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BEYOND THE FRAME. RETHINKING PHOTOGRAPHY - JOOST VANDEBRUG
Nationalmusée um Fëschmaart, Luxembourg 26 Apr - 16 Nov 2025 Opening: 26.04.2025, 11:00-13:00 Bildhalle artist Joost Vandebrug (NL) will be part of the group exhibition Beyond the Frame. Rethinking Photography at the Nationalmusée um Fëschmaart, Luxembourg. As part of the European Month of Photography, the exhibition focuses on contemporary concerns about the visual language of photography, its creative possibilities and... Read more -
PREMIERES BY 12 DUTCH ARTISTS
Amsterdam 22 May - 23 Aug 2025 Casper Faassen | Chantal Elisabeth Ariëns | Danielle Kwaaitaal | Hendrik & Paula Kerstens | Ilona Langbroek | Joost Vandebrug | Laurence Aëgerter | Margaret Lansink | Nanda Hagenaars | Paul Cupido | Pieter Henket Bildhalle is delighted to reopen its doors during Amsterdam Art Week 2025 at its new... Read more -
SUMMER EXHIBITION
ZURICH 3 Jul - 23 Aug 2025 Bildhalle is open for you throughout the summer. What is more, we have curated a summer exhibition especially for July and August, showing new works by important artists that Bildhalle represents. The opening hours of the gallery will be slightly adjusted over the summer. From July 1 to August 27,... Read more
Forthcoming
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THE WORLD OF LOUIS STETTNER (1922–2016)
LES RENCONTRES DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE, ARLES 7 Jul - 5 Oct 2025 OPENING WEEK 7 - 13 JULY ESPACE VAN GOGH Edition 2025, 2024 CURATORIAL RESEARCH GRANT Louis Stettner is the author of a major body of work produced on both sides of the Atlantic. An authentic bridge between American Street Photography and French Humanist Photography, Stettner's lifelong passion for social and... Read more -
LES ARCHIVES DE LA PLANÈTE – DOUGLAS MANDRY
ZURICH 28 Aug - 18 Oct 2025 In his most recent series, Douglas Mandry explores the historical archives of the Albert Kahn Museum (Paris) through a visual reinterpretation, challenging colonial and universalist perspectives. “Les Archives de la Planète” was a large-scale project by French banker Albert Kahn, who devoted his fortune to a visionary undertaking in the... Read more
Past
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BLOOMING – THE ARTIST ARNE QUINZE IN DIALOGUE WITH 12 PHOTOGRAPHERS
ZURICH 10 Apr - 3 Jul 2025 CURATED BY MARTIN KIEFER* FORMER CURATOR FOR CONTEMPORARY ART AT THE MUSÉE DU LOUVRE After two years of preparation, the Bildhalle team is delighted to open the large group exhibition BLOOMING. It combines paintings, drawings and sculptures by the renowned Belgian artist Arne Quinze with works by twelve photographic artists... Read more -
LE MIROIR AVEUGLE – LAURENCE AËGERTER
Amsterdam 13 Feb - 29 Mar 2025 We are pleased to announce the first solo exhibition of French-Dutch artist Laurence Aëgerter at the gallery Bildhalle in Amsterdam where we will be featuring an exciting selection of both existing and new works. Aëgerter’s art is represented in renowned collections such as the Paul Getty Center in Los Angeles... Read more -
CHAMPIONS – BASTIAAN WOUDT
ZURICH SHOWROOM 6 Feb - 3 Apr 2025 Bastiaan Woudt's CHAMPIONS project is a series of powerful images from Zambia, realized in collaboration with Orange Babies, a dedicated organization providing support to HIV-infected pregnant women and their children in developing countries such as Namibia, South Africa, and Zambia. The heart of the project lies in Zambia, where Bastiaan... Read more -
WHERE ARE YOU - CHANTAL ELISABETH ARIËNS
ZURICH 6 Feb - 5 Apr 2025 The melancholic photographs of visual artist Chantal Elisabeth Ariëns bring together the strength of our human inner self with our graceful, fragile, physical exterior. The tactility of couture, voile, feathers in her world, inhabited by elegant women, shed light on our emotional life. There we stand on the threshold between... Read more
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HOMAGE TO THOMAS HOEPKER | 1936-2024
ZURICH 21 Nov 2024 - 1 Feb 2025 On July 10, 2024, the world-renowned photographer Thomas Hoepker passed away peacefully surrounded by his family. Over the past 10 years, Bildhalle has been closely associated with Thomas Hoepker and has shown his iconic images in several solo exhibitions in Zurich and Amsterdam. We cordially invite you to pay tribute... Read more -
