Exhibition Walkthrough: ‘Luchita Hurtado. Yo Soy’

On the occasion of the exhibition ‘Luchita Hurtado. Yo Soy’ in Downtown Los Angeles, join us for an exhibition walkthrough with Cole Root, director of the Estate of Luchita Hurtado and Lee Mullican.

In this walkthrough, learn more about Luchita Hurtado and dive into this exhibition that brings together paintings and drawings from the artist’s Linear Language series, a pivotal moment in her eight-decade career. Originally debuted at the Woman’s Building in 1974, Hurtado’s Linear Language series emerged from a period of personal transformation and feminist momentum in Los Angeles. Painted with custom-built squeeze-bottle tools and sewn into bold compositions, these expressive, geometric works fuse language and abstraction to assert presence, power, and identity.

This event is free, however, reservations are recommended.

About Luchita Hurtado

Over the course of her eight-decade career, Venezuelan-born, Los Angeles-based artist Luchita Hurtado (1920 – 2020) dedicated her practice to the investigation of universality and transcendence and committed to a lifelong journey of personal and artistic evolution defined by ceaseless experimentation. Though personally connected to a vast network of internationally renowned artists and intellectuals—including Mexican muralists, Surrealists, members of the Dynaton movement, feminists and artists in the Chicano/Latino art scene—Hurtado remained an independent and largely private, but highly prolific, creator. Her exhibition at the Woman’s Building in 1974 was the only solo presentation of her work prior to her mid-90s, with her first institutional survey at the age of 98.

About Cole Root

Cole Root is the Director of the Estates of Luchita Hurtado and Lee Mullican. Over the past two decades, he has worked closely with artists, curators, and institutions to produce new exhibitions and projects across a range of contexts. Root has overseen exhibitions at Louis Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles, Greene Naftali, New York, the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, and numerous independent initiatives, supporting both historical and contemporary practices through thoughtful production and long-term artist relationships.

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Please be advised that photographs or videos may be taken at this event for use on the Hauser & Wirth website, social media and in other marketing materials.

Installation view, ‘Luchita Hurtado. Yo Soy,’ Hauser & Wirth Downtown Los Angeles, 29 June – 5 October 2025 © The Estate of Luchita Hurtado. Photo: Keith Lubow; Luchita Hurtado, ca. 1973 © The Estate of Luchita Hurtado. Photo: Matt Mullican

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