Hello friends, this month I visit Chelsea’s new gallery on the block, Hauser & Wirth Editions at 443 West 18th Street.

Trees are flaunting their blossoms and I feel like voguing in wearable art by Engineered by Andrea T. This fantastical pink pouffe mocks the cherry blossoms, embellishing a slim black dress with Andrea’s trademark geometric details—in this case, triangular cut-outs at the shoulder. Goth platform boots balance the extravagant silhouette, which would have overpowered dainty heels.

Swiss-founded in 1992, Hauser & Wirth has 22 global locations, including two in Chelsea. The Editions gallery opened in July 2023. It exhibits contemporary and historical prints and offers public educational programs focusing on collaborations between artists and master printers.

The Editions gallery also houses H&W’s Publishers Bookstore (chock-a-block with enticing art books, magazines, and ephemera from their publishing arm) and the Roth Bar functional art installation.

Chelsea art lovers like me may remember savoring cocktails at the previous Roth Bar incarnation at 548 West 22nd Street, or maybe you even remember the Roth Bar at H&W’s first New York location (Est. 2013) at 511 West 18th Street—former location of the Roxy roller rink and ground-breaking hip hop dance club. I wish I had been there!

The Roth Bar was first conceived by Swiss artist Dieter Roth in the early 1980s. The bar has popped up from Reykjavik to St. Moritz. Roth’s son and grandsons continue to incorporate industrial artwork made from salvaged materials into each new iteration.

H&W gallery assistant Rachel Adler told me that the Roth Bar at Editions is open to the public during special events. Visit their free educational event, “ENCOUNTERS: a day of experimental performance and film” Sunday, April 28, 12 to 5 PM. Register on their website.

The current exhibition, on view until April 20, features an intimate creative dialogue conducted in vibrant silkscreens between lifelong partners in art and life, Parisian artists Takesada Matsutani and Kate Van Houten.

Next, Rita Ackermann‘s large-scale silkscreens will be at Editions from May 2 to July 26, while her paintings will be displayed simultaneously at H&W’s 542 West 22nd Street location.

This article first appeared in The Chelsea News.

Style Notes

• Ecstasy-inducing pink pouffe in silk faille with silk charmeuse lining by Engineered by Andrea T. 147 West 35th Street (by appointment only).
• Slender black cocktail dress in wool satin with silk wool inserts. Engineered by Andrea T.
• 7″ YRU lace-up Goth boots. Trash and Vaudeville, 96 East 7th Street.
• Sculptural silver hoop earrings. Crossroads Trading, 47 West 13th Street.