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Past Exhibitions

2023



STILL LATE SUMMER

Exhibition
August 30 - October 30, 2023

 

2022



A SELECTION OF VINTAGE AND CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHS

Exhibition
November 5, 2022 - June 15, 2023

 



A WHITER SHADE OF PALE

Exhibition
March 18 - May 28, 2022



2021



IT WAS A GOOD YEAR

Exhibition
January 2021 - January 2022



2020



ZURICH 1900-1960

Exhibition
March 12 - December 2020




2019



A SELECTION OF VINTAGE AND CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHS

Exhibition
November 1, 2020 - 30. Januar 2021

 


© Eadweard Muybridge

EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE
CHRONOPHOTOGRAPHY

Exhibition
August 30 - November 9, 2019

 


© edwardquinn.com

EDWARD QUINN
KÜNSTLERFOTOGRAF VON
PICASSO BIS HOCKNEY


Exhibition
April 4 - June 29, 2019

 

Herbert Matter
© Herbert Matter

HERBERT MATTER
WHY DOES IT MATTER?



Exhibition
January 31 - March 30, 2019

2018


© Hans Baumgartner /Fotostiftung Schweiz

A SELECTION OF VINTAGE AND CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHS

Exhibition
November 24, 2018 - 19. Januar 2019

 

Gotthard Schuh
© Gotthard Schuh /
F
otostiftung Schweiz

Ins Wasser springende Knaben Strandbad Küsnacht, Zürichsee. 1955/1956

FREUDE HERRSCHT!
30er bis 60er Jahre in der Schweiz

Exhibition
August 24 - October 28, 2017

Artists
Hans Baumgartner, Hans Finsler, Herbert Matter, Emil Meerkämper, Othmar Rutz, Gotthard Schuh, Jakob Tuggener



 


© Sabine Weiss

SABINE WEISS
VERS LA LUMIÈRE

Exhibition
March 8 - June 30, 2018

2017

Emil Meerkämper
© Emil Meerkämper

A SELECTION OF VINTAGE AND CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHS

Exhibition
November 30, 2017 - February 10, 2018

 


© Ruedi Senn

RUEDI SENN
DIE BERGE RUFEN UND ICH MUSS GEHEN

Exhibition
August 24 - October 28, 2017

 



AUTOPHOTO
Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris


Exhibition
April 20 - September 24, 20017

ARTEF Galerie für Kunstfotografie has lended 6 photographs.

 


© Werner Bischof /
Magnum Photo

rené burri zurich
© René Burri /
Magnum Photo

Gotthard Schuh, Java© Gotthard Schuh / Fotostiftung Schweiz

WERNER BISCHOF - RENÉ BURRI -
GOTTHARD SCHUH

MEISTERWERKE

Vintage und Originalfotografien



Exhibition
March 9 - July 1, 2017


2016


© Emanuel Gyger

A SELECTION OF VINTAGE AND CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHS

Exhibition
December 1 - February 25, 2017

Artists
Gilberto Ante, Herbert Matter, Emanuel Gyger, Arnold Klopfenstein, Alberto Korda,
Emil Meerkämper, Gotthard Schuh.

 

Edward Quinn Delon Fonda Ferrari
© Edward Quinn Archive

EDWARD QUINN
STARS & CARS

Exhibition
August 25 - November 5, 2016



 


© Jakob Tuggener Fotostiftung Schweiz

SCHWEIZER FOTOGRAFIE
1900-1960

Exhibition
May 26 - July 2, 2016

Artists
Hans Baumgartner, Frères Charnaux, Jules Decrauzat, Donsby, Friedli Engesser, Theo Frey, Hans Peter Klauser, John Henry Mueller, Adolf Moser, Fernand Rausser, Franz Schneider, Gotthard Schuh, Albert Steiner, Jakob Tuggener, Ferdinand Wucher

 


© Ernestine Ruben

ERNESTINE RUBEN
BODYSCAPES

Exhibition
February 6 - April 16, 2016


 

2015


© Hans BaumgartnerFotostiftung Schweiz

A SELECTION OF VINTAGE AND CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHS

Exhibition
November 27, 2015 - January 30, 2016

Artists
Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Hans Baumgartner, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, Foto Flury, Franco Fontana, Emanuel Gyger, Jean-Pascal Imsand, Hans Peter Klauser, Arnold Klopfenstein, Manassé, Herbert Matter, Emil Meerkämper, Gordon Parks, Andreas Pedrett, Diego Rivera, Bartholome Schocher, Edward Quinn, Gotthard Schuh, Bob Tyson

 



