{"id":1959759,"date":"2026-05-27T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T08:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1959759"},"modified":"2026-05-27T11:50:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T08:50:00","slug":"rashid-johnson-sheree-hovsepian-to-launch-new-residency-program-in-menorca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1959759","title":{"rendered":"Rashid Johnson, Sheree Hovsepian to Launch New Residency Program in Menorca"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tArtists Rashid Johnson and Sheree Hovsepian are launching a new residency program for artists and writers on the island of Menorca.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Residency at Casa Gr\u00e0cia, as it will be called, will launch next spring and offer self-directed residencies \u201cwithout obligation to produce an outcome or public presentation\u201d to give selected residents the \u201ctime and private space to further their practices,\u201d according to a release.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThere is something profoundly moving about Menorca and its mystical atmosphere,\u201d Hovsepian said in a statement. \u201cMenorca is unique among the Balearic Islands for this extraordinary archaeological presence, and there is something deeply humbling about existing alongside that kind of history and mystery. For me, Menorca has always been a place that expands inner space where ideas surface more freely and where creativity feels connected to something both personal and ancient.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tApplications will be selected via an open call and are now open for the first cohort, which has a deadline of July 31. Each cohort will consist of three artists and two writers; artists can stay for up to three months, while writers for up to six months.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe applications will be selected by an advisory board that include Johnson and Hovsepian, as well as artist Hank Willis Thomas; writers Katherine Brinson, Patrick Radden Keefe, and Colson Whitehead; collector and investor Gaurav Kapadia; entertainment executive Ravi Nandan; and Alex Ernst, Johnson\u2019s studio director. <\/p>\n

\n\tRepresentatives from Johnson\u2019s gallery, Hauser & Wirth, also sit on the board, including cofounders Iwan Wirth and Manuela Wirth and Debbie Hillyerd, a partner and senior director of learning at the gallery. Cristopher Canizares, who recently left the gallery to launch an artist management agency, is also on the board.<\/p>\n

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Interior view of the Residency at Casa Gr\u00e0cia, Mahon, Menorca. <\/span>Photo Daniel Sch\u00e4fer\/Courtesy Rashid Johnson and Sheree\u00a0Hovsepian<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\n\tAhead of the residency, Casa Gr\u00e0cia was recently renovated by Paris-based architectural firm Laplace, with Menorcan architects Maim\u00f3&Brosa. Built in 1860, it is located in a residential neighborhood in the historic city of Mahon and includes three different spaces for the artists and writers to \u201creflect and experiment,\u201d a 3,230-square-foot studio, a study and a walled garden, according to a release, which adds that \u201cthe entire building has been thoughtfully renovated, transforming the site\u2014once the entrance to a nightclub with the owners\u2019 apartment above\u2014into a residence defined by simplicity, clarity, and ease.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tJohnson first visited Menorca a few years back via Hauser & Wirth, which opened a location on the Isla del Rey in 2021 and which also includes a residency program. He would also spend more time there the following year ahead of the opening of his 2022 exhibition at the gallery\u2019s outpost on the Balearic Islands.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMenorca has offered me something rare: a sense of slowness, clarity, and openness that allows thought and creativity to expand,\u201d Johnson said in a statement, adding that he \u201cwas deeply moved by the island\u2019s beauty, history and rhythm.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHe continued, \u201cCreating this residency is an opportunity to share that experience with other artists\u2014offering time and space for reflection, experimentation, conversation, and renewal. I hope artists who are in residence here will find, as I did, that Menorca has a quiet but profound way of sharpening attention and deepening one\u2019s relationship to making.\u201d<\/p>\n

Correction, May 27, 2026, 9:58 a.m.:<\/strong>An earlier version of this story misidentified Alex Ernst as the Internet personality instead of Rashid Johnson\u2019s studio director. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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