16 June 2006 – 3 September 2006

The Expanded Eye

an exhibition looking at the ever-widening horizons of the human eye in the age of its physiologically and technologically extended faculties. The exhibition will comprise around 120 kinetic objects, paintings, film- and video installations from the 1940s to the present day. Alongside works by the Op Artist Bridget Riley, the Surrealist Salvador Dalí and the video artist Nam June Paik, there will also be newer works by artists such as Pierre Huyghe and Sam Taylor-Wood.

Address

Kunsthaus Zürich
Heimplatz 1
8001 Zürich
phone +41 44 253 84 84
http://www.kunsthaus.ch

Opening Hours

Tuesday-Thursday 10 a.m. - 9 p.m., Friday-Sunday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., closed on Monday.

Description of the Museum

The Kunsthaus houses one of Switzerland’s most important collections. The most important collection of works by Alberto Giacometti has been on display in bright new rooms since June 2002. In other rooms there are exquisite Medieval sculptures and altar panels, exceptional Flemish and Italian Baroque painting, and the zenith of Swiss 19th and 20th century art represented by the best known works of artists such as Johann Heinrich Fuseli and Ferdinand Hodler.

The collection includes also the largest collection of works by Edvard Munch outside Norway, important paintings by Picasso and the Expressionists Kokoschka, Beckmann and Corinth. There is also a significant group of works by Claude Monet.

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