Mary Heilmann. Works on Paper at ​Hauser & Wirth Zurich

Mary Heilmann. Works on Paper
​Hauser & Wirth Zurich, Limmatstrasse
​26 September – 19 December 2025
 

Opening this September, Mary Heilmann returns to Hauser & Wirth Zurich, Limmatstrasse, with an exhibition of the artist’s drawings from 1975-2005. Bringing together works on paper ranging from watercolor studies for larger paintings to works that function as paintings on paper in their own right, this presentation of rarely and never before seen works celebrates Heilmann’s talent for distilling complex images and ideas into deceptively simple geometric forms and abstract gestural marks. Expanding upon the artist’s exhibition of works on paper ‘Daydream Nation’ at Hauser & Wirth New York last year, the presentation in Zurich muses on how drawing functions as a form of daydreaming—of conjuring the sights, sounds and events of her past travels or her imagined future—in Heilmann’s creative process.
 

The exhibition in Zurich opens in conjunction with a new publication from Hauser & Wirth Publishers, ‘Mary Heilmann. Works on Paper: 1973–2019’, featuring an introduction from Alexis Lowry, an essay from art historian Jo Applin and a personal reflection by painter Ilana Savdie.
 

Heilmann is the subject of two major institutional exhibitions, which also include works featured in the new publication. ‘Mary Heilmann. Starry Night’ at Dia Beacon in Beacon, NY and ‘Mary Heilmann. Water Way’ at Guild Hall in East Hampton, NY both close in October 2025. On view at the Whitney Museum of American Art until January 2026 is 'Mary Heilmann: Long Line', a site-specific installationthat celebrates the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Whitney Museum’s downtown building.
 

Caption:

Mary Heilmann, 'Tea Garden', (1984)
​© Mary Heilmann
​Courtesy the artist, Hauser & Wirth and 303 Gallery, New York
​Photo: Thomas Müller