 |  | Kunsthaus Zurich | |
 |  |  |  |
| description | | Kunsthaus Zurich is one of the most important art museums of the country. The museum was planned by Karl Moser and Robert Curjel, and built and opened in 1910. Kunsthaus Zürich features works from Edvard Munch and Alberto Giacometti. Swiss artists such as Johann Heinrich Füssli, Ferdinand Hodler or from earlier times, Pipilotti Rist and Peter Fischli are represented. | |
| link | | www.kunsthaus.ch (614) | |
| phone | | +41 (0)44 253 84 84 | |
| address | | Heim-Platz 1
8001 Zurich Switzerland | |
| category | | Art Museums | |
| map | |
| |
| added | | Jan 11, 2008
| |
| | news | |
 | | Alberto Giacometti: The Art of Seeing
Kunsthaus Zurich presents Alberto Giacometti: The Art of Seeing, featuring some 90 sculptures, paintings and drawings from all phases of his creative life to demonstrate the way Giacometti lends the psychological process of seeing a material presence.
March 14, 2011 | |
 | | Karl Moser: Art and Architecture
From December 17 to February 27, 2011 the Kunsthaus Zurich will present drawings, sketches, models and furniture by Karl Moser (1860-1936), its renowned architect.
August 23, 2010 | |
| |
| |
 | | 100 Years Kunsthaus Zurich
In 2010 the Kunsthaus Zurich will celebrate its hundredth anniversary.
December 22, 2009 | |
 | | Winning Project for the Kunsthaus Zurich Extension Optimized
David Chipperfield's winning design for the Kunsthaus extension has been optimized in line with the jury's recommendations for its function within the fabric of the city as a whole, and with regard to its internal organization.
September 25, 2009 | |
 | | Mircea Cantor: Tracking Happiness
Tthe Kunsthaus Zurich presents the young Romanian artist Mircea Cantor, whose work addresses traces left and deleted by our age of computer communication and electronic surveillance.
September 7, 2009 | |
 | | Kunsthaus Zurich Shows Katharina Fritsch
From 3 June to 30 August 2009, the Kunsthaus Zurich will host a retrospective devoted to the work of Katharina Fritsch, one of the most significant artists of our day.
June 3, 2009 | |
 | | Winning Project for the Kunsthaus Zurich Extension
David Chipperfield's winning project for the Kunsthaus Zurich extension is a striking formulation of the plan for a 21st-century museum to meet the demands of art and the general public alike.
December 15, 2008 | |
 | | Mark Manders: The Absence of Mark Manders
From 20 March until 14 June 2009, the Kunsthaus Zurich will host Switzerland's first one-man show by artist Mark Manders.
December 15, 2008 | |
 | | Kunsthaus Zurich Launches New Website
It's one of the most-visited addresses on the Swiss museum landscape: www.kunsthaus.ch, the Kunsthaus Zurich's virtual calling card, which first went online exactly ten years ago.
July 29, 2008 | |
 | | Saul Steinberg: Illuminations
Cover pictures and drawings for "The New Yorker" made Saul Steinberg (1914-1999) famous.
May 29, 2008 | |
 | | Kunsthaus Zurich Shows the Marc Rich Collection
From 20 June until 3 August 2008 Kunsthaus Zurich is showing photographs from the Marc Rich Collection.
April 6, 2008 | |
 | | Extension of Kunsthaus Zurich
The preselection phase for architects competing for the Kunsthaus extension project in Zurich is now closed, and twenty applicants have been selected from a pool of more than 200.
April 1, 2008 | |
 | | Kunsthaus Zürich Presents Shifting Identities: (Swiss) Art Now
From 14 March until 8 June (Intro) and from 6 June until 31 August 2008 the Kunsthaus Zürich will be featuring contemporary Swiss and international art.
March 1, 2008 | |
 | | Kunsthaus Zurich Presents Europop
From 15 February to 12 May 2008, the Kunsthaus Zurich is showing masterpieces of European Pop Art arranged by motif, under the headings "Consumerism", "Spectacle", "Media" and "Leisure".
February 17, 2008 | |
 | | Kunsthaus Zurich Reviews 2007 and Presents Its Annual Programme for 20
With classic photographs by Edward Steichen, European Pop Art, contemporary Swiss art and Italian Modernism, in 2008 Kunsthaus Zürich will present as wide a range of temporary exhibitions as ever to complement its permanent collection.
January 19, 2008 | |
 | | Kunsthaus Zurich Shows Edward Steichen: In High Fashion
From 11 January to 30 March 2008 Kunsthaus Zurich will be offering a glimpse at an unknown facet of the work of the great 20th-century American photographer.
January 11, 2008 | |
| | mentions | |
 | | The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today
The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today presents a critical examination of the intersections between photography and sculpture, exploring how one medium informs the analysis and creative redefinition of the other.
June 6, 2010 | |
 | | Roswitha Haftmann Prize Goes to Vija Celmins
The Board of the Roswitha Haftmann Foundation will award the 2009 Roswitha Haftmann Prize to the American artist Vija Celmins.
August 18, 2008 | |
 | | Roswitha Haftmann Prize Goes to Video Artist Douglas Gordon
The 2008 winner of the Roswitha Haftmann Prize is the Scottish video artist Douglas Gordon.
January 20, 2008 | |
 |