With Vito Acconci, Cuno Amiet, John M Armleder, Franz Karl Basler-Kopp, Sabian Baumann, Louis Béroud, Katinka Bock, Brüsseler Monogrammist H.B., Ernst Buchwalder, Max Buri, Balthasar Burkhard und Markus Raetz, Michael Buthe, Claudia Comte, Raoul Dufy, Anton Egloff, Hans Emmenegger, Helmut Federle, Franz Fedier, Alois Fellmann, Pia Fries, Michel Grillet, Max Gubler, Anton Henning, Ferdinand Hodler, Irma Ineichen, Vassily Khmeluk, Sharon Lockhart, Richard Paul Lohse, Rémy Markowitsch, Fabian Marti, Barthélemy Menn, Jos Näpflin, Giuseppe Penone, Laure Prouvost, Clara Reinhard, Ugo Rondinone, Christoph Rütimann, Claude Sandoz, Kateřina Šedá, Taryn Simon, José Julio de Souza Pinto, Johann Gottfried Steffan, Christine Streuli, Paul Thek, Félix Vallotton, Maurice de Vlaminck, Aldo Walker, Franz Erhard Walther, Franz Wanner, Rolf Winnewisser, Joseph Zelger, Robert Zünd

Collecting art was what prompted the establishment of the Kunstgesellschaft Luzern in 1819, and in addition to preserving, exploring and mediating art it is still a major objective of the Kunstmuseum Luzern to this day.

News! presents new treasures in the context of works that have been in the collection for some time already. Thus the Bezauberte Knabe (Enchanted Boy) by Ferdinand Hodler meets Sharon Lockhart’s photographs of the Polish girl Milena, José Júlio de Souza Pinto shows how a grandfather teaches his grandson, while Laure Prouvost spins stories about her lost grandfather. Visitors can look into the starry sky with Ugo Rondinone and Claude Sandoz, take a walk in the forest with Hans Emmenegger, Robert Zünd and Jos Näpflin, or visit Cuno Amiet or Markus Raetz in their studios. This unfailingly surprising encounter between and with works is sensual, profound and humorous and demonstrates just how well the new acquisitions can be integrated into a collection that has existed for 200 years.