Premiere | Urs Fischer This past Tuesday, the first hot Summer day, friends of Gavin Brown’s enterprise and Swiss Institute gathered at the New Museum, where Iwan Schumacher’s intimate po...
Private Views | Dieter Roelstraete What is a thing? The jug is a thing? What is a jug? So marks the opening sequence to Heidegger’s text “The Thing.” Last night, Roelstraete delight...
Swiss Thinstitute Swiss Institute love ripples across the oceans. Curator Simon Castets strikes a pose in Hong Kong with an inspired accessory #SI4ever Curator Simon Castets
A Doughnut Edition | Kreëmart Raphael Castoriano and our friends at Kreëmart collaborated with Bastien Aubry and Dimitri Broquard on a tasty edition made available at the preview of the exhibition Pa...
A Wassmann Brunch Christian Wassmann, a dear friend of the SI, hosted a brunch and tour at ours. We featured the architect’s favorite breakfast delights, and then offered a tour through Paintin...
SI Channel | John Wiese On the occasion of the exhibition Painting and Jugs and Frieze downtown night, SI welcomed the inimitable musician John Wiese. We’re delighted to share with you a clip o...
A Wiese Performance For us, Frieze is still crisp in mind, mostly due to the great events hosted concurrent to the fair. Sunday evening we welcomed experimental sound musician John Wiese. He helped u...
SI Channel | Painting and Jugs We’re proud to bring you the next webisode of SI Channel, featuring Painting and Jugs, the exhibition of Bastien Aubry – Linus Bill – Dimitri Broquard...
Members Only Monday evening we opened Painting and Jugs with a little help from our friends Fabienne Stephan, Lawrence Weiner, Ethan Wagner, and Thea Westreich. They launched the Friends of Swiss Ins...
In Flight Entertainment Some flyers spend their trip kicked back, watching the latest flick or two, others catch up on their book backlog. These artists used their free in-flight moments to create so...
Men at Work Fresh off the plane, Linus Bill/Adrien Horni and Bastien Aubry/Dimitri Broquard are set to work, readying for the opening of their exhibition Painting and Jugs on Wednesday. See you soon!...
Sneak Peak | Painting and Jugs Not all art transports are created equal. Take a sneak peak at the works that will be on display at Swiss. You won’t want to miss this opening of Bastien Aubry/Di...
SI Channel | MPA + MV CARBON | Lettered Address As part of the exhibition Heart to Hand, MPA and MV Carbon teamed up to perform Lettered Address, conceived of specifically for the exhibition. Here is...
MPA + MV Carbon | Lettered Address To close the exhibition Heart to Hand, MPA and MV Carbon treated viewers to an energy filled sound and movement performance. They called upon and deconstructed the ...
Sonia Katyal | Contrabrand How is consumer response and artistic action tied to corporate branding? Professor Sonia Katyal visited Swiss Institute and explained how the overarching reach of governmen...
Fresh Food Enterprise We’re feasting on Kagi Fret here at SI, but just when we turn our backs, the Fret get fruity and fresh with Nicolas Party’s installation. Watermelon Fret Citr...
On Jimmie Durham | Anthony Huberman and Gianni Jetzer Jimmie Durham’s Maquette for a Museum of Switzerland is a sincere and irritating piece of visual art– a proposal championing pre-Chri...
SI Channel | Ariana Reines As part of the exhibition Heart to Hand, Ariana Reines performed SWISSNESS, conceived of specifically for the exhibition. Reines is the author of The Cow, Coeur de Lion, Me...
Roll Call | Painting and Jugs Exhibitions aren’t made in one day. In fact, curating is a process-based activity, one that involves deep thought and much communication. This week we’re wo...
FOSI in Spring Friends of Swiss Institute (FOSI), a dynamic group of art lovers who meet on both sides of the Atlantic, held their spring outing with a tour of two Zurich Galleries, followed by dinne...
SI Channel We’re pleased to present SI Channel, our very own youtube station that streams clips right to your desktop, or even your phone. Tune into this new set that highlights our current exh...
Future Society Presents SI assembled an intimate gathering of friends to discuss innovation and tradition in the food industry. Swiss Chef and Restauranteur Daniel Humm of Eleven Madison Park spoke w...
Grand Openings- 3/6/12 A numerological wonder 3-6-12 is the date Swiss Insitute opened three great new projects– Heart to Hand curated by Pati Hertling, Still life, Stones, and Elephants by Nic...
Open Hours A sneak peak at two of the three new installations at Swiss Institute. Now open are Nicolas Party’s Still Life, Stones, and Elephants as well as Heart to Hand curated by Pati Hertli...
Private Views | David Rimanelli presents Last Sunday marked our third installment of the series Private Views, and the final one dedicated to discussing Jean-Frédéric Schnyder. Critic and curator Da...
A Day’s Work This week at Swiss Institute, we’re preparing for our next shows, Heart to Hand curated by Pati Hertling, Still life, Stones, and Elephants by Nicolas Party, and Maquette for...
Seen + Herd Preparations for the upcoming Nicolas Party installation include foraging for rocks in Long Island. Here GM Clément Délépine helps deliver the Party booty. Clément Délépine
The Wild Brunch SI Director Gianni Jetzer teamed up with Board member, director of photography, and all around maven Emma Reeves to host a Saturday brunch at Swiss Institute. Guests enjoyed make-your...
Private Views | Philipp Kaiser presents Last Tuesday marked our second installment of the series Private Views. Curator Philipp Kaiser presented us with an art historical lesson, situating the work o...
Private Views | Massimiliano Gioni presents Jean-Frédéric Schnyder The second week of 2012, we welcomed New Museum’s Massimiliano Gioni, a long-time Schnyder fan, to lecture as part of our new ...
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