CHAMPIONS – BASTIAAN WOUDT
AMSTERDAM 24 Oct 2024 - 1 Feb 2025 Bastiaan Woudt's CHAMPIONS project is a series of powerful images from Zambia, realized in collaboration with Orange Babies, a dedicated organization providing support to HIV-infected pregnant women and their children in developing countries such as Namibia, South Africa, and Zambia. The heart of the project lies in Zambia, where Bastiaan... Read more -
I SEE YOU – 14 ARTISTS IN A DIALOGUE
Amsterdam 13 Sep - 19 Oct 2024 Finissage: Saturday, 19 October, 17h IN THE PRESENCE OF SOME ARTISTS. The exhibition features 7 artists represented by Bildhalle, each of whom has invited a fellow artist whose work they admire, to showcase along-side their own. The group of hosts and guests comprises 8 women and 7 men, including established... Read more -
VINTAGES AND EARLY PRINTS – RENÉ BURRI
ZURICH 30 Aug - 16 Nov 2024 We are delighted to open the new season with a double exhibition of two of the most important figures in Swiss photographic history: René Burri (1933-2014) and Werner Bischof (1916-1954). René Burri (1933-2014) is one of the most important figures in the history of Swiss photography. Following the example of... Read more
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COLOR + BLACK + WHITE – WERNER BISCHOF
ZURICH SHOWROOM 30 Aug - 16 Nov 2024 We are delighted to open the new season with a double exhibition of two of the most important figures in Swiss photographic history: René Burri (1933-2014) and Werner Bischof (1916-1954). Following the highly acclaimed exhibitions of ‘Unseen Colour’ at MASI Lugano and the Fotostiftung Winterthur, Gallery Bildhalle invites visitors to... Read more -
SUMMER SHOW
ZURICH 6 Jul - 23 Aug 2024 This year's summer exhibition brings together new works and iconic pieces by our artists that have arrived at the gallery over the past two months. One highlight is the selection of exclusive lifetime and vintage prints by American photographer Louis Stettner (1922-2016), whose European representation was recently entrusted to Bildhalle.... Read more -
BILDHALLE BEI WALDE: MOTION – GROEBLI, BASSMAN & FAASSEN
Haus der Immobilien in Zollikon 20 Jun - 8 Oct 2024 René Groebli (*1927, CH) war fasziniert von der Natur der Bewegung und der Energie, die im Neuen liegt. Sein Werk „Das Auge der Liebe“, aufgenommen auf seiner Hochzeitsreise in Paris in den frühen 1950er Jahren, ist ein visuelles Liebesgedicht, das die internationale Karriere des Künstlers begründete. Edward Steichen, Gründer der... Read more -
ELASTICITY OF PRESENCE – LAURENCE AËGERTER
ZURICH 6 Jun - 23 Aug 2024 We are pleased to announce the first solo exhibition of French artist Laurence Aëgerter, Elasticity of Presence , which includes a selection of existing and new works from the last 10 years of the artist, whose works are represented in renowned collections such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in... Read more
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WHERE ARE YOU - CHANTAL ELISABETH ARIËNS
AMSTERDAM 24 May - 31 Aug 2024 OPENING IN AMSTERDAM: 24. MAY 2024 17:00 - 21:00 The artist Chantal Elisabeth Ariëns is present. The melancholic photographs of visual artist Chantal Elisabeth Ariëns bring together the strength of our human inner self with our graceful, fragile, physical exterior. The tactility of couture, voile, feathers in her world, inhabited... Read more -
MOTION - FAASSEN, BASSMAN & GROEBLI
AMSTERDAM 14 Mar - 18 May 2024 This exhibition is an homage to motion. Although photography is largely considered to be a medium which freezes the moment, for Casper Faassen, Lillian Bassman, and René Groebli, movement plays a key role in their use of it. For Casper Faassen (*1975, NL), working with dancers and exploring movement in... Read more -
TERRA INCOGNITA – ILONA LANGBROEK
ZURICH 29 Feb - 1 Jun 2024 Bildhalle Zürich is pleased to present the first solo exhibition of the renowned Dutch photographer Ilona Langbroek. TERRA INCOGNITA is based on Langbroek's own family history, which is closely linked to her country's colonial past and the history of the Dutch East Indies. It is about the uprootedness and split... Read more -
VINTAGE PRINTS "THE EYE OF LOVE" – RENÉ GROEBLI
