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Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau

Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau
Founded in 1959, the Aargauer Kunsthaus is one of the leading art museums in Switzerland. It derives its appeal in particular from its exhibition programme, in which contemporary art takes a central place, and from its outstanding permanent collection, arguably the most important public collection of Swiss art from the 18th century to the present.

In 2003 the museum building was expanded based on designs by Herzog & de Meuron Architects in collaboration with the artist Rémy Zaugg, creating a total exhibition space of 3000 square metres. Each year the Kunsthaus presents about ten large and smaller-scale exhibitions, showcasing major national and international artistic approaches. Particular attention is also paid to young artists and to artists from the Aargau region. An innovative, wide-ranging art education programme serves to foster public appreciation, particularly on the part of a younger audience, of the exhibitions and the permanent collection, with the latter regularly being presented in new arrangements. In this way the Aargauer Kunsthaus promotes access to the visual arts, providing the opportunity for nuanced reflection and exciting encounters.
Address

Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau

Aargauerplatz
5001
Aarau
Switzerland
+41 62 835 23 30
Opening hours
Open all year
Tuesday - Wednesday: 10:00-17:00
Thursday: 10:00-20:00
Friday - Sunday: 10:00-17:00

47.390497, 8.045279

Augusto Giacometti (Stampa 1877 - 1947 Zürich), Selbstbildnis, 1910 Öl auf Leinwand, 35.2 × 26 cm Schlesisches Landesmuseum, Opava Foto: Luděk Wünsch
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Public guided tour. Augusto Giacometti

The comprehensive presentation draws attention to a multifaceted artistic personality whose work is one of the highlights of art in the first half of the 20th century. The exhibition, realized in co ...

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Bild des Monats
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Picture of the month

Every first Tuesday of the month there is a public lunchtime tour, which enables an intensive examination of an artistic position. With art historians Astrid Näff or Brigitte Haas Language: German ...

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Augusto Giacometti (Stampa 1877 - 1947 Zürich), Amaryllis, 1947 Öl auf Leinwand, 100.7 × 96.2 cm Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau / Schenkung aus Schweizer Privatbesitz Foto: Brigitt Lattmann
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Augusto Giacometti. Art & Flowers

With Philipp von Arx, master florist and Dr. Beat Stutzer, art historian, co-author of the catalog raisonné Augusto Giacometti. Between commerce and artistic virtuosity. Admission + CHF 8.00 https:/ ...

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Augusto Giacometti (1877-1947). Sketch for ‘Paris’, ca. 1927, Swiss Art Archive, Zürich
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Curator-guided tour: Augusto Giacometti

Tour of the exhibition "Augusto Giacometti. Freedom | Mission" with the curators Dr. Katharina Ammann (Director), Denise Frey (Author Catalogue raisonné Augusto Giacometti, SIK-ISEA) and Michael Egli ...

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Augusto Giacometti (Stampa 1877 - 1947 Zürich), Paris, 1927 Öl auf Leinwand, 111 × 140 cm Privatsammlung Schweiz Foto: SIK-ISEA, Zürich (Philipp Hitz)
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Public guided tour in sign language. Augusto Giacometti

The comprehensive presentation draws attention to a multifaceted artistic personality whose work is one of the highlights of art in the first half of the 20th century. The exhibition, realized in co ...

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Nicolas Faure (*1949), Der Aleschgletscher, 1989 Farbfotografie auf Aluminium, 63 × 80 cm Aargauer Kunsthaus Mit Genehmigung des Künstlers © Nicolas Faure und Fotostiftung Schweiz
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Watch the glacier disappear. Collection in focus

Mountains and glaciers characterize the Swiss landscape and the country's culture. It is therefore not surprising that this motif is of great importance in art. The focus of the collection explores ...

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Augusto Giacometti (Stampa 1877 - 1947 Zürich), Selbstbildnis, 1910 Öl auf Leinwand, 35.2 × 26 cm Schlesisches Landesmuseum, Opava Foto: Luděk Wünsch
Aarau
Augusto Giacometti. Freedom | Mission

The exhibition reveals the field of tension in which the artist and cultural politician moved productively throughout his life.

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Hugo Suter, Steg zum Rembrandtgrund, 1985 Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau © Nachlass Hugo Suter
Aarau
Hugo Suter. Collection in focus

The focus shows a selection of works on paper, wall reliefs, installations and objects from the years 1970 to 2000 by Hugo Suter.

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Nicolas Faure (*1949), Der Aleschgletscher, 1989 Aargauer Kunsthaus Mit Genehmigung des Künstlers © Nicolas Faure und Fotostiftung Schweiz
Aarau
Look how the glacier is disappearing.

The focus of the collection is on the thematic focus of mountains and glaciers as a motif in art.

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Anne Loch (1946–2014), Ohne Titel (AL 1422), 2010 Aargauer Kunsthaus © Nachlass Anne Loch
Aarau
Collection 24 Swiss art from the 18th century to the present day

A collection of over 20,000 works is a living, constantly changing organism: it is exhibited and stored, conserved and restored, and constantly expanded, recombined and communicated. Every year, the ...

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Pauline Julier (*1981), Follow the Water, 2023 Mit Genehmigung der Künstlerin © Pauline Julier, Clément Postec
Aarau
Pauline Julier. A Single Universe

The exhibition offers an overview of the work of the Swiss artist and filmmaker.

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Max Matter (*1941), Schloss Chillon, 1968 Aargauer Kunsthaus / Schenkung aus dem Nachlass Robert Beeli Mit Genehmigung des Künstlers © Max Matter Foto: ullmann.photography
Aarau
Re-MIX

Re-MIX is a project of Fantoche, International Festival for Animated Film, and the Aargauer Kunsthaus.

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Johannes Robert Schürch (1895–1941), Judas, 1925 Aargauer Kunsthaus / Schenkung der Sophie und Karl Binding-Stiftung © Erica Ebinger-Leutwyler Stiftung
Aarau
Johannes Robert Schürch. See all

The exhibition honors the diversity of Schürch's oeuvre and sharpens the eye for the themes that inspired and shaped his search for the true and the absolute.

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