Hauser & Wirth Opens Cristina Iglesias Show
Possible Matter marks Iglesias's first New York solo exhibition with the gallery, featuring a new immersive dome installation.
Updated on Nov. 7, 2026 in Fine Art
Hauser & Wirth has opened Possible Matter, Cristina Iglesias's first New York solo exhibition with the gallery. The show debuts Dome (2026), a five-meter immersive installation, alongside four wall-mounted sculptures.
Why it matters
The exhibition brings the Spanish sculptor's recent work to New York audiences, linking her public commissions and ongoing series to a gallery setting. It offers local viewers a direct look at how her large-scale forms translate into an interior space.
The artist has presented work in more than 60 solo and group exhibitions worldwide, and Dome is 5 meters across. The stub does not provide the exhibition's run length, attendance, or sales figures.
The players
Cristina Iglesias
Spanish sculptor who represented Spain at the Venice Biennale in 1986 and 1993 and has been Professor of Sculpture at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich since 1995.
Hauser & Wirth
International gallery group that hosts the exhibition in New York and represents Iglesias.
The details
The show pairs Dome, a cast-aluminum structure whose arms merge into a glass cupola, with four aluminum and transparent-resin Possible Matter sculptures painted to match the walls. Dome's glass elements cast shifting colored beams that change with daylight through the gallery's fifth-floor skylight.
Timeline
2018: Iglesias initiated the Entwined series that feeds into the Possible Matter works.
2022: Littoral works developed from Basque shoreline patterns began.
2026: Dome and the Possible Matter sculptures were created for the exhibition.
Industry Dynamics
Dome follows the Aurora Borealis Star Dome commission for Stockholm's Princess Estelle Sculpture Park, moving the same dome-and-arm vocabulary from a public park into a gallery. The shift from public commission to commercial gallery show reflects how major sculptors increasingly present large-scale work across both settings.
Visitors can see Dome and the four Possible Matter sculptures in person at the Hauser & Wirth New York gallery. The stub does not state viewing hours or admission terms.
The takeaway
Iglesias's work moves between public commissions and gallery settings, and this show is a clear case of that range. Readers interested in how sculpture adapts to interior light can see it firsthand in the New York exhibition.
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Source note: This article includes information reported by Artdaily.