10 JAHRE / 10 YEARS ARTEF
10 FOTOGRAFIEN / 10 PHOTOGRAPHS
Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Hans Baumgartner, Hugo Brehme, Franco Fontana, Mario Giacomelli, Emanuel Gyger, Herbert Matter, Xanti Schawinsky, Gotthard Schuh, Albert Steiner


Exhibition
August 27 - September 26, 2015

 

Emil Meerkämper
© Emil Meerkämper

EMIL MEERKÄMPER
DAVOS / ENGADIN

Exhibition
May 21 - July 4, 2015

 


© Emanuel Gyger

SWISS PHOTOGRAPHERS

Exhibition
February 1 - June 30, 2015

Artists
Jean-Pascal Imsand, Emanuel Gyger, Arnold Klopfenstein, Emil Meerkämper, Ruedi Senn

 

2014


© Arnold Klopfenstein

A SELECTION OF VINTAGE AND CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHS

Exhibition
November 27, 2014 - January 24, 2015

Artists
Hans Baumgartner, Jean-Pascal Imsand, Emanuel Gyger, Emil Meerkämper, Albert Steiner, Arnold Klopfenstein

 


© Alfred Einsenstaedt

WINTER PHOTOGRAPHY

Exhibition
August 25 - October 2014

Artists
Gotthard Schuh, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Jean-Pascal Imsand, Herbert Matter, Ruedi Senn, Emanuel Gyger, Emil Meerkämper, Wilhelm Pleyer, Hans Steiner, Albert Steiner, Arnold Klopfenstein, Roger Frei

2013


© William Klein

A SELECTION OF VINTAGE AND CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHS

Exhibition
November 21, 2013 - June 30, 2014

Artists
André Kertész, Monique Jacot, William Klein, Gotthard Schuh, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Jean-Pascal Imsand, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Herbert Matter, Ruedi Senn, Emanuel Gyger, Emil Meerkämper, Wilhelm Pleyer, Hans Steiner, Albert Steiner, Arnold Klopfenstein, Roger Frei, Sabine Weiss

 

Klauser
© Hans-Peter Klauser

SCHWEIZER FOTOGRAFIE
HEIMAT UND AUSLAND


Exhibition
August 29, 2013 - November 16, 2013

Artists
Hans Baumgartner, Theo Frey, Hans Peter Klauser, Gotthard Schuh, Paul Senn

 


© Paul Faiss

MEISTERWERKE DER BÜNDNER FOTOGRAFIE AUS DER ARTEF-SAMMLUNG

Exhibition
December 1, 2012 - June 29, 2013

2012

Gotthard Schuh, Java© Gotthard Schuh / Fotostiftung Schweiz

GOTTHARD SCHUH
DIE REISE

Exhibition
September 13 - November 17, 2012

 

© Mario Giacomelli

MARIO GIACOMELLI
THE ART OF BLACK & WHITE

Exhibition
April 13 - July 14, 2012

2011


© Andreas Pedrett

A SELECTION OF VINTAGE AND CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHS

Exhibition
December 10, 2011 - March 3, 2012

 

Xanti Schawinsky
© Archivio Schawinsky - ArteF Galerie für Kunstfotografie

FAR BEHIND THE CAMERA
Photomontages - Photograms

Exhibition
August 25 - November 5, 2011

 

Hans Baumgartner
© Hans Baumgartner / Fotostiftung Schweiz

HANS BAUMGARTNER
MEISTERWERKE DES ALLTAGS
Vintage Prints

Exhibition
March 10 - July 2, 2011

List of works in PDF

2010


© Emil Meerkämper

A SELECTION OF VINTAGE AND CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHS

Exhibition
December 4, 2010 - Februar 26, 2011

 


© Emanuel Gyger

GYGER & KLOPFENSTEIN
DER ZAUBERBERG
Vintage Prints

Exhibition
August 26 - November 6, 2010

List of works in PDF

 

herve_corbusier_chandigarh
© Lucien Hervé

ARCHITECTURE & PHOTOGRAPHY

Exhibition
March 4 - July 3, 2010

List of works in PDF

2009


© Paul Faiss

DER BERG RUFT
DAVOS-ST MORITZ

Exhibition
November 28, 2009 - February 27, 2010

Artists

Paul Faiss, Foto Flury, Romedo Guler, Andreas Pedrett, Othmar Rutz, Bartholome Schocher, Gustav Sommer, Albert Steiner