ZURICH SHOWROOM 29 Feb - 1 Jun 2024 René Groebli's exclusive Vintage prints of the series 'THE EYE OF LOVE' now on show at Bildhalle Showroom - all of them personally printed between 1952 - 1954. THE EYE OF LOVE, PARIS, 1952 René Groebli once again succeeded in attracting the attention of the photographic scene to his artistic... Read more
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REMEMBRANCE – ILONA LANGBROEK
AMSTERDAM 8 Dec 2023 - 24 Feb 2024 Bildhalle Amsterdam is thrilled to present the second solo exhibition Remembrance premiering Ilona Langbroek’s latest artworks of her ongoing series Silent Loss. Her first solo exhibition was proudly presented by Bildhalle Amsterdam in September 2021. This exhibition received words of praise from around the world and henceforth Ilona Langbroek has... Read more -
FRICTION – MARGARET LANSINK
ZURICH 23 Nov 2023 - 24 Feb 2024 Friction embraces the unavoidable changes and impermanence of life as such. Accepting that life is not perfect, that there is beauty in imperfection and to embrace the concept that in all of life’s challenges, beauty is to be found. The artist portrayed professional ballet dancers who had to retire at... Read more -
COMING TO LIGHT – 16 ARTISTS – Historical & innovative printing techniques
ZURICH 23 Nov 2023 - 24 Feb 2024 The spectrum includes early techniques from the 19th century: cyanotypes by the Japanese artist Mika Horie, chine-collé prints on two different papers by Paul Cupido and Miriam Tölke, photograms by Rachel Thomson, photopolymer etchings by Chantal Elisabeth Ariëns, and breath-taking platinum palladium prints by Jeffrey Conley, Flor Garduño and Gregor... Read more -
CAST AWAY – THIRZA SCHAAP
AMSTERDAM 22 Sep - 2 Dec 2023 Along the coast of South Africa, Thirza Schaap collects discarded bottles and shopping bags to create fanciful sculptures, often to photograph them afterwards. The juxtaposition of repulsion and beauty is imperative in these images; Thirza aims to break down these barriers by challenging our perception of what we find attractive.... Read more
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THE WIND FROM NOWHERE – DOUGLAS MANDRY
AMSTERDAM 22 Sep - 2 Dec 2023 Douglas Mandry (CH) experiments with the potential of photography, he is interested in the influence of science and technology on our pictorial and spatial conception of nature. Mandry questions materiality. By using physical materials and printing methods, he examines notions of tangibility and permanence. The title “The Wind from Nowhere”... Read more -
BETWEEN THE REAL AND THE UNREAL – ALBARRÁN CABRERA
ZURICH 31 Aug - 18 Nov 2023 Anna Cabrera and Angel Albarrán are photo-chemists working in the darkroom: as inven-ors of new printing techniques and with the help of experimental processes, they are constantly expanding their “photographic syntax”: photography serves them as a tool to explore the concepts of identity, memory and time and the subtleties of... Read more -
10 YEARS BILDHALLE - ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION
ZURICH SHOWROOM 1 Jul - 18 Nov 2023 ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION IN THE NEWLY OPENED SHOWROOM IN ZURICH Bildhalle celebrates its 10th anniversary with a second showroom in Zurich and an anniversary exhibition at Manessestrasse 2, 8003 Zurich We are glad to announce the representation of six new artists: Lillian Bassman (1917-2011, US) She is considered the most important... Read more -
HELL ON WHEELS - WILLY SPILLER
AMSTERDAM 2 Jun - 22 Jul 2023 We are pleased to announce the new publication of the book HELL ON WHEELS - NEW YORK SUBWAY 1977-1984 (Edition Bildhalle) and the opening of the exhibition of the same name. The photo book as well as the exhibition show not only the iconic images from the legendary series, but... Read more
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RHYTHM – BASTIAAN WOUDT
ZURICH 1 Jun - 26 Aug 2023 Bastiaan Woudt’s works emerge from the photographer’s admiring and independent perspective on 20th century fashion and portrait photography. While his respect for the great masters of photographic history is evident, he has developed a distinctive, contemporary style: monochrome, graphic, with reduced depth of field to the point of complete two-dimensionality.... Read more -
HELL ON WHEELS – WILLY SPILLER
