Hauser & Wirth New York has launched "Studio Visit," a sprawling group exhibition co-curated by artists Anicka Yi and Josh Kline in collaboration with Performance Space New York. Featuring works by 27 international artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Huma Bhabha, and Wolfgang Tillmans, the show pairs physical artworks with AI-generated "machine-generated memories" based on the artists' written recollections of their early workspaces. The project revives the spirit of Circular File, an experimental collective formed by Yi and Kline in the late 2000s.
The exhibition is significant for its conceptual investigation into the artist's studio as a site of labor, identity, and community rather than just a physical room. By utilizing AI to visualize the private histories of established and emerging figures, the show bridges the gap between the public gallery space and the intimate, often inaccessible environments where creative practice begins, highlighting the social infrastructures that sustain artistic careers.