Swissart News RSS Feed 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 on show, some 100 mostly large-format, were produced between 1978 and the present day. The exhibition also includes a premiere presentation of a group of new pieces. 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 epitomised the movie world of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. In its current exhibition, „…And God Created Woman“, the Zurich gallery LAST presents a wide cross-section of the posters and press photographs that helped define them and their generation. Works of art in themselves, most are rarely seen and all were originally produced for promotional purposes rather than sale. Continue.... 07.05.2010 Museum of Fine Arts Berne: Albert Anker: Beautiful World On the Centenary of His Death and Chantal Michel – Honey, Milk and First Violets An Artistic Response to Albert Anker "Close Contact to Fellow Human Beings " - The Kunstmuseum Bern is putting on a large retrospective of Albert Anker’s manifold oeuvre to commemorate the ... >>Continue 12.03.2010 “Alchemy of Painting” - Ricardo Carbajal Moss shows recent paintings at the Berner gallery Christine Brügger. The Christine Brügger Galerie in Bern, Switzerland is showing mysterious portraits, floating objects and "tromp-l’oeil" paintings made by Ricardo Carbajal ... >>Continue

Headlines 30.07.2010 Iconic Swiss painter gets big centenary show Reuters India ...in a major exhibition, "Beautiful World", at the Bern Fine Arts Museum marking the centenary of the 1910 death at the age of 79 of Albert Anker, often described as the "national artist."... Continue... 25.07.2010 Merging music and art DesMoinesRegister.com The prominent Swiss artist Not Vital (a common Swiss-Romansh name, pronounced Note vee-Tal) cranked up a CD of classical music, dipped the tip of a ... Continue... 21.07.2010 REPORT FROM ZURICH Artnet Aoife Rosenmeyer - ‎Jul 19, 2010‎: Despite its modest size, Zürich has an art scene that would make a much larger city jealous, which no doubt counts toward it's coming in ... Continue... 15.07.2010 The Bechtler Museum Of Modern Art Stands Out Among Skyscrapers WSOC Charlotte The Bechtler collection was amassed in Switzerland predominantly by Andreas's parents, Hans and Bessie Bechtler, and later Andreas, over a 70-year time ... Continue... 11.07.2010 One hundred days to go till Kunsthaus Zürich opens Picasso show Kunsthaus Zürich From 15 October 2010 until 30 January 2011, the Kunsthaus Zürich will revive the first museum exhibition devoted to Pablo Picasso, and with 100 days to go till the opening preparations are proceeding apace. The latest development is spectacular: the pledge of a loan from Teheran. Continue... Agenda Art Exhibitions in Switzerland Newest Artist Member Monika Schweiter Newest Gallery Member art4art