EN · HAUSER & WIRTH · CRADLED Presented by Make Hauser & Wirth · Opening Activation: 20 November 2025, 6 – 9 pm · On view Saturdays and Sundays, through 4 January 2026 · Hauser & Wirth Downtown Los Angeles · Press Release
Caption and courtesy information: Photo of Frances McDormand and Suzanne Bocanegra from the ‘CRADLED’ installation in Kinderhook, NY 2024 © Kristen Tomkowid Los Angeles… Opening 20 November, Hauser & Wirth Downtown Los Angeles will present ‘CRADLED,’ an exhibition conceived and curated by artist Suzanne Bocanegra and actor/producer Frances McDormand in collaboration with Shaker Museum (Chatham NY). Expanding on its 2024 staging in upstate New York, the LA presentation of ‘CRADLED’ explores––through objects, sound and activations––the Shakers’ embrace of caregiving and community from cradle to grave. ‘CRADLED’ invites visitors into an environment where they are immersed, however briefly, in a vision of life shaped by the Shaker ethos of devotion made manifest in communal industry and care.Presented by Make Hauser & Wirth, the gallery’s platform for contemporary makers and engagement in the handmade, ‘CRADLED’ will be on view Saturdays and Sundays through 4 January 2026. Cen...