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7 November 2025 – 8 March 2026
Fondazione MAST, Bologna, Italy

Jeff WallLiving, Working, Surviving

30 January – 4 May 2025
Fondazione MAST, Bologna, Italy

MAST Foundation Grant of PhotographyFELICITY HAMMOND, GOSETTE LUBONDO, SILVIA ROSI, SHEIDA SOLEIMANI, KAI WASIKOWSKI

4 July – 28 September 2024
Recontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles, France

WHEN IMAGES LEARN TO SPEAK - Astrid Ullens CollectionConceptualized Documentary Photography from Astrid Ullens de Schooten Whetnalls's Collection. Arles,
Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, at LUMA, La Mécanique générale

16 May – 24 August 2024
Vontobel, Zürich

A New GazeArt Vontobel Prize
Augustin Lignier: Wink Piece / Emidio Battipaglia: Synaptic Dialogues

7 February – 14 July 2024
Fondazione MAST, Bologna, Italy

Vertigo - Scenarios of Rapid ChangesIn the Fields of Work, Production, Behavior, Communication, Commerce, Environment, and the Social System

24 May 2023 – 7 January 2024
MAST Foundation, Bologna

Andreas Gursky - Visual Spaces of Today

25 January – 1 May 2023
MAST Foundation, Bologna, Italy

MAST Foundation Grant of Industrial Photography 2023Farah Al Qasimi, Hicham Gardaf, Lebohang Kganye, Maria Mavropoulou, Salvatore Vitale

20 May – 1 July 2022
Art Vontobel, Zürich

A New Gaze 3: Dongkyun Vak: HeatwavePrize winner of A NEW GAZE 3
Co-Curated with Georgina Gasparis and Luisa Baselgia

9 February – 25 September 2022
Fondazione MAST, Bologna

The MAST Collection - A Visual Alphabet of Industry, Technology and Work

2 December 2021 – 27 March 2022
Foto Colectania, Barcelona, Spain

Face Control

7 May – 19 September 2021
Fondazione MAST, Bologna, Italy

Richard Mosse: Displaced (Conflicts, Migration, Clima Change)

7 October 2020 – 3 January 2021
MAST, Bologna

MAST Foundation Grant for Photography

22 September – 1 December 2020
MAAT, Lissabon

André Cepeda: Ballad of Today

25 January – 3 May 2020
MAST, Bologna, Italy

Uniform 1Workwear, Costume, Uniform

25 January – 3 May 2020
MAST, Bologna, Italy

Uniform 2Walead Beshty: Industrial Portraits

15 May 2019 – 5 January 2020
MAST, Bologna, Italy

AnthropoceneJennifer Baichwal - Edward Burtynsky - Nicholas de Pencier

8 March – 5 April 2019
Vontobel, Zürich

A New Gaze 2: Kelvin Haizel -- Babysitting a Shark in a Cold RoomWinner of A New Gaze 2 - Vontobel Photography Prize

2 February – 22 April 2019
Fondatione MAST, Bologna

Thomas Struth: Nature & Politics

4 October 2018 – 13 January 2019
MAST Foundation, Bologna

Pendulum - Moving Goods, Moving Peoplein Photographs of the MAST Collection

16 May – 16 September 2018
MAST Foundation, Bologna

W. Eugene Smith: PittsburghPortrait of an Industrial City

31 January – 1 May 2018
MAST Foundation, Bologna

MAST Foundation Grant for Photography 2018Mari Bastashevski, Sara Cwynar, Sohei Nishino, Christóbal Olivares

12 October 2017 – 14 January 2018
MAST Foundation, Bologna

Thomas Ruff – Machine & Energy

12 October – 26 November 2017
Bastardini, Bologna

Carlo Valsecchi - Sviluppare il futuroF/I Fotoindustria

3 May – 28 September 2017
MAST Foundation, Bologna

The Power of Images

25 March – 7 April 2017
Vontobel, Zurich

A New Gaze 1: Eva O'Leary, «Concealer»

9 February – 4 June 2017
Fundación MAPFRE, Madrid

Lewis Baltz - Retrospective

25 January – 17 April 2017
MAST Foundation, Bologna

Work in MotionThe Video Camera's Eye on Social and Economic Behaviour

12 October 2016 – 8 January 2017
MAST Foundation, Bologna

Dayanita Singh: Museum of Machines

26 August – 8 October 2016
Mai 36, Zürich

Luigi Ghirri

4 May – 25 September 2016
MAST Foundation, Bologna

A Tile, some Milk, a Machine and LogisticsPhotographs of Emilia-Romagna at Work

27 January – 17 April 2016
MAST Foundation, Bologna

Jakob TuggenerDie Fabrik / The Factory

3 October 2015 – 10 January 2016
MAST Foundation, Bologna

GD4PHOTOART 2015

3 October – 1 November 2015
MAST Foundation, Bologna

From Albums to PhotobooksItalian Industry in 120 Volumes - Savina Palmieri Collection

18 September – 15 November 2015
Fotofestival Mannheim-Ludwigshafen-Heidelberg

[7P][7] Places [7] Precarious Fields

14 May – 15 September 2015, 9h
MAST Foundation, Bologna

Industry NowContemporary Photographs from the MAST Collection of Industrial Photographs

