Hauser & Wirth
Paul McCarthy
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"SS EE Saint Santa Eva Elf Drawing Sessions 2025 with Lilith Stangenberg"
Paul McCarthy, SS EE, Kandinsky, D4 #1 2025, Charcoal, pastel, paint marker, collage and tape on paper, 322.6 x 279.4 cm, © Paul McCarthy, Photo : Fredrik Nilsen
One of the leading contemporary American artists of his generation, Paul McCarthy has developed a distinct and subversive artistic practice throughout his career, which now spans more than five decades. This exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Paris presents works in a new series by the artist entitled ‘SS EE Saint Santa Eva Elf,’ comprising large-scale drawings and a new six-channel video installation. Marking the latest chapter in McCarthy’s ongoing collaboration with German actress Lilith Stangenberg as a continuation of his acclaimed A&E series, this new body of work sees the artist return to one of his most potent and enduring motifs, Santa Claus. McCarthy recasts the beloved holiday icon as a vessel for an unflinching examination of corporate capitalism and the spectre of fascism.
Solo show of Paul McCarthy
From March 21 to May 31, 2026
The gallery
Hauser & Wirth was founded in 1992 in Zurich by Iwan Wirth, Manuela Wirth and Ursula Hauser, who were joined in 2000 by Partner and President Marc Payot. A family business with a global outlook, Hauser & Wirth represents over 90 artists and estates who have been instrumental in shaping its identity and who are the inspiration for Hauser & Wirth’s diverse range of activities that engage with art, education, conservation and sustainability.
Situated on the right bank of the River Seine close to the Champs-Élysées, the Paris gallery is located in a 19th-century neo-classical building in the 8th arrondissement and hosts a dynamic program of exhibitions and events.
Gallery artists
Rita Ackermann, Ida Applebroog (estate), Hans Arp (estate), Firelei Báez, Nairy Baghramian, Phyllida Barlow (estate), Larry Bell, María Berrío, Max Bill (estate), Louise Bourgeois (estate), Frank Bowling, Sonia Boyce, Mark Bradford, Geta Brătescu (estate), Stefan Brüggemann, Alexander Calder (estate), John Chamberlain (estate), Barbara Chase-Riboud, Eduardo Chillida (estate), Ed Clark (estate), Martin Creed, Roberto Cuoghi, Berlinde De Bruyckere, Hélène Delprat, Nicole Eisenman, Günther Förg (estate), Charles Gaines, Ellen Gallagher, Isa Genzken, Jeffrey Gibson, Leon Golub (estate), Catherine Goodman, Arshile Gorky (estate), Rodney Graham (estate), Subodh Gupta, Philip Guston (estate), Mary Heilmann, Camille Henrot, Eva Hesse (estate), Jenny Holzer, Roni Horn, Luchita Hurtado (estate), Pierre Huyghe, Cristina Iglesias, Richard Jackson, Rashid Johnson, Cathy Josefowitz (estate), Allan Kaprow (estate), Allison Katz, Mike Kelley (estate), William Kentridge, Rachel Khedoori, Bharti Kher, Christina Kimeze, Harmony Korine, Tetsumi Kudo (estate), Guillermo Kuitca, Maria Lassnig (estate), Lee Bul, Annie Leibovitz, Zoe Leonard, Glenn Ligon, Lee Lozano (estate), Conny Maier, Anna Maria Maiolino, Piero Manzoni (estate), Takesada Matsutani, Fabio Mauri (estate), Paul McCarthy, Don McCullin, Fausto Melotti (estate), Gustav Metzger (estate), Henry Moore (estate), Angel Otero, Nicolas Party, Francis Picabia (estate), Thomas J Price, Qiu Xiaofei, Christina Quarles, Carol Rama (estate), Winfred Rembert (estate), Jason Rhoades (estate), Pipilotti Rist, Erna Rosenstein (estate), Dieter Roth (estate), Susan Rothenberg (estate), Mika Rottenberg, George Rouy, Anri Sala, Amy Sherald, Cindy Sherman, Roman Signer, Gary Simmons, Lorna Simpson, Avery Singer, Anj Smith, David Smith (estate), Pat Steir, Alina Szapocznikow (estate), Sophie Taeuber-Arp (estate), Henry Taylor, Daniel Turner, Keith Tyson, Uman, Georges Vantongerloo (estate), Ambera Wellmann, Jack Whitten (estate), Michaela Yearwood-Dan, Flora Yukhnovich, Zeng Fanzhi, Zhang Enli, and David Zink Yi.
