THE TRICKLE DOWN EFFECT

Art Patron, Maja Hoffmann with Kunsthalle Zurich Director, Beatrix RufOn Saturday, the train station in Zurich was heaving with art addicts en route from Venice for Contemporary Art Weekend, Zurich. The weekend kicked off with a major bang. In the Lowenbrau, an exhibition of more than a dozen new works by Paul McCarthy unveiled at Galerie Hauser & Wirth; Rita Ackermann showed works she made during her recent Chinati Foundation residency titled Marfa/Crash at Galerie Peter Kilchmann; Haunch of Venison celebrated an exhibition of new paintings by British artist Rachel Howard titled Der Wald at their Lessingstrasse post; and Galerie Mai 36 opened at stunning show of new work by John Baldessari. Other highlights included an amazing retrospective of work by German artist, Katarina Fritsch at Kunsthaus; The Absence of Mark Manders also at Kunsthaus; Tris vonna Michell’s Auto-tracking, Auto-tracking in the project room at the Kunsthalle; and in the main space new work by Philippe Parreno. The weekend concluded on a high note, with cocktails and dinner hosted by the Kunsthalle Zurich at the Breuerlakehouse overlooking Lake Geneve.

Mary Barone
Zurich
June, 2009