Group show
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Maria Lassnig and Edvard Munch
2 Oct 2026 — 21 Feb 2027 at Kunsthaus Zürich
· Zurich
This exhibition brings together works by Maria Lassnig and Edvard Munch, two pivotal figures in expressionist art. Lassnig's visceral body paintings and psychological self-portraits engage in conversation with Munch's iconic explorations of anxiety, desire, and the human condition. Both artists used paint as a vehicle for raw emotion and introspection, creating works that transcend mere representation to capture the turbulence of inner experience.
About the artist
Maria Lassnig
1919–2014 · feminist art
Maria Lassnig was an Austrian artist known for her painted self-portraits and her theory of "body awareness". In 1980, she became a professor for Painting at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, where she taught until her death. She was the first female artist to win the Grand Austrian State…
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Edvard Munch
1863–1944 · Symbolism
Edvard Munch was a Norwegian painter. His 1893 work The Scream has become one of the iconic and acclaimed images in all of Western art.
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Kunsthaus Zürich
· Zurich
The Kunsthaus Zürich is an art museum in Zurich. It is the biggest art museum in Switzerland by area and houses one of the most important art collections in Switzerland, assembled over time by the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft, a nonprofit art society. The collection spans from the Middle Ages to…
