This event is in the past.It took place on February 7, 2024 at Hauser & Wirth.










Five writers turned Philip Guston's paintings into short stories, and tonight two of them—Booker Prize winner Ben Okri and New Yorker contributor Lou Stoppard—read their fictions aloud at this intimate gallery launch.
Literary event
Art book launch
Contemporary fiction
Gallery reading
Tips
🍷welcome drinks from 6:30, readings at 7 sharp
📖five writers contributed: Okri, Stoppard, Alessandrini, La Force, Wollen
🎨Guston retrospective at Tate Modern through Feb 25
Five Stories for Philip Guston — London Launch Event
Savile Row, W1S 2ET










Five writers turned Philip Guston's paintings into short stories, and tonight two of them—Booker Prize winner Ben Okri and New Yorker contributor Lou Stoppard—read their fictions aloud at this intimate gallery launch.
Literary event
Art book launch
Contemporary fiction
Gallery reading
Tips
🍷welcome drinks from 6:30, readings at 7 sharp
📖five writers contributed: Okri, Stoppard, Alessandrini, La Force, Wollen
🎨Guston retrospective at Tate Modern through Feb 25
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