Swissart News RSS Feed 29.08.2010 Richard Tuttle in the Annemarie Verna Galerie Samuel Beckett referred to commentaries on art as a calmative (S.B. Das Gleiche nochmals anders: Texte zur Bildenden Kunst, 2000). Richard Tuttle values talking about art. In his exhibitions, he likes to stand in front of his works and discuss them. His commentaries rebut and affirm the remark by Beckett by taking paradoxical detours and by confounding and disconcerting with their nuanced differentiation and detail. Whether direct pathways or circuitous detours, when Tuttle works and when he talks he is always in motion. The important thing is that walking such a fine line leads to uncharted territory. Whoever heads down this path does so at his own risk, for there are no guaranteed certainties. Continue.... 19.08.2010 Richard SERRA – “Large Scale Etchings 1981-1990“ at Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie On Thursday, 26 August 2010, the art galleries to the left of the river Limmat celebrate the opening of the season with big names and big works. Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie starts off with the American artist Richard Serra (b. 1939 San Francisco). In the rooms of g27, six large-format prints from a rarely available edition will be presented to a Zurich audience for the first time. Continue.... 12.06.2010 Swiss Art at Sotheby's Zurich On Monday, 14 June 2010, Sotheby’s in Zurich will be holding a spring auction under the heading of ‘Swiss Art’ at its premises in Talstrasse 83. 114 works representing Swiss artistic creativity of the early 20th century will come under the hammer. With an estimate of 13 million Swiss francs, the auction includes masterpieces by 57 artists, among them Ferdinand Hodler, Giovanni Giacometti and Cuno Amiet, a trio of leading representatives of the innovative and avant-garde style in 20th century Swiss art. Continue.... 10.06.2010 Kunsthaus Zürich shows «Thomas Struth. Photographs 1978 - 2010» From 11 June to 12 September 2010 the Kunsthaus Zürich presents the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of work by Thomas Struth to date. The photographs ... >>Continue 12.05.2010 "...And God Created Woman" at LAST Galerie, Zurich Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot, Elizabeth Taylor, Sophia Loren, Audrey Hepburn and Catherine Deneuve are but a few of the leading ladies who created and ... >>Continue

Headlines 27.08.2010 12th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice: Opening of the Swiss Pavilion Federal Office of Cultural Affairs The Federal Office of Culture FOC is responsible for organising and overseeing the Swiss Pavilion at the 12th International Architecture Exhibition, which opens in Venice today, 29 August. At the suggestion of the Federal Art Commission (FAC), the architect Jürg Conzett has been officially invited to curate Switzerland's contribution. Continue... 22.08.2010 Kunsthaus Zürich to Show "Karl Moser: Art and Architecture" Art Daily Revered in Switzerland as a 'father of modernism', Moser made architectural history with his contributions to the University of Zurich campus, ... Continue... 11.08.2010 Meet the gavel god New York Post We don't need it to live, yet we can't live without art,” the 59-year-old says. De Pury, who was born and raised in Switzerland and splits his time between ... Continue... 08.08.2010 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Showcases Works by Paul Klee Art Daily From August 7, 2010, through January 16, 2011, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art will showcase the exhibition Prints by Paul Klee (1946)... Continue... 31.07.2010 Kunstmuseum Basel Interior Design The birthplace for Art Basel is Basel, Switzerland; however, the inspirational place for the legendary event is Kunstmuseum Basel, the largest and most ... Continue... Agenda Art Exhibitions in Switzerland Newest Artist Member Diane Noack Newest Gallery Member art4art