TODAY's EVENTS
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
UPCOMING
Hauser & Wirth
Rachel Khedoori

This January, the artist Rachel Khedoori will present an installation of new work at Hauser & Wirth Zurich, Limmatstrasse.
Minimalist in form and haptic in feeling, Khedoori’s sculptures oscillate between representation and abstraction. Models of rooms are stacked to become towers or collapsed structures. These are then reduced to flattened planes on the floor. Cutouts with holes become passageways for the eye to peep (or punch) through. Incorporating a range of materials and techniques—cast aluminum, bronze, 3-D printing, resin, encaustic paint and paper—the exhibition is staged as an overall site of construction and deconstruction. Like a ruin, everything seems to be in the process of slowly falling apart. The use of shadows and reflections compound this sense of ephemerality by invoking the illusionary realm of film and the spectral projections of a phantasmagoria.
Khedoori’s art explores the physical and psychological boundaries of interior space, with work that challenges viewers’ perceptual experience by interweaving mirrors, films and scale models into the installation. While the work is noticeably void of any representations of the figure, the viewer’s physical presence assumes the role of subject.
Rachel Khedoori, Untitled (detail), 2024 © Rachel Khedoori. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth
Hauser & Wirth
UMAN
A FANTASTIC WOMAN

For her second exhibition with the gallery, Uman presents all new paintings and works on paper at Hauser & Wirth Zurich, Limmatstrasse, in equal partnership with Nicola Vassell Gallery, New York NY.
Living and working in Upstate New York, Uman’s new paintings reflect her reverence for the natural world. Fluidly navigating in-between realms to explore both the physical and spiritual, intertwining abstraction, figuration and meditative patterning, Uman draws upon her memories of her East African childhood, rigorous education in traditional Arabic calligraphy, deep engagement with dreams and fascination with kaleidoscopic color and design. Expanding on this unique visual language, Uman’s new body of work also explores ideas of color field painting, looking to artists such as Frank Bowling in her practice. With some works suspended from the ceiling and a site-specific wall mural that will transform part of the gallery space, Uman invites the viewer to be immersed in her lavishly detailed and opulently colored worlds, replete with gesture, geometry and evocations of the sublime.
Uman, Purple Painting, 2024, Acrylic, oil, and oil stick on canvas, 243.8 x 243.8 cm / 96 x 96 in © Uman. Courtesy the artist, Hauser & Wirth and Nicola Vassell Gallery. Photo: Sarah Muehlbauer
Edition VFO
Opening "Gardens of Dreams"
Lorenza Longhi, Thi My Lien Nguyen, Maya Rochat, Albrecht Schnider, Annelies Štrba, Urban Zellweger

Kunsthalle Zürich
Opening of the new exhibitions
Levan Choghoshvili & Vijay Masharani

Opening of the new exhibitions
from Levan Choghoshvili & Vijay Masharani
Luma Westbau
Exhibition Opening
BOUCHRA KHALILI

Opening:
BOUCHRA KHALILI
A Trilogy: The Tempest Society, The Circle, and The Public Storyteller
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Opening: Accumulation – On Collecting, Growth and Excess
First Sequence

Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst opens the new exhibition Accumulation – On Collecting, Growth and Excess, First Sequence.
6.15 – 6:30 pm
Greeting and introduction with sign language
7.30 – 8.15 pm
Performance: «Accumulation of a Body» with Yara Bou Nassar
Food & Drinks: Bistro Loi
The Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst as well as the other exhibitions in Löwenbräukunst, are open from 6 PM to 9 PM.
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
«Accumulation of a Body»
by Yara Bou Nassar

«I am in survival mode.» This is a description I often hear (even more so lately) when I ask people around me how they are. The earth is in survival mode as well as its creatures. We have pushed ourselves or have been pushed to the edge. We deal with the consequences. We survive. We try to preserve our empathy, we resist, we try not to get numb, we try to stay angry, we try to still find the strength to believe that we can do better. I watch an insect wandering around the apartment for days. Then I watch it die in a second when it stumbles into a tiny spider’s web. It lays still. I ponder upon its stillness. I go over last conversations with people I know I will never have the chance to talk to again, not like that. I go over every word until the words no longer make sense. They become sounds overrun by time.
Through recounting associative images and sensations of daily life observations, this performance explores the idea of processing accumulations and tipping points, particularly in moments of physical stillness. Through a series of minimal movements, it questions the process of how to physically hold the accumulations of another body when it is bigger than your own. How does that process change when this bigger body in question is the city you inhabit? How to rest and hold space for accumulation by being alone together?
The performance dives into the relational coexistence between human bodies and other forms of bodies in urban spaces.
Yara Bou Nassar is a Lebanese performer, theater maker, and writer based in Zurich since 2020. She is interested in inspecting identity with respect to collective memory. She approaches themes which are often focused on the deconstruction of social stereotypes and daily behavior in the urban context as well as in the private and intimate space. She is particularly interested in manifestations of discomfort in the body in different forms. Most of her projects stem from an autobiographical starting point. Her work is often based on documentary material and blurring the lines between fiction and reality.
Edition VFO
"Gardens of Dreams"
"Gardens of Dreams"