 

bob tyson
© Bob Tyson

BOB TYSON
A ZEN VIEW ON PHOTOGRAPHY


Exhibition
August 28 - November 7, 2009

 

chambi
© Martin Chambi

HUGO BREHME, HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON, MARTIN CHAMBI
THE DECISIVE MOMENT

Exhibition
April 4 - July 18, 2009

 

robert doisneau
© Robert Doisneau

VINTAGE AND CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHS

Exhibition
January 10 - July 18, 2009

2008

Muybridge
© Eadweard Muybridge

A SELECTION OF VINTAGE AND CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHS

Exhibition
October 31 - December 20, 2008

 


© Emanuel Gyger

SWISS ALPINE PHOTOGRAPHY
Vintage and contemporary prints

Exhibition
August 30 - October 25, 2008

Artists
Lorenzo Bianda, Frères Charnaux, Paul Faiss, Foto Flury, Jean Gaberell, Emile Gos, Romedo Guler, Emanuel Gyger, Alfred Heinze, Jean-Pascal Imsand, Arnold Klopfenstein, Emil Meerkämper, Andreas Pedrett, Roberto Raineri-Seith, Othmar Rutz, Wilhelm Salzborn, Bartholome Schocher, Hans Schönwetter, Gustav Sommer, Albert Steiner.

 

© William Klein

FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY

Exhibition
May 30 - July 19, 2008

Artists
Lillian Bassman, Gian Paolo Barbieri, Cecil Beaton, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Hideki Fujii, Philippe Halsman, Sharok Hatami, Horst P. Horst, William Klein, Frances McLaughlin-Gill, Martin Munkacsi, Wynn Richards, Jeanloup Sieff, Henry Wolf

 


© Arnold Newman

ARNOLD NEWMAN
MASTER WORKS
The Art of Portraiture

Exhibition
March 28 - May 24, 2008

 


© Lucienne Bloch

FRIDA KAHLO - DIEGO RIVERA
IN PHOTOGRAPHY
PORTRAITS OF A LEGENDARY COUPLE

Exhibition
January 18 - March 15, 2008


Artists
Florence Arquin, Fritz Bach, Lucienne Bloch, Lola Alvarez Bravo, Imogen Cunningham, Enrique Diaz, Gisele Freund, Héctor García, Juan Guzman, Fritz Henle, Antonio Kahlo, Dean Loomis Dean, Leo Matiz, Tina Modotti, Nickolas Muray, Emmy Lou Packard, Diego Rivera, Bernard Silberstein, Carl Van Vechten

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2007

Eisenstaedt, St Moritz
© Alfred Eisenstaedt

A SELECTION OF VINTAGE AND
CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHS

Exhibition
October 26 - December 21, 2007



Artists
Brassaï, Lola Alvarez Bravo, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Gregory Crewdson, Imogen Cunningham, Robert Doisneau, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Franco Fontana, Mario Giacomelli, Jean-Pascal Imsand, Tina Modotti, Barbara Morgan, Orlan, Martin Parr, Roberto Raineri-Seith, Giovanni Sesia, Aaron Siskind, Sandy Skoglund, Pablo Soria, Bob Tyson, Carl van Vechten.

 

Xanti Schawinsky
© Archivio Schawinsky - ArteF Galerie für Kunstfotografie

XANTI SCHAWINSKY
SWISS EXPERIMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY

Vintage prints

Exhibition
August 25 - October 20, 2007

 

St Moritz Eisenstaedt © Alfred Eisenstaedt

SEA & LANDSCAPES
Vintage and contemporary prints

Exhibition
June 1 - July 14, 2007

Artists
Ansel Adams, Gabriele Basilico, Ken Damy, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Franco Fontana, Joan Fontcuberta, Luigi Ghirri, Mario Giacomelli, Jean-Pascal Imsand, Tina Modotti, Roberto Raineri-Seith, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Daniel Schwartz, Albert Steiner, Bob Tyson, Shoji Ueda, John Vachon, Wim Wenders
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© Fondation Jean-Pascal Imsand

JEAN-PASCAL IMSAND
Vintage prints

Exhibition
April 20 - May 26, 2007


 

Gordon Parks
© Gordon Parks

AMERICAN STORIES 1930-1970
Vintage prints

Exhibition
March 2 - April 14, 2007

Artists
Robert Capa, Margaret Bourke-White, Mike Disfarmer, Walker Evans, Lewis Hine, Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, Gordon Parks, Ben Shahn, Eugene Smith





 

abbott
© Berenice Abbott

WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS
Vintage and original prints

Exhibition

January 12 - February 24, 2007

Artists
Berenice Abbott, Letizia Battaglia, Lola Alvarez Bravo, Marilyn Bridges, Monique Jacot, Tina Modotti, Mariana Yampolsky, Elisabeth Sunday