ZURICH 30 Mar - 27 May 2023 We are pleased to announce the new publication of the book HELL ON WHEELS - NEW YORK SUBWAY 1977-1984 (Edition Bildhalle) and the opening of the exhibition of the same name. The photo book as well as the exhibition show not only the iconic images from the legendary series, but... Read more -
THE SPACE BETWEEN – CASPER FAASSEN
AMSTERDAM 26 Mar - 27 May 2023 The Space Between is Casper Faassen’s first solo exhibition at Bildhalle Amsterdam. After a solo presentation in Zurich (2021) and a series of important art fairs such as Photo London or Art Rotterdam, Bildhalle and the artist deepen their collaboration with the presentation of works created by the artist especially... Read more -
FROZEN LIGHT - MANDRY, CONLEY & KAPPELER
ST. MORITZ, SWITZERLAND 4 Feb 2023 - 25 Feb 2024 THE ENGADINE IN THE WORKS OF DOUGLAS MANDRY, JEFFREY CONLEY & SIMONE KAPPELER With the exhibition FROZEN LIGHT, Bildhalle returns to the Engadine. The cold, the light, the colors: three artists have created works that could not be more different, but all deal with the visual and climatic characteristics that... Read more
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EVENT HORIZON - KACPER KOWALSKI
AMSTERDAM 4 Feb - 11 Mar 2023 We cordially invite you to an artist talk with Kacper Kowalski, who is travelling from Poland to Amsterdam, especially to guide through his current solo show EVENT HORIZON. Event Horizon is a continuation of his Arché series, but for his recent work, Kowalski pushes the boundaries even further. Driven by... Read more -
IN OTHER WORDS – PHILIPP KEEL
ZURICH 15 Dec 2022 - 25 Mar 2023 Philipp Keel’s pictures are striking for their beauty, tension and humour. They are informed as much by chance as by perfection. Chance provides the motifs in an impassioned oeuvre that shows an almost guileful tendency towards abstraction. The photographs capture memories and moments that run the gamut between light and... Read more -
PASSING THROUGH - MARTIN BOGREN
AMSTERDAM 4 Nov 2022 - 28 Jan 2023 'When we for a moment silence our minds and let go of understanding there is a knowing beyond, without thinking, without judging, accusation or fear. We then see beauty for beauty itself without a need for analysis or mastery. Then we know who we really are. Meanwhile, we are just... Read more -
DEEP TIME – RICHARD DE TSCHARNER
ZURICH 27 Oct - 10 Dec 2022 For almost twenty years, the Swiss photographer Richard de Tscharner has been travelling the globe, seeking out regions remote from human civilization in Africa, Asia and the Americas, while still finding time to focus on difficultly accessible sites in Europe, most notably in the Alps. While the current trend in... Read more
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REMEMBERING YOU – PAUL CUPIDO
AMSTERDAM 1 Sep - 19 Nov 2022 The solo exhibition REMEMBERING YOU presents the latest works by Dutch artist Paul Cupido, who deals with memory, loss and hope – with feelings that are familiar to everyone. The loss of a loved one may be immeasurable, but one thing is never lost: the time spent together. Memories survive... Read more -
EAT FLOWERS – CIG HARVEY
ZURICH 31 Aug - 29 Oct 2022 Bildhalle is proud to announce a new addition to the gallery, the renowned British born artist Cig Harvey, who lives in Maine, USA. Cig Harvey is known for her photographs exploring the narratives deeply rooted in the natural environment and familial relationships. The slow passing of time and the natural... Read more -
A PART OF THE CIRCLE - MIRIAM TÖLKE
AMSTERDAM 7 Jul - 27 Aug 2022 We are pleased to open the first solo exhibition of the German collage artist Miriam Tölke in the Netherlands. Miriam Tölke stacks everything in her studio, discovers, pulls individual leaves out of their bindings, rearranges and cuts out first impressions as forms. Faces are halved, landscapes chosen - everything that... Read more -
DEAR MEMORIES - THOMAS HOEPKER
ZURICH 25 Jun - 27 Aug 2022 After seven years, the exhibition 'Dear Memories' is the second solo show of the famous Magnum photographer at the Bildhalle Zurich and can be understood as a comprehensive retrospective. The presentation begins with his early works from the 1960s, when he traveled the U.S. and the world, sets a focus... Read more
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OCEAN – SUMMER EXHIBITION