The exhibition “Gardens of Dreams” brings together six artistic positions that deal with gardens as places of imagination, transformation and sensuality. In their works, Lorenza Longhi, Thi My Lien Nguyen, Maya Rochat, Albrecht Schnider, Annelies Štrba and Urban Zellweger explore the interplay of plants, flowers and organic forms as carriers of memories, symbolism and cultural narratives.
Kunsthalle Zürich
Levan Chogoshvili

Levan Chogoshvili (b. 1953, lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia) is among the most important Georgian artists of his generation. Since the 1970s he had created an extensive body of work in Tbilisi which incorporates painting, drawing, film and sculpture. Central to this work is the question of history: how it is essential – in general, but particularly for Georgia. For some two centuries in the case of Georgia, the telling or recording of history has been continually under pressure; history is continually expunged or corrupted, equally artists like Chogoshvili bring it back to life and render it visible. In his series Destroyed Aristocracy (1970-1985), for example, he created a new form of imagery, one which was based on the family photographs that were hidden for decades, because their existence could have been life-threatening for whoever possessed them.
Chogoshvili's art, which was prohibited in the Soviet Union until well into the 1980s, grapples with this erasure. It resists ignorance and stands up against amnesia. For these and many other reasons Choghoshvili is very highly regarded by the younger generation of Georgian artists, as an examplar, teacher and their selfless supporter.
The exhibition at Kunsthalle Zürich will be the artist's largest to date. The images shown above were taken in the artist's studio.
The artist will be present.
Luma Westbau
BOUCHRA KHALILI
A Trilogy: The Tempest Society, The Circle, and The Public Storyteller

Bouchra Khalili (b. 1975) is a French–Moroccan artist whose multi-disciplinary practice develops collaborative strategies of storytelling with members of communities excluded from citizen membership.
Combining the traditions of post-independence avant-gardes and conceptual practices, Khalili’s work suggests poetical hypotheses for newer imaginations of community.
Central to the exhibition are three seminal works: The Tempest Society (2017), The Circle Project (2023), and The Public Storyteller (2024). These works trace the legacy of the Mouvement des travailleurs arabes (MTA) and its theatre groups, Al Assifa and Al Halaka, highlighting their pioneering struggle for equal rights in 1970s France and their enduring relevance.
Through storytelling, montage, and performance, Khalili’s works invite viewers to witness forgotten histories, reflect on our present, and imagine our potential collective futures.
Image: The Public Storyteller, 2024. Dual synchronized channel. 18'. Video and 16mm film transferred to video. Color and black&white. Video still. Sound. Courtesy of the artist and Mor Charpentier gallery, Paris/Bogota.
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Accumulation – über Ansammeln, Wachstum und Überfluss, erste Sequenz

Massloses Wachstum hat Folgen – das wird immer sichtbarer: Überkonsum verschärft die Klimakrise, vertieft gesellschaftliche Ungleichheiten und stabilisiert (neo-)koloniale Machtverhältnisse. Doch obwohl das Bewusstsein darüber laufend zunimmt, werden Fortschritt, Wohlstand und sozialer Status weiterhin mit dem Anhäufen materieller Güter gleichgesetzt.
Accumulation lädt Besucherinnen ein, sich mit diesen Herausforderungen auseinanderzusetzen und gemeinsam über Alternativen nachzudenken. Wie sieht der Übergang von einer wachstums- zu einer gemeinwohlorientierten Gesellschaft aus?
Die Künstlerinnen in dieser Ausstellung reagieren auf unterschiedliche Weise auf diese Fragen: Einige setzen sich inhaltlich damit auseinander, andere entwickeln methodische Ansätze und Strategien, um der Logik der Materialanhäufung entgegenzuwirken.
Auch Museen sind von der Wachstumslogik geprägt: Relevante künstlerische Positionen werden für kommende Generationen bewahrt, Sammlungen stetig erweitert. Muss auch diese museale Ansammlung kritisch betrachtet werden? Wie könnten alternative Sammlungspraktiken aussehen?
Die Ausstellung lädt Besucher*innen ein, über die Herausforderungen des steten Wachstums nachzudenken und Visionen für eine Gesellschaft zu diskutieren, die Gemeinwohl, ökologische Verantwortung und soziale Gerechtigkeit priorisiert.
Mit Werken von Art & Language, Maja Bajevic, Thomas Bayrle, Maria Eichhorn, Rachel Harrison, Tobias Kaspar, Nils Amadeus Lange, Liz Magor, Jumana Manna, Reto Pulfer, Tabor Robak, Selma Selman, Stirnimann Stojanovic, Sung Tieu, Andy Warhol, Elom 20ce, Musquiqui Chihying und Gregor Kasper.
Kunsthalle Zürich
Exhibition tour with artist Levan Chogoshvili and curator Daniel Baumann

