About
Since 2018, we have focused on activating Zurich’s arts ecosystem with a rich annual program of more than 100 events in over 60 locations. From exhibition openings to guided tours, performances to urban interventions, art walks to thought-provoking panel discussions, cocktails to other gatherings across town, we transform the city into an unmissable platform to discover the latest trends from the international contemporary art world with the key players from Zurich’s art scene.
SAVE THE DATE
ZURICH ART WEEKEND 2023, June 9–11
Our Impact
62+
Art institutions members of ZAW
190+
Artists engaged with ZAW yearly
120+
Institution directors & curators engaged with ZAW yearly
35.000+
ZAW visitors yearly
130+
ZAW public events freely accessible yearly
35+
ZAW VIP free events yearly
30+
International & national cultural institutions and organisations partnering with ZAW yearly
80+
Local & international media outlets present during ZAW
150+
National & international press clips yearly
Team
Founding Director
Zurich Art Weekend
Public Program Lead
Zurich Art Weekend
Press & Communications Lead
Zurich Art Weekend
Partners Lead
Zurich Art Weekend
VIP Program Lead
Zurich Art Weekend
Communication & Design
Zurich Art Weekend
Members
INSTITUTIONS | CABARET VOLTAIRE | KUNSTHALLE ZÜRICH | KUNSTHAUS ZÜRICH | LUMA WESTBAU | MIGROS MUSEUM FÜR GEGENWARTSKUNST | MUSEUM HAUS KONSTRUKTIV | MUSEUM RIETBERG | SCHAUSPIELHAUS | SHEDHALLE | ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS (ZHDK) | GALLERIES | ANNEX14 | BARBARA SEILER GALERIE | BLUE VELVET PROJECTS | EDITION VFO | FABIAN & CLAUDE WALTER GALERIE | GALERIE ANDRES THALMANN | GALERIE EVA PRESENHUBER | GALERIE FABIAN LANG | GALERIE FRANCESCA PIA | GALERIE GREGOR STAIGER | GALERIE GMURZYNSKA | GALERIE HAAS ZÜRICH | GALERIE MARK MÜLLER | GALERIE PETER KILCHMANN | GALERIE PHILIPPZOLLINGER | GALERIE TSCHUDI | GALERIE URS MEILE |GRIEDER CONTEMPORARY | HAUSER & WIRTH | HÄUSLER CONTEMPORARY | KARMA INTERNATIONAL | LIVIE GALLERY | LULLIN + FERRARI | MAI 36 GALERIE | SOMMER SALON | SUNS.WORKS | TOBIAS MUELLER MODERN ART | WEISS FALK | OFF-SPACES | ACRUSH | BOSQUERREAL | EGG (ZHDK) | HAMLET | HOTEL TIGER | JEVOUSPROPOSE | LAST TANGO | NEST (ZHDK) | ONCURATING PROJECT SPACE | PROVENCE | SGOMENTO ZURIGO | SPUTO (ZHDK) | UNANIMOUS CONSENT | VEREIN BY ASSOCIATION | WE ARE AIA – AWARENESS IN ART | PUBLISHERS | EDITION PATRICK FREY | VOLUMES | COLLABORATIONS | DZG – DIE ZÜRCHER GALERIEN | ETH AI CENTER | KIÖR | KUNSTFORUM ZÜRICH | KYIV ART WEEK | LÖWENBRÄUKUNST | NFT ART DAY ZRH | SWISS INSTITUTE FOR ART RESEARCH (SIK-ISEA) | UZH BLOCKCHAIN CENTER AND ART MARKET STUDIES | WAVES | ZURICH ART SPACE GUIDE | ZURICH ART WEEKEND TALKS | FOUNDATIONS & COLLECTIONS | BECHTLER STIFTUNG | GRAPHISCHE SAMMLUNG ETH ZÜRICH | NICOLA ERNI COLLECTION | RINGIER COLLECTION | SWISS RE COLLECTION | TICHY OCEAN FOUNDATION
Founding Members
Founder of Galerie Mai 36
Lucerne 1996, Zurich 2003
Member Art Basel Selection Committee
Basel 1996–2008
Co-Founder Paris Internationale
Paris 2015
Co-Founder Galerie Gregor Staiger
Zurich 2010
Founder Studio Marie Lusa
Zurich 2004
Member Most Beautiful Swiss Book Selection Committee
2018–ongoing
Teacher at ECAL in Type Design Master
Lausanne 2013–ongoing
Founder Galerie Eva Presenhuber
Zurich 2003, NY 2017
Member Art Basel Selection Committee
2009–2017
Co-owner, Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber
Zurich, 1998–2003
Co-founder Liste Art Fair
Basel 1996
Director Galerie Walcheturm
Zurich 1989–1997
Founding Director Galerie Gregor Staiger
Zurich 2010
Co-founder Paris Internationale
Paris 2015
Member Selection Committee Art Düsseldorf
2017–2018
Lecturer at Zurich University of the Arts
Since 2018
Founder of Acrush | Art Production Space
Zurich 2008
Founder of Reference Image
Zurich 2010
ACADEMIC COMMITTEE
Director of the Kunsthalle Zürich
Zurich 2014
Curator Adolf Wölfli Foundation, Museum of Fine Arts Bern
Bern, 1996–2014
Co-curator of the 2013 Carnegie International
Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Art, 2013
Founder of Exhibition space New Jersey
Basel, 2008
Director of Kunsttangent
Basel, 2003–2010
Director Museum Rietberg
Since 2019
Curator Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin
2012–2019
Professor at Department of Art History at Concordia University, Montreal
2009–2012
Curator at Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
since 2020
Curator at Tate Liverpool, UK
2016–2020
Senior Lecturer at Liverpool School of Art
2016–2020
Director of the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel Kunstmuseum and Museum für Gegenwartskunst
2001–2016
Director of the Kunsthalle Zurich
1990–2001
Freelance exhibitions-maker and writer
1985–1990
Deputy Director of the Kunstmuseum Winterthur
1981–1985
Co-founder and Editor of art magazine Parkett
Since 1984
President of the Federal Art Commission
1998–2006
Guest Professor at the Università di Architettura in Mendrisio
2004–2008
Art Consultant and Curator for the site-specific art projects on the Novartis Campus in Basel.
Since 2006
Director of the Sommerakademie im Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
Since 2008
Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture at ETH Zurich
Regular contributor to Artforum and Cabinet Magazine
Editor of the architectural journal gta Papers
Artist mostly working with photography, video, installation, and books
Since 1992
Professor at Department Fine Arts at Zurich University of the Arts ZhdK
Since 2007
Lecturer at international University including Harvard University, Cambridge USA; Royal College of Arts, London; UCLA–University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; CCA–California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA, USA