AMSTERDAM 3 Jun - 10 Sep 2022 We are proud to present sixteen artists who explore the motif of the ocean, each with a different aesthetic approach. CASPER FAASSEN // BASTIAAN WOUDT // THIRZA SCHAAP // PAUL CUPIDO // ILONA LANGBROEK // JEFFREY CONLEY // PHILIPP KEEL // AMY FRIEND // ALBARRÁN CABRERA // SANDRO DIENER //... Read more -
RESONANCE – JEFFREY CONLEY
ZURICH 7 Apr - 18 Jun 2022 Jeffrey Conley is one of the world’s most renowned contemporary landscape photographers. Whether in the United States, Iceland, New Zealand or the Engadine in Switzerland – his sublime images do not depict the landscape; they reveal nature, experienced as a spiritual place. After taking Paris Photo and Photo London by... Read more -
PLAYING WITH THE LIGHT OF THE UNIVERSE – ALBARRÁN CABRERA
AMSTERDAM 1 Apr - 28 May 2022 “Every day you play...” is the title of a poem by Pablo Neruda which has inspired the first solo exhibition in the Netherlands of the artist duo Albarrán Cabrera. The opening line of this poem “Every day you play with the light of the universe” describes what it feels like... Read more -
THE WAY IT WAS – THOMAS HOEPKER
AMSTERDAM 18 Mar - 28 May 2022 THOMAS HOEPKER – THE WAY IT WAS is the first solo exhibition in the Netherlands to feature work by this renowned Magnum photographer. The show presents a comprehensive retrospective, ranging from his early work from the 1960s, when Hoepker travelled widely both through the United States and elsewhere, to his... Read more
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ENGADINE - THEY KEEP ON CALLING - DOUGLAS MANDRY
ZURICH & ST. MORITZ 5 Feb - 2 Apr 2022 For this exhibition, swiss artist Douglas Mandry spent two years studying the Engadine as an iconic location. In seeking to capture the singular aura of the region, he used both historical material and his own work, incorporating elements of nature and scientific data into his artistic output. An astonishingly diverse... Read more -
KIKU – MIKA HORIE
AMSTERDAM 20 Jan - 26 Mar 2022 Bildhalle Amsterdam has the pleasure of presenting the first Dutch solo exhibition of Mika Horie (*1984), “Kiku”. The Japanese term “Kiku” means to hear or to listen. By listening to her natural surroundings, Horie says she’s better able to focus on the processes of her labor-intensive photography. The photographic work... Read more -
JAPAN 1951-1952 – WERNER BISCHOF
ZURICH 25 Nov 2021 - 26 Feb 2022 In the summer of 1951, Werner Bischof was assigned to photograph the war in Korea. The journey took him to Japan, where American soldiers were sent on leave. Bischof completed his assignment in Korea but it was Japan that captivated him, so much so that he extended his stay for... Read more -
RHYTHM – BASTIAAN WOUDT
AMSTERDAM 2 Oct 2021 - 12 Mar 2022 Coinciding with the inauguration of the second gallery space in Amsterdam, Bildhalle is proud to present 'RHYTHM', the new solo show of Bastiaan Woudt. As the rhythm of everyday life was stripped away during the lockdown, Woudt was determined to recover it creatively and visually. This has resulted in an... Read more
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LEVITATE - CASPER FAASSEN
ZURICH 30 Sep - 20 Nov 2021 Looking at Casper Faassen's work is like gazing through the mist of time. The artist, who has a studio in Leiden - the birthplace of Rembrandt - draws his inspiration from classical paintings he encountered as a child in the Netherlands. He approaches the vanitas genre of stilllife-paintings from a... Read more -
TERRA INCOGNITA - ILONA LANBGROEK
AMSTERDAM 3 Sep 2021 - 15 Jan 2022 Bildhalle is proud to present the first solo show of Dutch photographer Ilona Langbroek (*1970). With this exhibition we open the gallery season 2021/2022 in Amsterdam. Ilona Langbroek's body of work will also be highlighted at Photo London, Unseen Amsterdam and Photo Basel in September and at PAN Amsterdam in... Read more -
OCEAN - SUMMER EXHIBITION
ZURICH 15 Jul - 25 Sep 2021 JEROEN HOFMAN / AMY FRIEND / MARTIN BOGREN / THIRZA SCHAAP / ALBARRÁN CABRERA / SANDRO DIENER / JEFFREY CONLEY / THOMAS HOEPKER / PAUL CUPIDO / RENATO D'AGOSTIN Returning after the summer holidays, Bildhalle would like to invite you to a summer apéro at our gallery and give all... Read more -
MONUMENTS - DOUGLAS MANDRY
AMSTERDAM 17 Jun - 31 Jul 2021 'Swiss artist and photographer Douglas Mandry (b. 1989, Geneva) is interested in the technological possibilities of photography, particularly in relation to capturing time, evolution and natural phenomena. In his ongoing photo series Monuments, all these elements come together. The project began with a journey of experimentation to the Swiss Alps,... Read more
