From Albrecht Dürer to Andy Warhol
Masterpieces from the Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich
10.09.2023 - 07.01.2024
Sede LAC
Piazza Bernardino Luini 6,
6900 Lugano
Opening hours:
Tue / Wed / Fri: 11 am – 6 pm
Thurs: 11 am – 8 pm
Sat / Sun / Public Holidays: 10 am – 6 pm
Mon: closed
Curated by Linda Schädler, Head of the Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich.
The exhibition in MASI explores the key groups of works in the collection, presented together for the first time, including masterpieces by artists such as Albrecht Dürer, Lucas van Leyden, Elisabetta Sirani, Hendrik Goltzius, Rembrandt van Rijn, Maria Sibylla Merian, Francisco de Goya, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Käthe Kollwitz, Louise Bourgeois, Pablo Picasso, Edvard Munch, Miriam Cahn and many more.
As well as taking a fascinating tour of six centuries of art history, the exhibition offers an overview of the various engraving and drawing techniques that have been used and perfected by artists over the years.
Cover image:
Albrecht Dürer, Adam and Eve, 1504, Burin engraving, Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich
Installation view "From Albrecht Dürer to Andy Warhol. Masterpieces from the Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich" © MASI Lugano, Photo: Gabriele Spalluto
Albrecht Dürer, Rhinocerus (The Rhinoceros), 1515, Woodcut and letterpress, Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich
Opening of "From Albrecht Dürer to Andy Warhol. Masterpieces from the Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich" © MASI Lugano, photo: Gabriele Spalluto
Egon Schiele, Sitzende Frau, Rückenansicht (Seated Woman, Back View), 1917, Graphite and gouache, Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich
Opening of "From Albrecht Dürer to Andy Warhol. Masterpieces from the Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich" © MASI Lugano, photo: Gabriele Spalluto
Shirana Shabazi, Untitled, From Camping The Two, 2014, Risograph, Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich
Installation view "From Albrecht Dürer to Andy Warhol. Masterpieces from the Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich" © MASI Lugano, Photo: Gabriele Spalluto
Installation view "From Albrecht Dürer to Andy Warhol. Masterpieces from the Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich" © MASI Lugano, Photo: Gabriele Spalluto