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Zurich Art Prize 2019: Leonor Antunes
31 October 2019 to 12 January 2020
In 2019, the renowned Zurich Art Prize goes to Leonor Antunes (*1972). The Portuguese artist is known for her large-scale sculptural works. In her works, she draws on the formal language of modernist design objects – especially those designed by women.
Camille Graeser: Becoming a Concrete Artist
31 October 2019 to 12 January 2020
Camille Graeser (1892–1980) was part of the innermost circle of Zurich Concretists. The exhibition looks into the question of how this successful furniture and interior designer from Stuttgart developed into one of the main representatives of concrete art in Zurich. This show focuses on the period from the 1930s to the 1950s.
100 Years of Bauhaus: Roman Clemens
31 October 2019 to 12 January 2020
Celebrating 100 years of Bauhaus, we will present the former Bauhaus student Roman Clemens (1910–1992) with selected paintings from the 1970s and 1980s, supplemented by archive material that has never been made public before, from our part of the artist’s estate.
Zurich Art Prize 2020: Amalia Pica
22 October 2020 to 10 January 2021
Media orientation: 20 October, 11 am / Opening: 21 October, 6 pm
It is a great pleasure for Museum Haus Konstruktiv and Zurich Insurance Group Ltd to announce the thirteenth winner of the internationally renowned Zurich Art Prize: In 2020, this art award goes to Argentine artist Amalia Pica.
Fritz Glarner’s “Rockefeller Dining Room” revisited by Alfredo Häberli
Permanent Presentation from the collection
The famous designer Alfredo Häberli was invited to conceive a new interior design for Fritz Glarner’s permanently exhibited Rockefeller Dining Room (1963/64), so as to make it possible to experience Glarner’s room-specific work in the context of a dining room once again.
Museum Haus Konstruktiv
Museum Haus Konstruktiv is located in the Heart of Zurich, in one of the finest industrial buildings: the former electrical substation Selnau. The museum is the leading institution for constructivist, concrete, and conceptual art in Switzerland, and is highly regarded internationally.
