If you are unable to read the Newsletter, NO. 1 / 17 January 2011 Newsletter We are delighted to present to you below the first issue of the Kunsthaus Newsletter. We invite you to sign up for further issues here and receive current information of your choice six times a year – so you can stay abreast of exhibitions, events, Museum Shop products and/or the Kunsthaus Zürich extension project. EXHIBITIONS Picasso Man Ray Pablo Picasso, 1933 © Man Ray Trust/2011 ProLitteris, Zurich (exhibition advertising) Last days! The ‘Picasso’ exhibition at the Kunsthaus Zürich closes on 30 January 2011, making these the last days to catch the high point of the Kunsthaus Zürich’s celebration of its centenary year: the revival of the world’s first museum retrospective of work by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), already seen by some 150,000 visitors. You’ll also have to hurry to download the specially designed iPhone app while it’s still available from the exhibition website. Exhibition open from Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m.   The Original Copy Bruce Nauman Waxing Hot, from the portfolio 'Eleven Color Photographs', 1966 – 67 / 1970 / 2007 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Gerald S. Elliott Collection © 2011 ProLitteris, Zurich Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today The exhibition assembles more than 300 photographs from the early days of the art until the present. By over 100 leading photographers and pathbreaking sculptors, the works demonstrate the way photography has influenced the concept of sculpture and given it a new and creative definition. The show comes to the Kunsthaus Zürich from the Museum of Modern Art and will make no further stops. 25 February – 15 May Vernissage for members: 24 February, 7 p.m. EVENTS Mobile Museum / Art Bus Exhibitions, performances, video screenings – and that's not all! The Art Bus presents art at various stations throughout town and with a wide variety of approaches. Its first project, opening on 1 February in the lobby of the Schiffbau, is a piece by Andro Wekua entitled ‘Do you want to play’. In collaboration with the Schauspielhaus Zürich Master or Mischief-Maker? And: How Funny Is Modern Art? Wednesday, 19 January, 6.30–8 p.m. Event held parallel to the Picasso exhibition featuring lectures by Michael FitzGerald (in English) and Walter Grasskamp (in German). Introduction: Tobia Bezzola. Free admission More Karl Moser and the ‘Synthesis’ Friday, 25 February, 6.30 p.m. Lecture in German language by Stanislaus von Moos parallel to the exhibition ‘Karl Moser – Art and Architecture’. CHF 10.-/members and students free of charge More WORKSHOPS 100 Years of Kunsthaus Architecture 12 February, from 2–3.30 p.m. With Giacinto Pettorino. CHF 20 In German language More From Moser to Chipperfield 5 and 19 February, from 2–3.30 p.m. With Giacinto Pettorino. CHF 20 In German language More PUBLIC GUIDED TOURS On Picasso Integrated tours (exhibition and collection) Picasso and his Models: 22 January Picassos paintings and early 20th-century sculpture 29 January from 2–4 p.m. CHF 30 / members CHF 15 In German language Registration required More On Karl Moser 21 January and 11 February, from 6.30–7.30 p.m. With guest curator Sonja Hildebrand In German language More SHOP Picasso Catalogue A second edition has been produced to meet the great demand for the publication. Reserve your Picasso Catalogue now – available in English, German and French (Prestel Verlag) and featuring essays by Tobia Bezzola, Christian Geelhaar, Simonetta Fraquelli and Michael FitzGerald, as well as a facsimile of individual elements of the 1932 exhibition catalogue – for CHF 55 at the Museum Shop or online as long as supplies last! ‘The Original Copy’ Catalogue The exhibition catalogue will be available end of January, with essays by Geoffrey Batchen, Tobia Bezzola and Roxana Marcoci (Hatje Cantz Verlag), in English and German for CHF 49 at the Museum Shop or online. KUNSTHAUS EXTENSION Seen it? Extension of Kunsthaus Zürich: Interim status of preliminary design project October 2010, EGKE Photo Arthur Faust, © Kunsthaus Zürich Come and experience the new model of the Kunsthaus extension by David Chipperfield on a scale of 1:50. The model was built by Büro Béla Berec and is on show in the entrance hall of the Kunsthaus. The launch of the Newsletter was made possible by: Partner of the Kunsthaus Zürich Partner for contemporary art