“a two year long inquiry into the ontological capacity of contemporary painting … this new body of work uses human conflict, the theatre of conviction and the quiet mechanics of everyday life as its point of departure”

paintings, ink drawings, and screen prints created during his travels to New York and Zurich - “Christoph condenses fleeting impressions into atmospheric scenes, distilling the essence of each place”

“by translating historical paintings into a contemporary visual context [the exhibition] demonstrates that the past always remains an active and vital component of contemporary cultural discourse”

new work where the Swiss artist engages with themes of life and death, transcendence, and spirituality

this August, Hauser & Wirth Basel presents a solo exhibition dedicated to the work of the late Swiss artist. Born in Basel, Zurkinden defied easy categorisation, developing a distinctive painterly language that drew on both …

the Zürich-based photographer’s first solo exhibition with the gallery -“moving between portraiture, urban detail, and still life, Morgenstern captures a society caught in the attempt to hold back time”

curated by Sarah Griffin, an exhibition which explores the interconnected concepts of the three sites of production and transformation - where material, environment and process converge across photography, weaving and ceramics