Center materials for digitization.
- Drawing Center archive to be available by 2027 (50th anniversary).
- Jesse Murry (1948-1993) was a painter, poet, and critic who died of AIDS-related illness.
- Jesse Murry archive preserved by friends for decades.
- Institute will help Jesse Murry Foundation find permanent home for archive.
Entities
Artists
- Jesse Murry
- Kara Walker
- Sol LeWitt
- Antoni Gaudí
- Louise Bourgeois
Institutions
- Hauser & Wirth Institute
- Hauser & Wirth
- The Drawing Center
- Dieu Donné
- Jesse Murry Foundation
- Pratt Institute
Locations
- Brooklyn
- Manhattan
- New York City