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Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst

Established in 1996, the museum has been a site of reflection and production focusing on large-scale productions in close cooperation with the artists.

Limmatstrasse 270, 8005 Zürich, Switzerland

Since its founding in 1996, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst has been a site of reflection and production. Focusing on large-scale productions in close cooperation with the artists, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst approaches contemporary art with a dynamic temporal purpose, showing exhibitions that formulate art history as a moving process, which are open to investigation, corrections and variations.

Contacts & Details
OPENING TIMES:
Tue – Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun 11am – 6pm
Thu 11am – 8pm
CLOSING DAYS:
Mon
T: +41 44 277 20 50
M: info@migrosmuseum.ch
W: Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst

ADDRESS
Limmatstrasse 270, 8005 Zürich, Switzerland

ESTABLISHED
1996
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Past Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Pilvi Takala: Close Watch
The Finnish artist Pilvi Takala presents Close Watch, a new video installation that examines work cultures,...
10 Jun 2023 - 17 Sep 2023
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Zurich
Exhibitions
May amnesia never kiss us on the mouth
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst hosts "May amnesia never kiss us on the mouth" by the artists Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme.
21 May 2022 - 11 Sep 2022
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Zurich
Exhibitions
Out of joint – Moments of disruption
How do disruptions inform our relationship with our world? To explore this question, the two-part exhibition "Out of joint – Moments of disruption" gathers works from the museum’s collection.
21 May 2022 - 11 Sep 2022
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Zurich
Exhibitions
Korakrit Arunanondchai: Songs for dying / Songs for living
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst presents Songs for dying / Songs for living, the first institutional...
18 Sep 2021 - 09 Jan 2022
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Basel
Exhibitions
Potential Worlds 1: Planetary Memories
Collective exhibition exploring the relationship between humans and nature
07 Mar 2020 - 11 Oct 2020
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Zurich
Exhibitions
Stephen Willats: Languages of Dissent
This comprehensive exhibition is the British conceptual artist’s largest institutional solo shows...
25 May 2019 - 18 Aug 2019
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Zurich
Exhibitions
Teresa Burga: Aleatory Structures
Curated by Heike Munder, the exhibition by the Peruvian artist Teresa Burga (b. Iquitos, Peru, 1935) features...
26 May 2018 - 12 Aug 2018
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Zurich
Exhibitions
Collection on Display: Communities, Rules and Rituals
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst presents the exhibition in three parts “Collection on Display:...
18 Feb 2017 - 05 Nov 2017
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Zurich
Exhibitions
Maja Bajevic: Power, Governance, Labor
The gallery presents a solo show by the French-Bosnian artist, with her works from the last ten years...
20 May 2017 - 13 Aug 2017
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Zurich
Exhibitions
Liz Magor: You You You
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst presents “You You You”, a solo exhibition, curated by Heike Munder,...
18 Feb 2017 - 07 May 2017
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Zurich
Exhibitions
Museum Revisited 1996-2016
The Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst undertakes a searching and multifaceted examination of the history...
15 Oct 2016 - 05 Feb 2017
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Zurich
Exhibitions
Karla Black: Principles Of Admitting
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst presents the room-filling sculpture “Principles Of Admitting” by...
09 Dec 2016 - 05 Feb 2017
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Zurich
Exhibitions
Eva Kot’átková: Collection of Suppressed Voices
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst exhibits Eva Kot’átková‘s “Collection of Suppressed...
02 Dec 2016 - 04 Dec 2016
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Zurich
Exhibitions
Ian Cheng: Forking At Perfection
The work of the American artist Ian Cheng (b. 1984) explores the nature of mutation and the capacity...
20 Feb 2016 - 16 May 2016
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Zurich
Exhibitions
Collection on Display: Momentary Monuments
The exhibition format Collection on Display showcases selected works from the collection of the Migros...
20 Feb 2016 - 16 May 2016
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Zurich
Exhibitions
Resistance Performed
In the extensive group exhibition Resistance Performed – Aesthetic Strategies under Repressive Regimes...
21 Nov 2015 - 07 Feb 2016
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Zurich
Exhibitions
Collection on Display: Experimental Arrangements
The exhibition format Collection on Display presents selected works from the collection of the Migros...
29 Aug 2015 - 08 Nov 2015
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Zurich
Exhibitions
News from Nowhere: Zurich Laboratory
The Korean artists Moon Kyungwon & Jeon Joonho create works that address elemental questions concerning...
29 Aug 2015 - 08 Nov 2015
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Zurich
Exhibitions
Toys Redux – On Play and Critique
The exhibition Toys Redux – On Play and Critique brings together artists who use formats and imagery...
30 May 2015 - 16 Aug 2015
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Zurich
Exhibitions
Laura Lima: Bar Restaurant
Laura Lima‘s works are experimental arrangements that explore our perception along the boundaries...
23 Nov 2013 - 02 Feb 2014
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Zurich
Exhibitions
Stephen G. Rhodes “The Law of the Unknown Neighbor: Inferno Romanticized”
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst‘s exhibition The Law of the Unknown Neighbor: Inferno Romanticized...
09 Feb 2013 - 21 Apr 2013
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Zurich
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