Kunstmuseum Appenzell

With the Kunstmuseum Appenzell and the Kunsthalle Appenzell, the Heinrich Gebert Kulturstiftung Appenzell offers an extraordinary encounter with art, achitecture, and nature in the Appenzell region.
The Kunstmuseum and Kunsthalle are run by the private foundation Heinrich Gebert Kulturstiftung Appenzell. The striking buildings were endowed by the patron of arts Heinrich Gebert (1917-2007). The Kunstmuseum Appenzell, designed by Annette Gigon and Mike Guyer, opened in 1998. The Kunsthalle Appenzell, converted by Robert Bamert, has supplemented the cultural offerings as an exhibition, concert, and event location since 2003. With the Kunstmuseum Appenzell and the Kunsthalle Ziegelhütte as architectural monuments, the foundation facilitates a tour rich in experience through the regional and international history of art, architecture, and industry – from the round kiln from the 16th century to the shiny chrome saw-tooth roof, from manufacturing to knowledge culture.

This museum greets you in the following languages: D/E
Opening 1998

Current exhibitions

"der welt viel tiefe welten" + collecting / revisited

06.11.2022 - 05.03.2023

In collaboration with the artists Regula Engeler and Jochen Heilek, who live in Bühler (AR), a cross-universe has been realised in both houses in which two exhibitions exist and communicate with each other: "Collecting ǀ Revisited" and "der welt viel tiefe welten".

The exhibition is documented in the following languages: D/F/I/E
Guided tours are offered in the following languages: D/E

Next exhibition(s)

VORDEMBERGE-GILDEWART STIPENDIUM 2023

19.03.2023 - 11.06.2023

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The annual scholarship competition of the Vordemberge-Gildewart Foundation for artists under the age of 35 has been held in various European countries since 1983. The group exhibition in Appenzell focuses on twelve artists who are active in Switzerland (Alfredo Aceto | Natacha Donzé | Marc Norbert Hörler | Maya Hottarek | Jeanne Jacob | Roman Selim Khereddine | Robin Mettler | Martina Morger | Anina Müller | Tina Omayemi Reden | Nina Rieben | Yanik Soland).

The exhibition is documented in the following languages: D/E

ALICE CHANNER - Heavy Metals / Silk Cut

02.07.2023 - 08.10.2023

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Alice Channer (*1977, Oxford, UK, lives and works in London) explores relationships between materials, bodies, machines and industrial or technological processes in her sculptures. With relish, she combines her highly industrialised objects with human gesture or with natural traces such as physical or geological remains

The exhibition is documented in the following languages: D/E

ARP . TAEUBER-ARP . BILL / Allianzen

29.10.2023 - 25.02.2024

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In cooperation with the Fondazione Marguerite Arp, an exhibition is being created that illuminates the role and involvement of Hans Arp, Sophie Taeuber-Arp and Max Bill in important artist groups and magazines such as Abstraction-Création, Allianz and plastique-plastic in the 1930s and 1940s.

The exhibition is documented in the following languages: D/E