A group exhibition organised by Rashid Johnson alongside Charles Gaines, Firelei Báez, and Cristina Iglesias

Opening this summer, ‘Directionless’ is a sweeping group exhibition organised by artist Rashid Johnson. The project begins with the premise that we are living in a moment of profound disorientation. This is a time when inherited narratives, stable identities, and the systems that once structured social and aesthetic life feel increasingly insufficient. Rather than offering resolution, the exhibition asks how artists productively inhabit this uncertainty—how they develop new vocabularies and provisional orientations when established coordinates fail.

To build a sense of indeterminacy and openness into the exhibition’s very structure, Johnson invited Charles Gaines, Firelei Báez, and Cristina Iglesias to each nominate artists from outside the gallery’s roster alongside his own selections. This artist-driven, polyphonic approach refuses singular narratives, instead proposing that creative practice itself might be a form of orientation-making in an illegible present.

The developing artist list includes: Firelei Báez, Yto Barrada, Georg Baselitz, Claire Chambless, Ali Cherri, Teresita Fernández, Charles Gaines, Todd Gray, Alteronce Gumby, Mona Hatoum, Hugh Hayden, Hanna Hur, Cristina Iglesias, Rashid Johnson, Michael Joo, Sigalit Landau, Hannah Levy, Joiri Minaya, Julie Mehretu and Rayanne Tabet.

Spanning all galleries alongside an open-air presentation, the exhibition considers directionlessness as a conceptual zone—a space of suspension, drift, and openness where new forms of relation, meaning, and subjectivity might be imagined. Through this diverse group of international artists, unexpected affinities alongside divergent sensibilities begin to emerge. What connects them is a commitment to moving through unfamiliarity with rigor, complexity, and a refusal to settle.

‘Directionless’ continues Hauser & Wirth’s commitment to providing a platform for artists beyond its roster that are exploring a breadth of experiences and ideas of our time. The exhibition follows large-scale group exhibitions ‘Present Tense’ (2024) and ‘An Uncommon Thread’ (2025) at Hauser & Wirth Somerset, UK.

This year’s Education Lab at Hauser & Wirth Menorca is developed in collaboration with the University of the Balearic Islands and the University of Barcelona. Working with the university and their students, the program responds to the themes of the group exhibition ‘Directionless.’ Drawing on current thinking in creative pedagogy and experimental learning, it offers an interactive space for new ideas and working methods, and invites a wide range of voices and communities to participate throughout the season.