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PLASTIC OCEAN - THIRZA SCHAAP
AMSTERDAM 5 - 13 Jun 2021 Bildhalle Amsterdam has the pleasure of hosting a book signing and exhibition of its newly represented artist: Thirza Schaap. Wandering along the beach, Schaap finds plastic that has washed ashore and once she finds herself in her atelier, she transforms it into beautiful sculptures. By photographing these sculptu-res, she tries... Read more -
FALLING OUT OF TIME – SIMONE KAPPELER
ZURICH 22 Apr - 3 Jul 2021 'If there were only one word to describe Simone Kappeler's oeuvre, it would be 'stillness'. This stillness is a form of complete silence that marks more than a brief moment, more than arrested time. What I find so utterly captivating in Kappeler's photographs is their sense of almost filmic duration.... Read more -
NEW YORK 1977 - 1985 - WILLY SPILLER
AMSTERDAM 10 Apr - 12 Jun 2021 Bildhalle Amsterdam has the pleasure of presenting the first Dutch solo exhibition of Swiss photographer, Willy Spiller (*1947). Spiller's signature mark involves capturing images that re-tell everyday stories, using techniques of fine art and documentary photography. The series New York, 1977 - 1985 was shot in a period during which... Read more -
THE EYE OF LOVE - RENÉ GROEBLI
AMSTERDAM 11 Feb - 3 Apr 2021 Bildhalle Amsterdam has the pleasure of presenting the first Dutch solo exhibition of René Groebli (*1927), one of Switzerland's most important living photographers. The series The Eye of Love, resulting from Groebli's honeymoon in Paris in 1952, is a visual love poem that launched the artist's international career and was... Read more
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A BRIEF CRACK OF LIGHT - DOUGLAS MANDRY
ZURICH 5 Nov 2020 - 3 Apr 2021 The writer Vladimir Nabokov described human existence as 'a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.' Nabokov was concerned with the relatively short span of a human lifetime. Douglas Mandry explores a longer timeline - one that reaches from the earth's geological past towards its possible future, and... Read more -
MUKAYU - PAUL CUPIDO
AMSTERDAM 1 Oct 2020 - 30 Jan 2021 In his recent photographic works from Japan (partly made back home in the Netherlands, since the printing process is pivotal), the artist Paul Cupido took the concept of Mukayu as one of his spiritual guidelines. The concept crossed Cupido's path at a small ryokan (a traditional Japanese inn), where the... Read more -
LES AUTRES – RENÉ BURRI
ZURICH 3 Sep - 31 Oct 2020 The exhibition RENÉ BURRI – LES AUTRES showcases over 50 signed prints, including icons of Burri`s oeuvre, superb colour photographs and exclusive samples of lesser known works. “René Burri was always driven by an irrepressible zest for life and a thirst for discovering the universe, but especially by an acute... Read more -
FERNWEH - SUMMER EXHIBITION
ZURICH 2 Jul - 29 Aug 2020 'Every dreamer knows that it is entirely possible to be homesick for a place you have never been to, perhaps more homesick than for familiar ground.' Judith Thurman, Writer Travel to Naples with René Burri and Werner Bischof. To Rio with Thomas Hoepker. To Japan with Paul Cupido. To California... Read more
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THE MAGIC EYE – RENÉ GROEBLI
ZURICH 26 Feb - 30 May 2020 This photography book is the first-ever presentation of René Groebli’s pictures spanning a good half-century – although with no claim to completeness. Mirjam Cavegn personally selected the pictures, introducing us to the wide spectrum of Groebli’s photography. She produced this publication with her gallery as a tribute to an artist... Read more -
HIDDEN - BASTIAAN WOUDT
ZURICH 28 Nov 2019 - 25 Jan 2020 Bastiaan Woudt has enjoyed a meteoric rise to success within the world of contemporary photography. After starting his own photography practice from scratch a mere five years ago, with no experience or formal training, he has developed into a photographer with his own distinct signature style - abstract yet sharp,... Read more -
HOTEL ORIENT - SISSI FARASSAT
