The Art Collections of Swiss Post and the Art Museum St.Gallen in Dialogue
01.04.2026 | from Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
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Photographer: Stefan Rohner
01.04.2026, With Heimatflimmern, the Art Museum St.Gallen presents a joint exhibition with the art collection of the Swiss Post. Works from the museum's collection enter into a dialogue with works from the Post's collection. Featuring 26 artistic positions—primarily from contemporary Swiss art, supplemented by selected international and individual historical works—the exhibition explores a question as current as it is open: What can 'home' mean today? The cooperation is part of Swiss Post's century-long tradition of support.
The starting point for this joint exhibition project is an anniversary of the Swiss Post. For about one hundred years, the company has been committed to promoting art creation in Switzerland on the basis of a federal ordinance. This commitment serves as a reason for the Post to cooperate with art museums to provide insights into its multifaceted, yet previously little publicly visible collection. After stops at the Bündner Kunstmuseum in Chur and the Museo Villa dei Cedri in Bellinzona, the Art Museum St.Gallen is the third partner in this exhibition series, where each collection dialogue focuses on a socially relevant theme.
The exhibition addresses various aspects of 'home' beyond nationalist or identitarian concepts. The term has always been open and ambiguous. As a projection surface and resonance space, 'home' is repeatedly connected with personal experiences, shared images, and political attributions. In a globally connected world shaped by technological change, migration, and climate change, 'home' is increasingly in motion, without losing significance. In the dialogue of works, this flickering complexity of 'home' becomes visible between historical imprints, current challenges, and future perspectives.
Featuring works by David Bürkler, Ishita Chakraborty, Julian Charrière, Martha Cunz, Fragmentin, Gabriela Gerber & Lukas Bardill, Sylvie and Chérif Defraoui, Giovanni Giacometti, Ferdinand Hodler, Nadira Husain, Mona Hatoum, Monica Ursina Jaeger, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Isabelle Krieg, Douglas Mandry, Aramis Navarro, Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs, Cyril Porchet, Rico Scagliola & Michael Meier, Jean-Vincent Simonet, Studer/van den Berg, Mina Squalli-Houssaïni, U5, Ester Vonplon, Daniel Zimmermann.
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Thursday, 25 June 2026, 11 am, Art Museum St. Gallen
Please register at kommunikation@kunstmuseumsg.ch.
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Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
The Art Museum St.Gallen enjoys international acclaim for its attractive temporary exhibitions of contemporary and modern art.
As a treasure trove of Eastern Switzerland, the museum hosts a rich collection of paintings and sculptures from the late Middle Ages to the present, displayed in a permanent exhibition. Founded in 1877 by Johann Christoph Kunkler in neoclassical style, the building invites visitors to explore art from the past and present.
Old and new in dialogue offer a varied cultural experience, where international temporary exhibitions can be experienced, or masterpieces of the past encounter outstanding representatives of contemporary art!
Thanks to comprehensive art education, the Art Museum St.Gallen is an attractive venue for encountering art from yesterday and today! The art zone in the Lokremise, the museum's second 'venue', serves as a cultural laboratory for contemporary art.
The immediate neighborhood to Kinok and Dance/Theatre opens up fascinating thematic synergies, and the raw character of the interior allows for process-oriented exhibitions as well as 'Artist-in-Residence' projects.
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Source: Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Press release
Original article published on: Die Kunstsammlungen der Schweizerischen Post und des Kunstmuseums St.Gallen im Dialog