Directionless
What happens when the world loses its coordinates? Directionless doesn’t offer a map — it gathers artists who know how to move through uncertainty.Contemporary art across painting, sculpture, installation, photography, drawing and outdoor works.
Image credit
Firelei Báez Spiralism (or an understanding, sun minded) 2025 Oil and acrylic on canvas © Firelei Báez Photo: Mats Nordman
Meet the artist
Firelei Báez, Georg Baselitz, Ali Cherri, Rineke Dijkstra, Latifa Echakhch, Teresita Fernández, Sally Gabori, Charles Gaines, Todd Gray, Alteronce Gumby, Hugh Hayden, Leslie Hewitt, Hanna Hur, Cristina Iglesias ...
The Movement
Art Installation, Contemporary Art, Contemporary Sculpture, PaintingArtLovers Tip
Go without trying to “find the direction” too quickly. Let the exhibition work like the island itself: paths, sea, fragments, pauses, unexpected views. The beauty of Directionless is that it turns disorientation into possibility — a reminder that not knowing where we are can also be the beginning of seeing differently.
Exhibition Highlights - What you'll see
The exhibition is not tied to one movement. Its core idea is disorientation: how artists respond when inherited narratives, fixed identities and familiar systems no longer feel enough. Rashid Johnson has shaped the show as a multi-voice project, with Charles Gaines, Firelei Báez and Cristina Iglesias invited to nominate additional artists alongside his own selections.
Directionless turns uncertainty into a creative space. Instead of treating confusion as failure, the exhibition asks how artists can invent new ways of seeing, relating and moving when the old frameworks collapse.
You’re watching works by artists including Firelei Báez, Georg Baselitz, Ali Cherri, Rineke Dijkstra, Latifa Echakhch, Teresita Fernández, Sally Gabori, Charles Gaines, Todd Gray, Alteronce Gumby, Hugh Hayden, Leslie Hewitt, Hanna Hur, Cristina Iglesias, Michael Joo, Sigalit Landau, Hannah Levy, Julie Mehretu, Joiri Minaya, Mona Hatoum, Lyle Ashton Harris, Rashid Johnson, Lorna Simpson, Rayyane Tabet, Meg Webster and Yto Barrada.
The exhibition extends through the indoor galleries and an open-air presentation. Cristina Iglesias has also selected an outdoor sculpture trail with works by artists including Ali Cherri, Latifa Echakhch, Mona Hatoum, Cristina Iglesias and Rayyane Tabet, connecting the show to Menorca’s Mediterranean setting.
Worth the trip
If you want contemporary art in a setting where landscape, sea, architecture and exhibition experience all matter.
This matters because Directionless speaks directly to the feeling of our time: social, political, ecological and cultural coordinates shifting faster than we can name them. The exhibition does not try to simplify that condition. It asks how artists stay alert inside it.
Hauser & Wirth Menorca is already a destination: an art centre on Illa del Rei, in Mahón harbour, where exhibitions, garden, sea crossing and public programme become part of the visit. For Artlovers, this is not just “see a show.” It is an island art experience.
How to experience it
Don’t look for one single theme that explains everything. Let the show stay multiple.
Move between indoor galleries and outdoor works — the island setting is part of the meaning.
Pay attention to how different artists respond to uncertainty: through body, memory, landscape, politics, abstraction, material or myth.
Take the shuttle boat as part of the experience: arrival by sea changes your state of mind.
Leave space for works that feel unresolved; that is part of the exhibition’s intelligence.
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