An exhibition that offers particularly rich insights into Zurich’s artistic production.

What is an exhibition? It is the place where something that, in most cases, came into being inside the artist’s head, and in the privacy of the studio has to face the glare of maximum attention on the part of others. Ideally, the resulting friction generates warmth. The warmth of the annualArt Grants Exhibition, for example, is often exceptionally intense. After all, this show affords us glimpses of an unusually wide range of working methods and artistic creativity, and invariably includes some new discoveries. Fans have known this forever, and for them, the exhibition has long been a fixture of Zurich’s art calendar. Let’s hope we can garner still more fans at the 2026 event!

Künstler*innen
Martin Andereggen, Virginia Ariu, Johanna Bruckner, Caterina De Nicola, Bettina Eberhard, Cédric Eisenring, Philipp Farra, June Fischer, Tereza Glazova, Aleyna Günay, Samuel Haitz, Nadia Hauri, Bernhard Hegglin, Martin Heynen, Gilles Jacot, Thomas Julier, David Knuckey, Jiri Makovec, Angelos Merges, Alexeï Aad Monney, Yusuf Orhan, Jonathan Ospina, Cora Piantoni, lean rüegg, Marie Schumann, Laura Sennhauser, Sebastian Stadler, Stirnimann-Stojanovic, Lucca Cora Süss, Flavia Trachsler, U5, Ariane Vonmoos, Arnaud Wohlhauser

The Art Grants Jury 2026
Guest jurors:
Sylvain Menétrey, curator, editor, author, lecturer
Geraldine Tedder, Director of the Kunsthalle Winterthur

Members of the Visual Arts Commission:
Max Glauner, author, publicist, arts journalist and lecturer
Daniela Keiser, artist
Esther Kempf, artist

Organisation
City of Zurich Cultural Department, Visual Arts Section, City of Zurich Visual Arts Commission, Helmhaus

Exhibition concept
Benedikt Bock and Irene Grillo