PIERRE HAUBENSAK – Malerei
Exhibition to mark the artist's 90th birthday at Fotostudio Frei in Weil-Friedlingen
Pierre Haubensak is a leading contemporary Swiss painter. Born in 1935, he has developed a rich and multi-layered body of work over the course of seven decades. Influenced early on by American Colour Field and Hard Edge painting, his practice has evolved continuously, oscillating between strict compositional order and dynamic immediacy.
His series explore themes of colour, surface and space, with works held in major public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Kunsthaus Zürich, the Collection of the Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation (Schaulager in Münchenstein) and the Musée d'art et d'histoire in Geneva.
The exhibition is accompanied by the publication PIERRE HAUBENSAK. Malerei 1961–2025, with a text by Dieter Schwarz. Published by Scheidegger & Spiess, June 2025, ISBN 978-3-03942-303-3, CHF 39/€ 38.
Herzog & de Meuron's Fotostudio Frei, a Vitra Campus affiliate
Designed by Herzog & de Meuron and completed in 1982, Fotostudio Frei has been restored to its original state after years of various uses and now operates as an affiliate of the Vitra Campus.
Riedlistrasse 41
79576 Weil am Rhein
Opening hours: 2–6pm on:
Thurs, 19 June – Sun, 22 June 2025
Fri, 27 June – Sun, 29 June 2025
Fri, 4 July – Sun, 6 July 2025
Travel directions from Basel SBB rail station:
Tram 8 to the Riedlistrasse/Kesselhaus stop in Weil am Rhein (duration approx. 30 minutes).
Parking not available.
His series explore themes of colour, surface and space, with works held in major public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Kunsthaus Zürich, the Collection of the Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation (Schaulager in Münchenstein) and the Musée d'art et d'histoire in Geneva.
The exhibition is accompanied by the publication PIERRE HAUBENSAK. Malerei 1961–2025, with a text by Dieter Schwarz. Published by Scheidegger & Spiess, June 2025, ISBN 978-3-03942-303-3, CHF 39/€ 38.
Herzog & de Meuron's Fotostudio Frei, a Vitra Campus affiliate
Designed by Herzog & de Meuron and completed in 1982, Fotostudio Frei has been restored to its original state after years of various uses and now operates as an affiliate of the Vitra Campus.
Riedlistrasse 41
79576 Weil am Rhein
Opening hours: 2–6pm on:
Thurs, 19 June – Sun, 22 June 2025
Fri, 27 June – Sun, 29 June 2025
Fri, 4 July – Sun, 6 July 2025
Travel directions from Basel SBB rail station:
Tram 8 to the Riedlistrasse/Kesselhaus stop in Weil am Rhein (duration approx. 30 minutes).
Parking not available.
Publication date: 18.6.2025
Images: Daisuke Hirabayashi