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Kurt Schwitters (1887, Hanover – 1948, Kendal, UK) ranks among the most influential and idiosyncratic figures in the history of modern art. Working on the fringes of the major modernist currents of his time, Schwitters remained an independent voice that remains strikingly relevant today. Schwitters: On the Fringes of the Avant-Garde is the first major museum exhibition devoted to his work in Switzerland in more than twenty years. It traces the extraordinary range of his œuvre across all stages of his career - from iconic Merz paintings, assemblages, and collages to an immersive reconstruction of the Hanover Merzbau, as well as lesser-known portraits, landscapes, and sculptures from his years in exile. The Zentrum Paul Klee also presents examples of his graphic and literary oeuvre, along with his activities as a publisher and writer. Taken together, the exhibition presents Schwitters as a radical innovator whose distinctive synthesis of art, architecture, design, and literature shaped generations of artists.
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T +41 31 328 09 93The Swiss artist, architect and Bauhaus student Hans Fischli (1909–1989) is the focus of a thematic presentation as part of the permanent exhibition Kosmos Klee from 24 January to 3 May 2026 at Zentrum Paul Klee. Based on a series of delicate works on paper and three architectural projects from the turbulent 1930s and 1940s, the exhibition Fokus. Hans Fischli explores the artist's early work. Some of the drawings on display were created during a three-month prison sentence in Meilen district prison.
The dynamic permanent exhibition Kosmos Klee. The Collection invites visitors to immerse themselves in the life and work of this important modern artist. With some 80 changing works from the collection, Kosmos Klee offers a chronological survey of Klee’s artistic career. Biographical and archival material provide an insight into his life and time. In addition, the ‘focus room’ offers a space for smaller exhibitions devoted to individual aspects of Klee’s work, or contributions to the artist’s global reception.
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T +41 31 328 09 93Auch 2025 konnten das Kunstmuseum Bern und das Zentrum Paul Klee 258'940 Besucher:innen verzeichnen. Besonders erfolgreich waren die grossen Ausstellungen zu Le Corbusier und Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. 2025 war auch ein Jahr der Jubiläen der beiden Kulturinstitutionen. Das Zentrum Paul Klee feierte sein 20-jähriges Bestehen und im Kunstmuseum Bern konnten 150 Jahre seit der Gründung der Stiftung zur Errichtung eines Kunstmuseums gefeiert werden.
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+41 31 328 09 93In 2026, the Zentrum Paul Klee is continuing its series of exhibitions on positions of global modern art and its legacy with three major solo exhibitions. The year opens with a comprehensive exhibition on Kurt Schwitters, who created an unmistakeable synthesis of art, design and literature in his art, and who embodied the spirit of the avant-garde, the upheaval and the artistic freedom of the 1920s like few others. In the autumn, the Zentrum Paul Klee is presenting the work of the Brazilian artist Roberto Burle Marx for the first time in Switzerland. In the first half of the 20th century, Burle Marx revolutionised landscape architecture by transferring compositional principles from painting and music to nature. In the summer, the institution is showing the monumental works of the German painter Anne Loch. In the permanent exhibition Kosmos Klee attention will be devoted to Hans Fischli, Florence Henri and the reverse sides of Klee’s works. Alongside the exhibitions, the Zentrum Paul Klee is offering a top-class programme of readings and concerts.
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+41 31 328 09 93Anni Albers (1899–1994) is one of the most important artists and designers of the 20th century. After training at the Bauhaus in Weimar, Dessau and Berlin, she emigrated to the United States in 1933, where she established herself as a weaver, textile designer and visual artist. In addition to her well-known signature pictorial weavings, Albers also devoted herself to developing new textiles for buildings and interiors, so-called ‘utilitarian’ or ‘serving objects’. Her innovative design principles and experimental approach to materials continue to inspire to this day.
From 7 November 2025 to 22 February 2026, the Zentrum Paul Klee will present the artist's first solo exhibition in Switzerland. The exhibition will feature works from all periods of her career, with a special focus on her architectural interventions, thus highlighting the connection between art, textiles and architecture, between building and weaving in Anni Albers' work.
