Rashid Johnson and Sheree Hovsepian Open Menorca Residency

May 27. Rashid Johnson and Sheree Hovsepian are opening a residency for artists and writers on Menorca. The program runs in collaboration with Hauser & Wirth, which already operates a gallery and cultural space on the Balearic island.

The residency is called The Re. No end date announced. The structure is long-term, not seasonal rotations. Johnson and Hovsepian will select participants directly. Hauser & Wirth provides infrastructure but not curatorial control, according to the gallery's release.

Menorca is the quieter Balearic. Ibiza gets the clubs and the yacht traffic. Mallorca gets the galleries and the second-home market. Menorca has stayed agricultural and low-density. Hauser & Wirth opened there in 2021 in a converted farmhouse. The gallery runs exhibitions, dinners, and small artist talks. The residency adds a working-studio layer to the same campus.

Johnson has run smaller residency experiments before, mostly in the U.S. This is his first Europe-based program. Hovsepian, a photographer and sculptor, has taught at Yale and runs a studio practice out of New York. Both have shown at Hauser & Wirth in the past, but the partnership here is operational, not representational.

The first cohort has not been named. Applications open later this year. The residency will house four to six participants at a time, with stays ranging from one month to six. No cost to participants. Hauser & Wirth covers accommodation and materials.

The timing is worth noting. Artist residencies have become quieter in the last two years. Pandemic-era programs either folded or scaled back. A new one launching now, with long-term funding and a named partnership, suggests the model still works when the infrastructure is already in place. Menorca is far enough from the circuit to be useful.