John Szarowski war Leiter der Abteilung für Fotografie am MOMA New York während der sechziger bis in die neunziger Jahre. 1966 hat er in seiner wegweisenden Analyse "The Photographer's Eye", fünf Kriterien beschrieben, welche in einem perfekten fotografischen Bild enthalten sein müssen. Read more...

In den letzten Jahrzehnten aber insbesondere verstärkt in den letzten Jahren, setzt sich eine neue Auffassung "figurativer" Kunst durch, die vornehmlich von Künstlerinnen vorgetragen wird. Im Gegensatz zur traditionellen Malerei wird nicht mehr der Körper als physische Erscheinung oder dessen Abstraktion dargestellt, sondern eine Figur, die als Ausdruck eines Empfindens der eigenen Körperlichkeit zu bezeichnen ist. Read more...

Der Begriff "Mapping and Rule Management" vermittelt Reglement, System, Businesstalk. Was passiert wenn Anweisungen oder systematische Regelwerke ihrem Kontext entnommen, ästhetisch zerlegt und verschoben werden? Renée Schauecker interessiert die Welt der Regelsysteme. Read more...

Over a period of more than four decades, Dan Graham has developed a diverse practice that refuses to be contained within the confines of contemporary art and instead aligns itself within popular culture. In his exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Zürich, 'Rock 'n' Roll Show. Unrealised Projects for Children and Boutique Architecture', Graham will present drawings for two unrealised architectural projects: ... Read more...

Grieder Contemporary is delighted to announce the first solo exhibition by the Swiss artist, Nic Hess, being presented in the gallery's new venue in Zurich. Alongside an expansive installation occupying the whole of the gallery's main exhibition space, the artist will be showing a number of works on paper and sculptures, as well as an installation featuring paperhangings. Read more...

The Iranian artist Baktash Sarang creates mostly autobiographical works criticising disturbing political developments and unpleasent affairs of today's world, sometimes directly and provocative, sometimes in a more subtle way. Today he lives and works in Strasbourg. However, he returns from time to time to his hometown to feel the country and to see what is going on the streets. Read more...

Fatima Chafaa was born in 1973 in Algiers, where she currently lives and works. She practiced as a photographer for a few years, then resumed her studies at the Academy of Fine Arts of Algiers until 2006. Her work is a mixture of photographs and installations, on personal themes of ambiguity and ambivalence are the daily, the unconscious is dissected in a relationship of observer observed. Read more...

We are delighted to announce the first solo exhibition of the young British painter Haroun Haward at Herrmann Germann Contemporary. Born in 1983, Haward lives and works in London. Haroun Haward's paintings are about tradition, narration, and interpretation. Read more...

Until recently, Turkish artist Yüksel Arslan (born 1933, lives and works in Paris) remained almost unknown to a broader public. The exhibition at Kunsthalle Zürich presents for the first time a selection of over 200 works since 1959 outside of Turkey and focuses on the so called "Artures", works on paper using a unique technique. Read more...

MICROCLIMA ZURICH TROPICAL is a salon with works by Ana Roldán, Alejandro Cesarco, Gilda Mantilla and Raimond Chaves, Julia Rometti and Victor Costales, Radames 'Juni' Figueroa, Tetine, and others. MICROCLIMA ZURICH TROPICAL also includes a library and a cine club. Read more...

Time and space are represented and perceived differently. Evolution, transition, research, technique and technology accompany each of us throughout our lives. A selection of works by artists who have integrated time or space in their practice are presented in this group show, recalling exhibits held over the past 4 years. Read more...

Die Galerie Bob Gysin präsentiert mit "Les Voyageurs Immobiles II" die erste Einzelausstellung nach dem tragischen Tod von Bessie Nager im Januar 2009. Die Zusammenarbeit von Bessie Nager und der Galerie Bob Gysin begann 1993 nachdem Bob Gysin ihre Arbeiten ca. 1991 zum ersten Mal in einer Gruppenausstellung entdeckte. Eine intensive und fruchtbare Zusammenarbeit entwickelte sich. Read more...

Galerie Wenger freut sich, die neuen Räume an der Mühlebachstrasse mit Hans Jörg Glattfelder eröffnen zu dürfen: Ein Suchender, Forschender, Denkender, Neugieriger, dem es gelingt, immer wieder überraschend neue und verblüffend poetische Antworten auf grundlegende Fragestellungen konkreter Kunst zu finden. Read more...

John Copeland, John Aaron Frank, Drew Heitzler, Wes Lang, Olivier Mosset, Steven Parrino, Jeffrey Schad, Vincent Szarek

I ride because it is fun. I ride because I enjoy the freedom I feel from being exposed to the elements, and the vulnerability to the danger that is intrinsic to riding. Read more...

We are delighted to show the first exhibition of the artist couple wiedemann/mettler in our gallery. Since 2002 Pascale Wiedemann and Daniel Mettler work together consequently towards an oeuvre, that is in its complexity and diversity out of common. Read more...

We are proud to announce our next exhibition of recent work by the Belgian artist Koenraad Dedobbeleer (born in 1975, lives and works in Brussels). He is the 2009 recipient of the Mies van der Rohe grant of the city of Krefeld and has curated two exhibitions at Mu.ZEE Ostende with Phillip van den Bossche. His work is currently on view in a group show at Casino Luxembourg. Read more...

Christophe Guye Galerie is proud to present "Color Correction": by one of the most important and influential artists in the development of colour photography and the history of the medium on a whole, this exhibition spotlights a body of work that poignantly describes the complex ways in which an artist's 'career' took form. Read more...

Galerie Schiffmann präsentiert als Eröffnungsausstellung eine Retrospektive der Porträtmalerei des Züricher Künstlers Serge Pinkus. Innerhalb Serge Pinkus' künstlerischem Gesamtwerk haben die Porträts eine Sonderrolle inne. Mit dieser Ausstellung werden sie zum ersten Mal öffentlich gezeigt. Read more...

In der Ausstellung "Streifzüge" wird Regula Weber ein bibliophiles Tagebuch präsentieren: "Die Gegenwart bewegt sich langsam". Georgette Maag ist eine visuelle Poetin die mit Videokamera und Fotoapparat immer wieder überrascht und uns unsere nächste Umgebung in rhythmischen Bildern vor Augen führt. Read more...

Die Galerie Brigitte Weiss zeigt in einer zweiten Einzelausstellung neue Arbeiten - Malerei und Zeichnungen - des in Zürich lebenden Künstlers Valentin Hauri (geb. 1954 in Baden). Valentin Hauri hat bereits ein vielfältiges, konsequentes Werk geschaffen, seine Malerei pendelt zwischen Gegenständlichem und Ungegenständlichem. Read more...