ZURICH 23 Oct - 23 Nov 2019 The Bildhalle has represented Sissi Farassat since 2018 and is now pleased to present the first solo exhibition in the gallery, for which the artist has almost exclusively created new works. «The pictures that Sissi Farassat chooses for her works are mostly autobiographical, such as self-portraits and photographs of female... Read more -
LAST SUMMER - PHILIPP KEEL
ZURICH 5 Sep - 19 Oct 2019 «The most beautiful summers are often also the most painful. We rarely feel more alive. And at the end of those summers, we're reminded all the more strongly that everything passes. Looking at Philipp Keel's new works for 'Last Summer', I notice the absence - apart from a nude -... Read more
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SEASIDE - SUMMER EXHIBITION
ZURICH 11 Jul - 31 Aug 2019 We will bring the summer into the Bildhalle and will also remain open during the holidays. 14 gallery artists will take us «to the sea»: Albarrán Cabrera (Spain), Carole Bénitah (Morocco), Werner Bischof (CH), René Burri (CH), Paul Cupido (NL), Renato d`Agostin (Italy), Thomas Hoepker (USA/D), Nicolas Hughes (GB), Miho... Read more -
ÉPHÉMÈRE - PAUL CUPIDO
ZURICH 23 May - 6 Jul 2019 The two monographs 'Éphémère' and the artist`s book 'Continuum' by Paul Cupido appear at the same time as the exhibition (published by Edition Bildhalle). With ÉPHÉMÈRE, Bildhalle presents the first solo exhibition of the Dutch artist Paul Cupido and concurrently the publication of his first monograph. In addition, the limited... Read more -
ZÜRICH 1967-1976 - WILLY SPILLER & FRED MAYER
ZURICH 28 Mar - 11 May 2019 The exhibition presents the city of Zurich and its people as they lived and worked during the tumultuous times between 1967 and 1976, when youthful rebellion and sexual revolution confronted bourgeois morality and order. The two photographers Willy Spiller and Fred Mayer will exhibit some of their best-known works at... Read more -
ICONS - GROUP EXHIBITION
ZURICH 8 - 23 Mar 2019 RENÉ BURRI / WERNER BISCHOF / ELLIOTT ERWITT / RENÉ GROEBLI / FLOR GARDUÑO / ALBARRÁN CABRERA / RENATO D'AGOSTIN From March 8 to 23, Bildhalle is showing photographic icons of important artists represented by the gallery. Read more
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EQUIVALENCES - DOUGLAS MANDRY
ZURICH 4 Oct - 17 Nov 2018 We are delighted to invite you to the second solo exhibition by the successful Swiss artist Douglas Mandry. We will present exclusively works from the past two years, amongst them many from his latest series «Monuments». Concurrently with the exhibition EQUIVALENCES, a book of the same title will be published.... Read more -
ANTARCTICA - PAOLO PELLEGRIN
ZURICH 29 Aug - 29 Sep 2018 The new series by the Italian photographer Paolo Pellegrin (*1964) presents to us the stunning natural beauty of the antarctic ice shield, which is simultaneously a site of human-made crisis. The large-scale works on display portray a seemingly intact environment, but at closer observation reveal the eminent danger of being... Read more -
5 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD - ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION
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NOW YOU SEE ME! – MUHAMMAD ALI (1942-2016)
ZURICH 24 May - 7 Jul 2018 Photographs by Thomas Hoepker, Gordon Parks, Marvin Newman, Flip Schulke, Steve Schapiro, Carl Fischer and Eric Bachmann We are excited to announce the group exhibition 'Now You See Me' at Bildhalle, curated by Mirjam Cavegn and Daniel Blochwitz, which marks the second anniversary of Muhammad Ali's death and-in a homage... Read more
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REMEMBERING THE FUTURE - ALBARRÁN CABRERA
ZURICH 1 Mar - 12 May 2018 With the exhibition REMEMBERING THE FUTURE the artist duo ALBARRÁN CABRERA (Angel Albarrán and Anna Cabrera) are exhibiting for the first time in Switzerland. After having achieved sensational success at international art fairs in London, Paris, New York and Amsterdam, their work is finally being shown in Switzerland. The artistic... Read more -
STREET LIFE NY/LA 1977 - 1985 - WILLY SPILLER
ZURICH 7 Dec 2017 - 27 Jan 2018 Between 1977 and 1985 Swiss photographer Willy Spiller lived in New York and L.A. Fascinated by the speed, the energy and the absurdity of the 1970s and `80s, he roamed the streets far and wide with his camera. Whether it was rides on the subway, dancers at the legendary Studio... Read more -
DAS MAGISCHE AUGE - RENÉ GROEBLI
