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Join us on 20 October 2026, for a special evening celebrating art, food and memory with artist Angel Otero at Da Costa, Hauser & Wirth Somerset.
The event will begin with after-hours, last-chance access to the exhibition, ‘Angel Otero. Agua Salada,’ followed by a three-course, family-style dinner at Da Costa with some of the artist’s favorite Puerto Rican dishes made using seasonal Somerset produce.
During the evening, we will celebrate the artist’s forthcoming Hauser & Wirth publication ‘Angel Otero’. Otero will be present for informal conversations and questions about his creative practice, as well as a book signing.
Angel Otero during his residency at Hauser & Wirth Somerset, 2026 © Angel Otero. Photo: Clare Walsh
– SAMPLE MENU £50PP –
Snacks
Alcapurria of Durslade beef
Roundhill squash barriguitas de vieja
Appetiser
Harina de maíz
Slow roasted suckling pig
Main
Angel’s Chicken Fricassée
Dessert
Bruton Dairy tembleque pudding
Drinks will be available to purchase throughout the evening.
Schedule
6.30 pm: Exclusive access to ‘Agua Salada’ with Angel Otero to explore his paintings forged from storytelling and personal memory
7 pm: Three-course, family-style dinner featuring Angel Otero’s favourite Puerto Rican dishes
About ‘Angel Otero. Agua Salada’
Angel Otero’s UK exhibition features a deeply personal body of work completed during an artist residency in Somerset. Known for his physically immersive approach to paint as material, Otero transforms the medium itself—scraping, layering and peeling dried oil paint to create richly textured compositions that hover between abstraction and figuration. Moving his studio practice from New York and Puerto Rico temporarily to Somerset, the residency provided Otero with the opportunity to continue his exploration of memory, place and meaning in the context of a new environment. The exhibition is on view through Sunday 18 October.
About Angel Otero
Angel Otero’s practice is known for employing highly innovative techniques that challenge the parameters of his materials, revealing the intrinsic qualities of paint. His works are rooted in abstract image making and engage with ideas of memory through addressing art history, as well as his own lived experience. His signature mode of storytelling evokes the ways in which household objects become personified through the lens of memory. These objects, seemingly quotidian at first glance, take on the role of surrogates for family members and moments from the artist’s past.