What's on in Zurich

Kunsthaus Zürich

A multichannel sound and film installation across four floors of the Müller building, on what remains after a performance.

Graphische Sammlung ETH ZürichFree

The printed work of Swiss artist Hugo Suter (1943-2013), especially his glass prints, with photographs, drawings and objects.

Pavillon Le Corbusier (Heidi Weber Museum)

How monumental buildings give political power a stage, examined through Le Corbusier's designs and his willingness to engage with fascism.

Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Ausstellungsstrasse

First solo show of Swiss textile designer Christoph Hefti: knotted carpets, patchwork, prints, ceramics, costumes and performance.

Helmhaus ZürichFree

729 artworks, 724 on loan from six public collections and not shown for 50 years or more, set against five invisible works told by narrators.

Museum Haus Konstruktiv

40th anniversary show on the body in abstract art, with Heidi Bucher, Kimsooja, Bruce Nauman, Chiharu Shiota, Franz West and others.

Kunsthalle Zürich

First institutional solo show outside the UK by London filmmaker Ayo Akingbade, with two premieres including the new 35mm film Two Truths (2026).

Kunsthalle Zürich

Glasgow-based Caspar Heinemann's first institutional solo show outside the UK, centred on the installation ABRACADABRA (2026) with back-to-back stages and restored cuckoo clocks.

Cabaret Voltaire

How Dada's 1916 language experiments took material form in prints, scores and sketches, and what they left out and set off later.

Landesmuseum Zürich (Swiss National Museum)

How wars shaped Switzerland from the late Middle Ages to today: national myths, civil wars, mercenary service, the arms industry and neutrality.

Migros Museum für GegenwartskunstFree

Collection show pairing works by Sylvie Fleury, some shown for the first time in 20 years, with new works by Shamiran Istifan.

Migros Museum für GegenwartskunstFree

Solo show of sound installations, swings and whispering bowls that visitors activate by playing, dancing and singing.

Museum Rietberg

Carved and inlaid Chinese lacquer from the Ming and Qing dynasties, with dragons, flowers and birds, shown with the LWL Museum in Münster.

Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Ausstellungsstrasse

Interwar graphic design, typography and photography, with El Lissitzky, Cassandre, Jan Tschichold and Lucia Moholy.

Museum Rietberg

Ceramics, funerary urns and a virtual visit to the rock art of Chiribiquete trace 13,000 years of Amazonian history.

Landesmuseum Zürich (Swiss National Museum)

Posters, logos and stamps from the museum's graphic art collection show how design shapes desire and identity, with hands-on design stations.

Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Toni-Areal

Sabine Marcelis's first museum show combines recent works with site-specific light installations, including the Varmblixt tunnel and Mathmos Lava Columns.

Landesmuseum Zürich (Swiss National Museum)

Video installation with eleven interviews about sex work in Switzerland. Closed 2 Nov 2026 to 11 Jan 2027 for Christmas & Cribs.

Museum Rietberg

Pahari court portraits and series by Nikka of Guler (1745-1833), drawn from the museum's own collection, in the Park-Villa Rieter.