ZURICH 26 Oct - 2 Dec 2017 René Groebli will celebrate his 90th birthday this October, which Bildhalle will take as a welcomed opportunity to honor this exceptional Swiss photographer with a comprehensive solo exhibition. In cooperation with Daniel Blochwitz, this curated gallery show will present works from René Groebli's lifelong career. Aside from his legendary early... Read more -
KOSMOPOLIT - RENÉ BURRI
ZURICH 24 Aug - 21 Oct 2017 For the season opening 2017/18, Bildhalle is delighted to be able to announce a solo exhibition by one of Switzerland's most revered and famous photographer. In close cooperation with his family, this will be the first solo show since René Burri's passing in 2014 and is meant to commemorate this... Read more
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SPLASH - PHILIPP KEEL
ZURICH 6 Jul - 19 Aug 2017 Philipp Keel allows himself to be surprised by the magic of the fleeting moment and records what he sees: chance encounters, everyday occurrences. His aim is not to reproduce reality but consciously to alter it by alienating or reducing it. The viewer needs to look precisely because the apparently normal... Read more -
UNSEEN SIGHTS - DOUGLAS MANDRY
ZURICH 6 Oct - 12 Nov 2016 UNSEEN SIGHTS ist the first solo exhibition of the emerging young talent Douglas Mandry and assembles works related to the act of traveling in a modern era. Misappropriation of the term 'sightseeing', «Unseen Sights» is instead the visit of a surrealistic territory. Douglas Mandry uses analog processes of image manipulation... Read more -
FOTOGRAFIKER - WERNER BISCHOF
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EARLY WORK (1945 - 1955) - RENÉ GROEBLI
ZURICH 17 Mar - 14 May 2016 Who is René Groebli? He is a blind spot. Perhaps he is the proverbial blind spot, the «Missing Link» in the history of modern Swiss photography. The first to notice him was the American photographer and curator Edward Steichen, the visionary Steichen who had towards the end of the 1940s... Read more
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ALI AND BEYOND - THOMAS HOEPKER
ZURICH 5 Nov 2015 - 16 Jan 2016 Thomas Hoepker studied art history and archeology, then worked as a photographer for Münchner Illustrierte and Kristall between 1960 and 1963, reporting from all over the world. He joined Stern magazine as a photo-reporter in 1964. Magnum began to distribute Hoepker`s archive photographs in 1964. He worked as cameraman and... Read more -
DRITTE RUNDE - GROUP EXHIBITION
ZURICH 6 Jun - 25 Jul 2015 The Bildhalle is celebrating its two-year anniversary with a group exhibition. The exhibition shows new works by artists who have already had a solo exhibition at Bildhalle and provides an insight into the work of photographers who only joined the gallery in 2014 and 2015. It also pays tribute to... Read more -
DRIVE IN - GROUP EXHIBITION
ZURICH 5 Mar - 2 May 2015 Drive In is an exhibition about cars, showing the approach of this subject by numerous photographers, from the fifties to nowadays. When Elliott Erwitt, during and after the depression era, photographed those rolling dreams with his candid sense of humor and irony, cars, especially the very large and imposing ones,... Read more -
OUT THERE - BRUNO AUGSBURGER
ZURICH 28 Nov 2013 - 31 Jan 2014 How much equipment does a man need when he's far away from civilization? How do you coax a bull moose to come closer? Or sleep out in the open at minus 30 degrees Celsius? In the endless wastes of northern Canada, Bruno Augsburger finds what he seeks in his photography:... Read more
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THOMAS HOEPKER, 1936 – 2024
A LIFE IN PICTURES 23 Jul - 31 Aug 2024 We mourn the loss of a great photographer and friend. We offer our deepest condolences to his family and his loving companion and wife Christine Kruchen. Thomas' humour and warm nature will always remain alive in our memories and hearts. Many of his iconic photographs have already inscribed themselves in... Read more -
ENGADINE 2024 – MANDRY, CONLEY & KAPPELER
ONLINE 1 Feb - 31 Mar 2024 We sincerely wish you a relaxing and inspiring time in the Engadin. We are looking back with fond memories of February, 2023, when we were able to welcome you to the FROZEN LIGHT exhibition at the Forum Paracelsus. It is with a heavy heart that we have decided not to... Read more
