Swissart News RSS Feed 30.01.2010 100 Masterpieces from the Städel Museum COROT, RENOIR, BECKMANN… at the Fondation Hermitage Pursuing its exploration of world-famous collections, the Fondation de l’Hermitage is privileged to present an exceptional selection of 100 masterpieces from the prestigious Städel Museum in Frankfurt, one of the oldest art museums in Germany founded in 1815 by merchant and banker Johann Friedrich Städel (1728-1816). Taking the visitor on a fascinating journey through the main artistic movements from Romanticism to Expressionism, this rich exhibition will give special emphasis to the German and French schools. Continue.... 15.01.2010 Martin Laurance: Recent Paintings at LAST, Zurich Martin Laurance is an expressive painter, expressing how it feels to be at a particular place at a particular time. His style has always been bold, using colours and techniques in a way that make an inimitable statement. Continue.... 22.12.2009 100 YEARS KUNSTHAUS ZÜRICH In 2010 the Kunsthaus Zürich will celebrate its hundredth anniversary. Switzerland’s oldest combined collection and exhibition space opened its doors in Karl Moser’s late Jugendstil museum building on the Heimplatz in 1910, and now, in honour of the centenary, the Kunsthaus will showcase its opulent collection, including many donations, and mount a major Picasso show in tribute to its tradition of key exhibitions. In 2015 the artistic idea of a dynamic museum for the 21st century will become reality, and the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft’s success story, which owes its inception in 1787 to the initiative of local burghers, will have been continued in a further exciting chapter – the Kunsthaus extension. Continue.... 11.12.2009 Exceptionally high quality and very solid sales at Art Basel Miami Beach 2009 The eighth edition of Art Basel Miami Beach closed on Sunday, December 6, 2009. More than 250 galleries from North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia ... >>Continue 06.12.2009 "Early and Recent Works" Sylvia Plimack-Mangold and James Bishop at Galerie Annemarie Verna A fictive genealogy of painting sketched out by Wollheim calls attention to a potential that can be imputed as something common to the activity and outcomes ... >>Continue

Headlines 30.01.2010 Swiss collector donates art collection to Cuba Reuters Brownstone, a gallery owner and former curator of the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, has donated through the Brownstone Foundation art works to other ... Continue... 30.01.2010 “ Collecting is like a disease—you can only stop when you die” Art Newspaper As he prepares to open a new gallery in London, dealer Iwan Wirth tells us how the recession has affected his business ... Continue... 30.01.2010 Spray Painting at the World's Biggest Science Experiment BU Today Being in Switzerland, I compared it to the Alps, the sublime.” Kristofoletti's mural-in-progress is positioned at the gateway of CERN, where the ATLAS ... Continue... 30.01.2010 The Art World's Gordon Gekko Wall Street Journal He had gotten a federal court order to confiscate the Zurich gallery's inventory as potential compensation for a $750000 Robert Ryman painting that the ... Continue... 30.01.2010 Atwood goes to Davos, but no one hears her CBC.ca Canadian author Margaret Atwood was in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday with a speech prepared about the importance of art in the world's economy. .. Continue... Agenda Art Exhibitions in Switzerland Newest Artist Member Ricardo Carbajal Moss Newest Gallery Member Galerie Anton Meier