Vilhelm Hammershøi: Silence

Hammersh i’s muted, serene interiors inspire a profound sense of stillness and calm

Hauser & Wirth inaugurates its new space in Basel at Luftgässlein 4 with an exhibition dedicated to the soft and subdued interior paintings of celebrated 19th-century Danish symbolist Vilhelm Hammersh i (1864-1916). Silence offers an in-depth understanding of Hammersh i’s highly individual artistic language, encapsulated in 18 works, all from private collections, some rarely exhibited before. Bringing together the interior paintings for which Hammersh i is most celebrated with farmstead paintings, cityscapes and a rare self-portrait, the works featured in Silence demonstrate the breadth and depth of the artist’s practice. Accompanied by illuminating essays by Felix Krämer, the exhibition’s curator and a leading expert on Hammersh i, and Florian Illies, art historian and bestselling author of Love in a Time of Hate and 1913: The Year Before the Storm, Silence is an essential resource on the celebrated painter.