About this Event
On the opening night of ‘Cristina Iglesias. Possible Matter,’ the Spanish artist’s first solo exhibition with Hauser & Wirth in New York City, please join us for a walkthrough with artist Cristina Iglesias and Director of International Programs at The Fondation Cartier in Paris, Béatrice Grenier.
‘Cristina Iglesias. Possible Matter,’ debuts a new immersive dome installation alongside four wall-based sculptures from the artist’s new 'Possible Matter' series, exploring the shifting boundaries between the built and natural worlds; and the interplay between natural processes and human invention.
The opening reception for ‘Cristina Iglesias. Possible Matter,’ will directly follow at 6 pm.
This event is free, however, reservations are recommended.
About Cristina Iglesias
Over more than four decades, Cristina Iglesias (b. 1956, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain) has defined a unique sculptural vocabulary, creating immersive and experiential environments that reference and unite architecture, literature, psychology, mechanics, natural elements and site-specific content. Guided by a profound cultural and historical sensitivity, as well as a deep concern for the natural world, Iglesias’ works poetically redefine the viewer’s relationship to time and place.
Iglesias’ installations redefine perceptions of architectural and natural spaces while engaging deeply with the history of place. Today, she continues to pursue concerns with the subterranean and the slow time of the organic and geological world. Recent installations such as ‘Landscape and Memory’ (2022) in New York’s Madison Square Park unearth the natural and cultural histories of built urban environments, uncovering a fragile world of forgotten waterways, hidden roots and vegetation, with these ideas of phreatic spaces and natural growth echoed in the artist’s sculptural production.
About Béatrice Grenier
Béatrice Grenier is a Paris-based curator, author, and editor working at the intersection of art, architecture, and cultural policy. Currently Director of Strategic Projects and International Programs at the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, from 2020–2025 she served as lead curator for the expansion project of Fondation Cartier in Paris. In 2025, she curated a monographic exhibition of Jean Nouvel, as part of the collateral program of the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale. She was the curator of Exposition Générale, the inaugural exhibition dedicated to the Collection of the Fondation Cartier in its new spaces. Béatrice Grenier is the author of books an essays at the intersection of global contemporary architecture and art such as Architecture for Culture: Rethinking Museums (New York: Rizzoli, 2025), Tashkent: A Modernist Capital (New York: Rizzoli, 2024), and Infinite Memory (ed) (Lenz Press). Her new book, New Natures, co-authored with philosopher Emanuele Coccia and architect Jeanne Gang, is published by Park Books (Fall 2026). She is the Paris desk editor of ArtAsiaPacific and a regular contributor to contemporary art and architecture publications such as Domus, Pin-Up, and the Journal of Curatorial Studies.
Images: Portrait of Cristina Iglesias. Photo: César Segarra; Possible Matter IV, 2026 © Cristina Iglesias / VEGAP, Madrid. Photo: Sarah Muehlbauer
Event venue & nearby stays
Hauser & Wirth, 542 West 22nd Street, New York, United States
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