2006

© Philippe Halsman

A SELECTION OF VINTAGE AND
CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHS

Exhibition
November 10 - December 23, 2006

Artists
Berenice Abbott, Gabriele Basilico, Lorenzo Bianda, Lola Alvarez Bravo, Timo Burgmeier, Henri Cartier-Bresson, William Carter, Roger Corona, Mario Cravo Neto, Gregory Crewdson, Imogen Cunningham, Edward S. Curtis, Bruce Davidson, Marzio De Santis, Frantisek Drtikol, Franco Fontana, Mario Giacomelli, Philippe Halsman, Candida Höfer, Eikoh Hosoe, Kenro Izu, Leo Matiz, Tina Modotti, Angus McBean, Roberto Raineri-Seith, Herb Ritts, Ernestine Ruben, Christian Schad, Xanti Schawinsky, Cindy Sherman, Albert Steiner, Arthur Tress, Bob Tyson, Carl van Vechten.

 


© The Imogen Cunningham Trust

IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM
MASTER PRINTS 1910-1970
Vintage and original prints

Exhibition
October 6 - November 4, 2006


 


Hosoe
© Eikoh Hosoe

THE BODY EXPOSED IN
FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY
Vintage and original prints

Exhibition
August 29 - September 30, 2006

Artists
Nobuyoshi Araki, Lillian Bassman, Andreas Bitesnich, William Carter, Roger Corona, Mario Cravo Neto, Imogen Cunningham, Bruce Davidson, Frantisek Drtikol, Jeff Dunas, Franco Fontana, Lee Friedlander, Ralph Gibson, Horst P. Horst, Eikoh Hosoe, Kenro Izu, William Klein, Saul Leiter, Robert Mapplethorpe, Martin Munkacsi, Rafael Navarro, Occhiomagico, Ernestine Ruben, Herb Ritts, Andres Serrano, Cindy Sherman, Aaron Siskind, Jock Sturges, Joyce Tennesson, Ed van der Elsken, Edward Weston, Joel Peter Witkin

 

Korda
© Alberto Korda

RAUL CORRALES, ALBERTO KORDA,
OSVALDO SALAS
ICONS AND LEGENDS OF CUBAN LIFE


Vintage and original prints

Exhibition
June 23 - Juli 29, 2006

 

Ed Ruscha
© Ed Ruscha

ED RUSCHA
PHOTOGRAPHS

Exhibition
May 12- June 17, 2006

 

Occhiomagico© Occhiomagico

MANUELA CARRANO -
OCCHIOMAGICO
FIGURATIVE IMPULSES

 

Exhibition
March 24 - May 6, 2006

 

modotti arte
© Tina Modotti

TINA MODOTTI - LUCIA MESSEGUER
MEXICAN LIVES


Vintage and original prints

Exhibition
February 3 - March 18, 2006



frida kahlo© Manuel Alvarez Bravo

A SELECTION OF VINTAGE AND
CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHS

Exhibition
November 16, 2005 - January 7, 2006

Artists
Max Baur, Edouard Boubat, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Timo Burgmeier, Manuela Carrano, Mario Cravo Neto, Imogen Cunningham, Edward S. Curtis, Mario De Biasi, Frantisek Drtikol, Mario Giacomelli, Toni von Haken, Kenro Izu, Alberto Korda, David LaChapelle, Tina Modotti, Alphonse Mucha, Vilem Reichmann, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Jan Saudek, Xanti Schawinsky, Cindy Sherman, Julius Shulman, Josef Sudek, Bob Tyson, Paul Wolff, Tai Yutaka

2005  

Fontana© Franco Fontana

FRANCO FONTANA
ABSTRACT FROM REALITY

Exhibition
September 2 - November 12, 2005

Philippe-Halsman
© Philippe Halsman

PHILIPPE HALSMAN
THE QUEST FOR HIDDEN TRUTH
A RETROSPECTIVE

Vintage and original prints

Exhibition
June 10 - August 13, 2005

 

   
Schawinsky
© Archivio Xanti Schawinsky - ArteF Galerie für Kunstfotografie

BAUHAUS AND EXPERIMENTAL
PHOTOGRAPHY
Vintage and original prints

Exhibition
April 16 - June 4, 2005


Artists
Lux Feininger, Franco Grignani, Toni von Haken,
Lucia Moholy, Man Ray, Alexander Rodchenko,
Xanti Schawinsky, Eberhard Schrammen,
Luigi Veronesi, Umbo