Misplaced Pages

Aargauer Kunsthaus

Article snapshot taken from[REDACTED] with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

Swiss art museum and natural history museum
You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (October 2022) Click for important translation instructions.
  • Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Misplaced Pages.
  • Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
  • You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Misplaced Pages article at ]; see its history for attribution.
  • You may also add the template {{Translated|de|Aargauer Kunsthaus}} to the talk page.
  • For more guidance, see Misplaced Pages:Translation.
Aargauer Kunsthaus
Former nameAargauischer Kunstverein
Established1959
LocationAargauerplatz 1, Aarau,
Canton of Aargau, Switzerland
Coordinates47°23′27″N 8°02′41″E / 47.390965°N 8.044816°E / 47.390965; 8.044816
TypeArt museum, Natural history museum
DirectorKatharina Ammann
Websitewww.aargauerkunsthaus.ch

The Aargauer Kunsthaus (English: Aargau Art House) is a Swiss art museum founded in 1959, and located in Aarau. The museum collection includes Swiss art from the 18th century to the present day; and Naturama, a natural history collection.

History

The art museum started after the founding of the Aargau Art Association. The aim was primarily to organize exhibitions and support young, local artists through purchases. In 1861 the Art Association held the first "Swiss Art Exhibition" in the former post office (on the site of today's Art House).

About

Works in the museum art collection include Alberto Giacometti, Jean Tinguely, Richard Long, and Fischli/Weiss.

The original building was built between 1956 and 1959 by local architects Loepfe Hänni and Hänngli. In 2003, a new building extension was added to the museum. The architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron designed the new building.

Since 1 July 2020, art historian Katharina Ammann has served as the director of Aargauer Kunsthaus.

See also

References

  1. DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Switzerland. Penguin. 10 October 2013. ISBN 978-1-4654-1359-8.
  2. "Aargauer Kunsthaus opens survey of current art practices in the Canton of Aargau". Artdaily.cc. 8 December 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  3. ^ "The new Aargauer Kunsthaus by Herzog & de Meuron". Domusweb.it (in Italian). Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  4. "Aargauer Kunsthaus". Lonelyplanet.com. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  5. "Neue Direktorin für das Aargauer Kunsthaus: Auf Madeleine Schuppli folgt Katharina Ammann". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). 2020. OCLC 611044404. Archived from the original on 18 July 2020.

External links


Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This article related to a museum in Switzerland is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article related to an art display, art museum or gallery in Europe is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories:
Aargauer Kunsthaus Add topic