Avery Singer opens War_overlays at Hauser & Wirth Zurich
Published on 08/27/2026 at 16:11 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
Avery Singer opens War_overlays at Hauser & Wirth in Zurich. The gallery says the show runs from June 12 to September 5, 2026, and pairs new paintings with a site-specific architectural intervention.
The Zurich show and its frame
Hauser & Wirth describes War_overlays as part of Zurich Art Weekend 2026 and places Singer's new work inside an installation shaped like a casino. The gallery's exhibition page says the project also uses AI-based tools in the painting process for the first time. Hauser & Wirth exhibition page
The Artforum Artguide listing confirms the same venue and dates for Hauser & Wirth | Limmatstrasse in Zurich. It gives the run as June 12-September 5, 2026.
What the paintings bring forward
Singer's canvases here move through war images, television memory and surveillance cues. Hauser & Wirth says the works link her memories of 9/11 and early 2000s televised conflict to distorted AI-influenced imagery.
The artist also returns to the Poker Player motif, which the gallery describes as a stand-in for risk, scrutiny and pattern reading. That framing fits Singer's wider practice, where painting, software and architectural settings often work as one system.
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The practice behind the show
Singer, born in New York in 1987, works across painting, installation and digitally informed image-making. Hauser & Wirth says her practice combines autobiographical and fictional material, with software such as SketchUp and Blender feeding a layered painting process.
That mix has already carried her into major institutions, including the Guggenheim Museum, MoMA, Tate, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Stedelijk Museum and the Neue Nationalgalerie, as listed on the gallery page.
Where the work stands now
Avery Singer currently has War_overlays on view in Zurich through September 5, 2026.
Key facts on Avery Singer
- Artist: Avery Singer
- Medium / Genre: Painting, installation, digitally informed image-making
- Born: 1987, New York, USA
- Place(s) of practice: New York
- Active since: 2014
- Key work groups: War_overlays, Poker Player, Unity Bachelor, run_it_back.exe?
- Current/last exhibition: War_overlays - Hauser & Wirth, Zurich - June 12-September 5, 2026
- Major collections: Guggenheim Museum, MoMA, Tate, Whitney Museum of American Art, Stedelijk Museum, Neue Nationalgalerie
- Next date: currently no announced date in the 30-day window
Frequently asked questions about Avery Singer
Where is Avery Singer currently on view?
Avery Singer is on view at Hauser & Wirth in Zurich with War_overlays, which runs from June 12 to September 5, 2026.
What does Avery Singer's Zurich show center on?
The gallery says the show combines new paintings, a casino-like installation and AI-based image tools. It also links the work to surveillance and televised conflict.
Which public collections hold Avery Singer's work?
Hauser & Wirth lists the Guggenheim Museum, MoMA, Tate, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Stedelijk Museum and the Neue Nationalgalerie among the public collections holding her work.
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