The Luma Foundation’s exhibition spaces Luma Westbau and schwarzescafé are part of the refurbished and expanded Löwenbräukunst art complex in Zurich. Luma Westbau opened in 2013, presenting international projects, exhibitions and events ...
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Hans Ulrich Obrist Archives: Maria Lassnig
‘Living with art stops one wilting!’
Luma Westbau presents the next chapter of the Hans Ulrich Obrist Archives, dedicated to the pioneering Austrian artist Maria Lassnig (1919–2014). Born in rural Southern Austria, Lassnig pursued a 70-year career across painting, drawing, and animated film.
For the first time, the presentation brings together the complete series of video interviews between Lassnig and Obrist, alongside their extensive correspondence, arranged in chronological order. Featured works include selected watercolours previously shown in Athens, as well as the biographical film The Ballad of Maria Lassnig (1992) and the animated film Selfportrait (1971), which reveals her pioneering experiments with animation within the feminist art scene of 1970s New York.
Echoing ‘Living with art stops one wilting!,’ a sentence Lassnig wrote to Hans Ulrich Obrist in her final, unfinished letter dated 11 January 2014, this show honours the vibrant legacy of a painter whose interior visions continue to reverberate across our bodies and souls.
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until December 20, 2026
Luma Westbau
Limmatstrasse 270
8005 Zürich
+41 (0)449 244 020
Opening hours:
Dienstag, Mittwoch, Freitag, Samstag, Sonntag: 11:00 - 18:00
Donnerstag: 11:00 - 20:00
Infos Zugänglichkeit:
ACCESS FOR PERSONS WITH REDUCED MOBILITY
A staircase with 14 steps leads to the Löwenbräukunst main entrance (Limmatstrasse 270).
The accessible entrance is at Limmatstrasse 268; all levels of the building are accessible by lift and all the galleries are wheelchair accessible.
A wheelchair accessible WC is on level 1.UG (basement).
Reserved parking for visitors with disabilities is available in the rear courtyard - access via Gerstenstrasse.
