Swiss Institute is an independent non-profit contemporary art institution dedicated to promoting forward-thinking and experimental art making through innovative exhibitions, education, and programs. Committed to the highest standards of curatorial and educational excellence, Swiss Institute serves as a platform for emerging artists, catalyzes new contexts for celebrated work, and fosters appreciation for under-recognized positions. Open to the public free-of-charge, Swiss Institute seeks to explore how a national perspective can foster international conversations in the fields of visual and performing arts, design and architecture. The organization presents 10 shows a year in two gallery spaces: a first-floor main gallery that hosts major thematic and survey shows and a downstairs project space that offers artists a chance to experiment with new media and forms. Exhibitions often extend to the second-floor Public Programs Space, which includes a library and reading room that is open to the public and serves as the setting for weekly public events.
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Sable Elyse Smith, “BACKBEND,” 2019. Powder coated aluminum. Courtesy of the artist; JTT, New York; and Carlos/Ishikawa, London. Installed on the roof terrace of SI as part of SI ONSITE. Photo by Charlie Rubin
Irena Haiduk and Dean Kissick in Haiduk's “CABARET ÉCONOMIQUE,” February 2020
Jan Vorisek, “Devotion Strategy,” 2020. On view in Collapse Poem at Kunsthaus Glarus, Switzerland.
Rosemary Mayer, “Untitled,” 1971. Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Jan Kiefer, “Skiing Snowman,” installation view, 2020.
Jeremy Shaw, “Phase Shifting Index,” 2020, still.
Yu Honglei, “15”36"," 2019, still. Video, color, sound. 15 min 36 sec.Courtesy of the artist; Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin; and Antenna Space, Shanghai. Featured in the group, time-based media exhibition TENET, currently on view at SI.
“SInce 1986,” co-published with Swiss Institute, New York, and Koenig Books, London, 2019. Edited by Simon Castets and Karen Marta. Cover image: Walter Pfeiffer, Untitled, 2006. Photo by Charlie Rubin
“The Warhol Foundation aims to support the full range of artistic activity in America—from exhibitions at major museums to neighborhood projects by artist collectives. Arts writers, through the range and specialization of their individual interests, touch upon all of this activity—illuminating and interrogating it and bringing it into conversation with the public. Support for artists is not complete without support for the circulation and serious consideration of their ideas. The Arts Writers Grant program keeps artists at the center of cultural dialogue and debate—in our opinion, right where they belong.”
Joel Wachs, President