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Video on the exhibition Wonder Lust by Atiéna R. Kilfa
Artist Atiéna R. Kilfa speaks about her work and the current exhibition Wonder Lust at the Lokremise. Watch the full video on YouTube. The large-scale installation is on view until July 6, 2025.
You can find all information about the exhibition here.
Pop-Up Store: Made in St.Gallen
From February 8 to July 6, 2025, the entrance area of LOK by Kunstmuseum St.Gallen will be transformed into the stage for a unique project: Pop-Up Store: Made in St.Gallen—both an exhibition space and a retail shop in one.
On individually curated tables following a shop-in-shop concept, selected artists from St.Gallen will showcase their work. Whether T-shirts, fanzines, mugs, artist books, ceramics, or beanies—each product reflects the unmistakable signature of its creator. The price range of the items on display is intentionally wide, ensuring that every visitor can find something that suits them.
Featured artists include: Beni Bischof, Claudia Caviezel, GAFFA, Herbert Weber, Lika Nüssli, Felix Stöckle, U5, Luisa Zürcher and Drü Egg.
Opening hours:
Monday- Saturday 1 - 8 p.m.
Sunday 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Cloud Castle: First Project Celebrates Its Premiere
The first performance by Cloud Castle was met with great enthusiasm: on Saturday, January 11, 2025, Carmen in the Mountains by Wu Tsang and Enrique Fuenteblanca, together with their collective Moved by Motion (Wu Tsang, Tosh Basco, Josh Johnson, Asma Maroof, Patrick Belaga, Tapiwa Svosve), celebrated its premiere. That evening also marked the first time the Klanghaus Toggenburg was brought to life in an intimate and exclusive setting.
You can find impressions and more information about Cloud Castle here: www.cloudcastle.art.
Photo: Wu Tsang und Moved by the Motion, Carmen in the mountains, Klanghaus Toggenburg, January 11, 2025 supported by Cloud Castle, an iniative by Kunsthaus Bregenz, Kunstmuseum Chur, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Photo: Inès Manai © Cloud Castle
The Podcast is Here
Kunstmuseum St.Gallen, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Kunsthaus Bregenz, and Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein have launched Cloud Castle—a new, innovative platform—and are now releasing the first episode of the podcast of the same name.
Cloud Castle is an imaginative platform set in a fictional place. This place—a floating 'castle in the clouds'—symbolizes the idea of a process-based, intangible space that allows art to be experienced in its most ephemeral yet binding form.
As a dynamic experimental field, Cloud Castle brings together the potential of four institutions—the Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, the Kunsthaus Bregenz, the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, and the Kunstmuseum St.Gallen. Situated in the border region between Liechtenstein, Austria, and Switzerland, they open up a space for dialogue and collaborative projects in contemporary art.
In the new podcast, the directors of these four institutions discuss key topics in contemporary art and offer exclusive insights into exciting projects. The first episode is now available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and SoundCloud—or on www.cloudcastle.art.
Artforum: Best of 2024
We are delighted that the exhibition Burning Down the House. Rethinking Family, curated by Melanie Bühler, has been selected by Artforum as one of the best exhibitions of 2024. The exhibition made it into the Top Ten chosen by curator Karen Archey.
From June 1 to October 20, 2024, the Kunstmuseum St.Gallen presented a comprehensive group exhibition featuring artists who critically engaged with the concept of family as tradition, idea, and way of life. The thematic exhibition brought together significant works, including those by pioneering artists such as Louise Bourgeois, Mary Kelly, Bobby Baker, and PINK de Thierry, and presented them in dialogue with forward-thinking works by a younger generation of artists, including Rhea Dillon, Kyoko Idetsu, and Lebohang Kganye. The curatorial approach went a step further than previous exhibitions, which often focused on specific aspects of family—such as parenthood/motherhood or chosen/rainbow families — by tackling the (nuclear) family itself as a kind of taboo subject in contemporary art in a broader and more fundamental way.
A catalogue accompanying the exhibition was published by Hatje Cantz, featuring essays by renowned theorists and art historians.
