Hans Ulrich Obrist met the Martinique-born philosopher, poet, and public intellectual Édouard Glissant in 1999; the encounter influenced the direction of Obrist’s work for years to come. Their ...

As if Hans Ulrich Obrist didn’t already have enough to do, the omnipresent curator will now also be responsible for educating New York City’s public high school students. At NADA Miami, Independent ...

Architecture has deep wells of research, thought, and theory that are unseen on the surface of a structure. For practitioners, citizens interested, and students alike, books on architecture offer ...

It turns out he’s also been taking notes the whole time — making diagrams and sketches, scribbling down ideas and keywords. And when artist Paul Chan, who’s also the founder and publisher of Badlands ...

Hans Ulrich Obrist is many things: Serpentine Galleries’ co-director for exhibitions and programs, über-curator, polymath, polyglot, peripatetic, and a strong proponent of the word urgent. Currently ...

While 2026 has barely even begun, the year already looks to be a busy one. The world’s biggest art festival, the Venice Biennale, is returning, headlining a year that will also see many more biennials ...

Editor’s Note: Hans Ulrich Obrist is the artistic director of Serpentine Galleries. The Frieze London fair runs Oct. 5-8, 2017. Since its founding in 2003, Frieze London has transformed from an art ...

THE MIND OF SWISS curator Hans Ulrich Obrist twists and turns as he threads together observations, theories and opinions into an infinite web. “I believe in embracing chance in the ...

In “Theoderic the Great,” the historian Hans-Ulrich Wiemer dissects the rule of the Goth king who nurtured Roman culture and impressed Machiavelli. By Jamie Kreiner When you purchase an independently ...