Learn more about the exhibition and gain personal insights from the artist. In English.
Kunsthalle Zürich
Tour of the exhibitions with Daniel Baumann

Learn more about the exhibition and gain personal insights from our expert guide - this time, the artist herself!
There is a free exhibition tour of our current exhibitions every Thursday evening.
Kunsthalle Zürich
KÜNSTLER:INNEN ON ARTISTS
with Arianna Gellini, Eleonora Meier & Felix Stökle

At Kunsthalle Zürich three speakers give a short presentation about an artist who inspires their own practice. With the new elements «KURATOR:INNEN ON CURATORS» and «KRITIKER:INNEN on WRITERS»!
Organised by Waves, an artist-initiated studio visit program led by Izidora I LETHE and Leila Peacock.
Kunsthalle Zürich
Afternoon for all: Levan Chogoshvili & Vijay Masharani Creative workshop

In Spring 2025 Kunsthalle Zürich is showing works from two very different artists. They differ in their lands of origin, age and work – which makes the combination particularly interesting. We can dive into the realities of both artists. Whether you come with your family, with friends or alone, our 'Afternoon for all' workshops offer an opportunity to experience Vijay Masharani and Levan Chogoshvili's exhibitions in a playful and multifaceted way.
28 years old and living in San Francisco, Vijay Masharani works with diverse materials and techniques, yet employs certain similar forms again and again, to show these from different perspectives. Simple designs, such as stars, emerge in series: as drawings, in films or in animations. His playful method of working is combined too with his own biography, which has been marked by music, self-reflection and illness.
Levan Chogoshvili, was born in 1953 in Tbilisi, is among the most important Georgian artists. His country's history – a country currently experience yet another turbulent period – is central to his work and the figures he portrays. This may manifest in the aristocracy who were eliminated by Stalin, Muslim women in the northern Caucasus border region with Chechnya, important moments in Georgian history or his own, varied, biography. Over more than 50 years an impressive body of work has been created, which is almost entirely unknown in the West.
We will bring these artists and their works closer in a manner that is understandable for young and old. Together we will exchange empressions, which, in the second part of the workshop, we can give creative form. The trove of materials in our Atelier offer all you might need to create a cheeky abstract group portrait or to bring your favourite object into life in a flip-book animation.
All dates: Sundays 16 March and 25 May 2025, 3–5 pm
For all from 4 years upwards (children up to an including 16 years old should be accompanied by an adult)
Register by email to: fuelscher@kunsthallezurich.ch
Kunsthalle Zürich
Easter egg painting

It happens just once a year! Our legendary Easter egg painting takes place on the 12 April this year.
Please bring your own boiled eggs.
Register by email to: fuelscher@kunsthallezurich.ch
Kunsthalle Zürich
Afternoon for all: Levan Chogoshvili & Vijay Masharani Creative workshop

In Spring 2025 Kunsthalle Zürich is showing works from two very different artists. They differ in their lands of origin, age and work – which makes the combination particularly interesting. We can dive into the realities of both artists. Whether you come with your family, with friends or alone, our 'Afternoon for all' workshops offer an opportunity to experience Vijay Masharani and Levan Chogoshvili's exhibitions in a playful and multifaceted way.
28 years old and living in San Francisco, Vijay Masharani works with diverse materials and techniques, yet employs certain similar forms again and again, to show these from different perspectives. Simple designs, such as stars, emerge in series: as drawings, in films or in animations. His playful method of working is combined too with his own biography, which has been marked by music, self-reflection and illness.
Levan Chogoshvili, was born in 1953 in Tbilisi, is among the most important Georgian artists. His country's history – a country currently experience yet another turbulent period – is central to his work and the figures he portrays. This may manifest in the aristocracy who were eliminated by Stalin, Muslim women in the northern Caucasus border region with Chechnya, important moments in Georgian history or his own, varied, biography. Over more than 50 years an impressive body of work has been created, which is almost entirely unknown in the West.
We will bring these artists and their works closer in a manner that is understandable for young and old. Together we will exchange empressions, which, in the second part of the workshop, we can give creative form. The trove of materials in our Atelier offer all you might need to create a cheeky abstract group portrait or to bring your favourite object into life in a flip-book animation.
All dates: Sundays 16 March and 25 May 2025, 3–5 pm
For all from 4 years upwards (children up to an including 16 years old should be accompanied by an adult)
Register by email to: fuelscher@kunsthallezurich.ch