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+41 31 328 09 93The German-Venezuelan artist Gego (1912 in Hamburg – 1994 in Caracas) – birth name Gertrud Goldschmidt – was one of the pioneers of modern art in Latin America. She is known for her filigree, net-like drawings, sculptures and installations. From 20 September 2025 until 18 January 2026, in the context of the presentation of works from the collection Kosmos Klee, the Zentrum Paul Klee is holding the artist’s first solo exhibition in Switzerland, featuring drawings, watercolours, prints and selected sculptures.
The dynamic permanent exhibition Kosmos Klee. The Collection invites visitors to immerse themselves in the life and work of this important modern artist. With some 80 changing works from the collection, Kosmos Klee offers a chronological survey of Klee’s artistic career. Biographical and archival material provide an insight into his life and time. In addition, the ‘focus room’ offers a space for smaller exhibitions devoted to individual aspects of Klee’s work, or contributions to the artist’s global reception.
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T +41 31 328 09 93Why do so many 20th-century books – hundreds, if not thousands – about philosophy, psychotherapy or critical theory have Paul Klee’s art on the cover? Within the context of the dynamic permanent exhibition Kosmos Klee. The Collection, between 7 June and 14 September 2025 the Zentrum Paul Klee will devote itself to this question. Featuring just over 150 books and 27 original drawings and paintings from the collection of the Zentrum Paul Klee, the Fokus exhibition honours the fascinating influence of Klee’s work on the 20th-century imagination.
The dynamic permanent exhibition Kosmos Klee. The Collection invites visitors to immerse themselves in the life and work of this important modern artist. With some 80 changing works from the collection, Kosmos Klee offers a chronological survey of Klee’s artistic career. Biographical and archival material provide an insight into his life and time. In addition, the ‘focus room’ offers a space for smaller exhibitions devoted to individual aspects of Klee’s work, or contributions to the artist’s global reception.
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T +41 31 328 09 93Rose Wylie. Flick and Float presents the nonconformist and fascinating work of the British artist Rose Wylie (b. 1934). Her unique artistic practice has won her international recognition. In her large-format paintings, Wylie strips down figurative representations to their essentials. Expressive, direct and full of subversive humour, these works testify to her engagement with pop culture, film and art history. With more than fifty paintings and around a dozen drawings, between 19 July and 5 October 2025 the Zentrum Paul Klee is showing a retrospective of Wylie’s work over the last thirty years. New works have been made for the exhibition.
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+41 31 328 09 93Das Zentrum Paul Klee und das Creaviva feiern 2025 ihr 20-jähriges Bestehen. Den Höhepunkt ihres Jubiläumsjahrs bildet das Jubiläumswochenende vom 21. und 22. Juni 2025. Das Zentrum Paul Klee und das Creaviva laden zu zwei Gratistagen mit vielseitigem Programm ein.
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+41 31 328 09 93Das Jahr 2024 war für das Kunstmuseum Bern und das Zentrum Paul Klee geprägt von entscheidenden Weichenstellungen, erfolgreichen Ausstellungen und innovativen Projekten. Erfreulich war das anhaltend hohe Besuchendeninteresse: Insgesamt besuchten rund 260'000 Menschen die beiden Häuser – ein starkes Zeichen für das ungebrochene Interesse an den kulturellen Programmen und Angeboten. Besondere Schwerpunkte waren die Ausstellungen Tracey Rose. Shooting Down Babylon und Chaïm Soutine. Gegen den Strom im Kunstmuseum Bern sowie Brasil! Brasil! Aufbruch in die Moderne und die Sparten Musik und Literatur im Zentrum Paul Klee. Ein grosser Meilenstein war der Abschluss des internationalen Architekturwettbewerbs «Zukunft Kunstmuseum Bern», aus dem das Siegerprojekt «Eiger» hervorging. Mit der Lancierung der neuen Websites für beide Häuser und der Etablierung digitaler Ausstellungsguides konnte das digitale Angebot weiterentwickelt werden. Auch finanziell erzielten die beiden Institutionen 2024 positive Betriebsergebnisse.
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