Reto Boller / Céline Brunko

The December Exhibition is traditionally the platform for artists from the city and region of Winterthur. For some time now, it has taken place every year in the form of a juried exhibition at the Kunsthalle and the Kunst Museum Winterthur as well as a Focus Exhibition in which artists were invited to exhibit only at the Kunst Museum Winterthur. In 2025 all artists in the region were invited to submit their portfolio; a jury of experts chose around thirty artists from these applications. For the Focus Exhibitions, however, various approaches have been tried over the years. In the past, artists chosen by the curatorial team have each invited a fellow artist, or in one instance, the museum only invited young artists who had not yet participated in exhibitions.

For 2026 the Kunst Museum Winterthur has fundamentally changed the concept of the Focus Exhibition. Instead of mounting a curated group exhibition with ten to twelve invited artists, a total of six artists were invited. Two artists at a time will each activate a cabinet room in the Museum Reinhart am Stadtgarten in parallel; this is why the exhibition is titled 3 x 2.

This concept enables the museum to grant each artist a significantly larger presence by giving them their own room and concentrating on the individual artist. It also allows the museum to fundamentally question cherished traditions of the December Exhibition and to test new approaches to supporting regional artists and improving their visibility in the Kunst Museum Winterthur.

Curated by Konrad Bitterli and Andrea Lutz

Grand reopening following a two-year renovation.

Ceremony and opening receptions for the inaugural exhibitions “Welcome Back – The Collection Returns,” “BiglerWeibel,” “Reto Boller,” “Silvan Wegmann,” and “Schaufenster Archiv – Provenance Research”

Welcome remarks: Martina Bircher, Member of the Aargau Cantonal Government; Benjamin Steiner, Baden City Councilor; Lukas Breunig-Hollinger, President of the Langmatt Foundation
Introductions: Erich Niklaus, architect, on the renovation; Markus Stegmann, Director of the Langmatt Museum, on the exhibitions

Wann waren Sie das letzte Mal in einem Museum, in dem Ihre Erfahrungen, Geschichten oder Perspektiven sichtbar wurden? Haben Sie sich schon einmal in einer Ausstellung wiedergefunden? Die Ausstellung wohin – woher – womit fragt, wie Räume für Erinnerung, Kunst, Identität und Zugehörigkeit entstehen können.

Engagierte Menschen aus Rapperswil-Jona und Umgebung haben gemeinsam mit dem Team des Kunst(Zeug)Haus an dieser Ausstellung gearbeitet. Sie haben Werke ausgewählt, eigene Perspektiven eingebracht und Inhalte des Vermittlungsprogramms mitentwickelt. Ihre Stimmen prägen die Ausstellung wesentlich. So entsteht ein Ort des Austauschs: zwischen Kunstwerken und Betrachtenden, zwischen Besucher:innen und zwischen unterschiedlichen Erfahrungen und Lebensrealitäten. Bedeutung entsteht im Dialog. Unterschiedliche Perspektiven eröffnen neue Zusammenhänge und weiten unseren Blick.

Mit Werken von ALMA, Vincenzo Baviera, Ueli Berger, Biefer/Zgraggen, Reto Boller, Lis Kocher, Luo Mingjun, Barbara Mühlefluh, Niklaus Rüegg, Verena Sieber-Fuchs, Roman Signer, Paul Stöckli, Studer/van den Berg, Hugo Suter und Martina Vontobel.