Creative Access masterclass: Hauser & Wirth talk & private view

Closing date for sign ups: Tuesday 3 November 2026 at 23:59pm

Date: Tuesday 10 November 2026

Time: 6pm to 8pm
Venue: V&A South Kensington, Exhibition Road Street Entrance

Explore thought-provoking work by acclaimed artists Cindy Sherman and Lorna Simpson at an exclusive after-hours gallery viewing.

Enjoy late opening access to the Cindy Sherman and Lorna Simpson exhibitions at Hauser & Wirth in London, with welcome and introduction from Debbie Hillyerd, Senior Global Director Learning, Partner and colleagues. Located on Savile Row, in the heart of London’s historic Mayfair, the gallery is home to two exhibition spaces, the North Gallery and the South Gallery, and runs a range of engaging events such as artist talks, film screenings and learning workshops, alongside its dynamic exhibition program.

Cindy Sherman will debut photographic works from her new Fabric Matrons series that explores identity as a continual process of construction over a lifetime. Shaped by a visual vocabulary of elaborately draped fabrics, the protagonists in Cindy Sherman’s images appear to dissolve into their surroundings, heightening the tension between concealment and display to examine how women negotiate visibility in different phases of life.

Lorna Simpson will return to the UK for the first time in eight years with an exhibition of new works that reveal the symbiotic relationship between her paintings, collages and wider oeuvre. Coming to prominence in the1990s for her pioneering approach to conceptual photography, Lorna Simpson’s masterful paintings have become a defining facet of her creative output following her turn to the medium in 2014.

Debbie Hillyerd is the Senior Global Director Learning, Partner where she leads the development and delivery of an international learning and engagement strategy across galleries, education initiatives, artist residency programmes and community partnerships.

Limited places are available for this exclusive viewing on a first come, first served basis.

This event is aimed at people who are under-represented in the creative industries. This includes individuals who identify as Black, Asian, or from other ethnically diverse backgrounds, or people of any ethnicity who belong to the following under-represented groups: disabled people, individuals with the characteristic of gender reassignment, individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, carers and asylum seekers.