Zurich Art Weekend – ZAW 2025

Eighth Edition

The Eighth Edition of ZURICH ART WEEKEND 2025 presents an artist-centred weekend showcasing the international art scene. Building on the success of 2024, which attracted over 45,000 visitors, this year’s edition deepens its commitment to critical dialogue and connections. With 70+ venues, 75+ exhibitions, 150+ events and 150+ artists, ZURICH ART WEEKEND 2025 promises a cutting-edge program engaging art professionals, collectors and enthusiasts alike.

With a diverse program set up by Zurich’s internationally renowned museums, institutions and galleries, top universities, experimental off-spaces and esteemed public and private collections—Zurich Art Weekend showcases the vibrancy of the contemporary art scene on a national and international scale. Zurich Art Weekend is committed to being an inclusive, accessible platform through its free and open program.

Zurich Art Weekend is a catalyst that envisions Zurich as a place for experiences and encounters, a thriving hub for the arts where diverse voices converge. During ZAW, the city becomes an unmissable meeting point for art professionals and collectors from the global art scene to network and engage with a rich program of exhibitions and exclusive curated events. Simultaneously, ZAW actively encourages cross-disciplinary exchanges to deepen the understanding of artistic creation.

Zurich Art Weekend began in 2018, driven by a collective vision to unite the city’s art ecosystem and strengthen its participation in the global arts conversation. Guided by founding members and a distinguished academic committee comprising curators, artists, museum directors and critics, Zurich Art Weekend evolved from 35 to 70+ art venues and organisations, presenting exhibitions and events to an expanded annual audience of over 45,000 visitors. As an artist-centred platform, dedicated to events content and networking.

For the ZAW25 edition, we are grateful to our Lead Partner Bank Julius Baer, as well as long-term partners such as the Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Stadt Zürich Stadtentwicklung, Zürich Tourism, Foundation Hubert Looser, 25hours Hotels and Kunsthaus Bar. We thank them warmly for their support in enabling Zurich Art Weekend to deepen culturally and socially relevant initiatives.

ZAW25 EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

For the eighth edition of ZURICH ART WEEKEND 2025, public and private art venues across the city will showcase internationally established and up-and- coming artists through exhibitions and curated events, promising an immersive experience shaped by artists, curators and thought leaders.

The extensive curated PUBLIC EVENTS program of guided tours, gallery breakfasts, readings, workshops, talks, cocktail, gallery breakfasts and parties will continue alongside the long-lasting event formats of art walks and interdisciplinary panel discussions at schwarzescafé / Luma Westbau, starting from Saturday, June 14 at 11:00. After a pilot in 2024, the cross-venue PERFORMANCE & LIVE ACTS program will continue to spotlight influential artists, choreographers and performers across the city.

Our VIP EVENTS program of 50+ events will offer unique interactions and behind – the-scenes experiences in exceptional, often inaccessible spaces to give exclusive access to curators and collectors worldwide, starting already from Friday, June 13 at 11:00.

This June, ZAW will introduce a peer-led initiative uniting CURATORS, ARTISTS, INSTITUTIONAL DIRECTORS and COLLECTORS through a tailored, invitation-only offering of SPECIAL EVENTS designed to foster meaningful dialogue on pressing industry topics, such as institutional and societal challenges. These curated events will provide a relaxed, neutral setting for reflection and debate, enriching Zurich Art Weekend’s renowned VIP program, ahead of Art Basel. The forum is poised to become a cornerstone for building dynamic, connected communities within the global arts ecosystem. Alongside art venues, Zurich Art Weekend’s focus on interdisciplinarity transforms into a series of extensive collaborations with educational and interdisciplinarity projects and events with partners such as Löwenbräukunst, Provence, ZHdK Curatorial Studies, ZHdK Immersive Arts Space, schwarzescafé / Luma Westbau and Zurich Art Weekend Talks.

ZURICH ART WEEKEND (ZAW) is a non-profit organisation that fosters artistic excellence and cultural exchange. Through a dynamic program of unique events, ZAW brings together artists, curators, and thought leaders to engage with international, national, and local audiences in an immersive and inclusive setting.

Committed to strengthening Zurich’s art ecosystem, ZAW unites over 70 participating venues in the city’s major public and private art institutions, galleries, off-spaces, publishers, foundations and collections through exhibitions, initiatives and events.

Since 2018, ZAW’s mission has been to support artistic creation at the highest level of excellence, provide innovative platforms for cutting-edge dialogue and create memorable experiences shared between peers and art enthusiasts.

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ZURICH ART WEEKEND – JUNE 13 – 15, 2025