21 January – 3 May 2015
MAST Foundation, Bologna; SK-Stiftung Kultur, Cologne; Gemeentemuseum, Helmond, Netherlands;

Emil Otto Hoppé: Unveiling a SecretPhotographs of industries 1912-1937

23 April – 29 August 2014
MAST Foundation, Bologna

[HR] Human Capital

23 January – 30 March 2014
MAST Foundation, Bologna

Industrial Worlds 014

6 November 2013 – 26 April 2014
Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Sharon Ya’ari: Leap Toward Yourself

1 October 2013 – 1 January 2014
MAST Foundation, Bologna

Industrial Worlds

14 - 18 November 2012
Paris Photo

Cut & Paste

8 September – 18 November 2012
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Amar Kanwar: Evidence

9 June – 19 August 2012
Fotomuseum Winterthur; Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon

Rosângela Rennó – Strange Fruits

3 September – 13 November 2011
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Shirana Shahbazi: Much like Zero

28 May – 21 August 2011
Fotomuseum Winterthur; Kunsthaus Graz; MIS, São Paulo; Jeu de Paume, Paris; The Kistofos Museum, Norvay

Ai Weiwei: Interlacing

11 September – 14 November 2010
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Stefan Burger: Under the Circumstances

11 September – 14 November 2010
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Larry Sultan / Mike Mandel: Evidence

12 June – 22 August 2010
Fotomuseum Winterthur; Whitechapel Gallery, London

Where Three Dreams Cross150 Years of Photography in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh

5 September – 15 November 2009
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Darkside IIPhotographic Power and Violence, Disease and Death Photographed

24 October 2008 – 8 February 2009
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Alec SothThe Space Between Us

6 September – 16 November 2008
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Darkside IPhotographic Desire and Sexuality Photographed

1 December 2007 – 17 February 2008
Fotomuseum Winterthur; Reina Sofia, Madrid; Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich

Zoe Leonard – Photographs

1 September – 18 November 2007
Fotomuseum Winterthur

NeorealismoThe New Image in Italy 1932–1960

3 March – 20 May 2007
Fotomuseum Winterthur

David GoldblattSouth African Photographs 1952–2006

2 December 2006 – 28 February 2007
Fotomuseum Winterthur / Museum der Moderne, Salzburg

Simultan / SimultaneousTwo Collections of Austrian Photography from the Collections of the Federal Chancellery and the Museum der Moderne Salzburg

4 March – 21 May 2006
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Real FantasiesNew Photography from Switzerland

4 March – 5 November 2006
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Geschichten, Geschichte – Set 3 aus der Sammlung des Fotomuseums Winterthur

22 October 2005 – 12 February 2006
Fotomuseum Winterthur; Foto Europea, Reggio Emilia

Trans EmiliaThe Linea di Confine Collection: A Territorial Reconnaissance of the Emilia-Romagna

3 September – 20 November 2005
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Robert Frank - Storylines

3 June – 21 August 2005
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Life and Death in BéninAfrican Photographers from the Alex Van Gelder Collection

12 March – 22 May 2005
Fotomuseum Winterthur; Stedelijk Museum. Amsterdam; Jeu de Paume, Paris

Rineke Dijkstra – Portraits

12 March – 9 October 2005
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Der Traum vom Ich, der Traum von der WeltThe Dream of Myself, the Dream of the World
- Set 2 from the Collection of the Fotomuseum Winterthur

4 September – 14 November 2004
Fotomuseum Winterthur / Fotostiftung Schweiz

The Ecstasy of ThingsFrom the Functional Object to the Fetish in 20th Century Photographs

29 May – 22 August 2004
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Arnold Odermatt – Collisions

4 May – 22 August 2004
Fotomuseum Winterthur

John Waters - Change of Life

15 November 2003 – 8 February 2004
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Order & Chaos

15 November 2003 – 13 June 2004
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Cold PlaySet 1 aus der Sammlung des Fotomuseum Winterthur

6 September – 2 November 2003
Fotomuseum Winterthur

The Ochi CollectionMedical Photographs from Japan around 1900

14 June – 24 August 2003
Fotomuseum Winterthur; La Virreina Exposiciones, Institut de Cultura de Barcelona; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; FOAM Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam

Boris MikhailovPrivate Pleasures, the Burdens of Boredom, Public Decay - A Retrospective

29 March – 1 June 2003
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Roni Horn“If on a Winter’s Night … Roni Horn …”

18 January – 16 March 2003
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Yoshiko Seino – The Sign of Life

18 January – 16 March 2003
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Anders Petersen“Ich Dich lieben, Du mich auch?”

8 November 2002 – 5 January 2003
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Westfälischer Kunstverein Münster

Joachim Brohm – Areal

8 November 2002 – 5 January 2003
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Valérie Jouve – Résonances

18 September 2002 – 18 January 2003
Coalmine, Winterthur

Stephanie Gygax - Maison Motorisée

31 August – 27 October 2002
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Hans Peter Feldmann - Kunstausstellung

15 June – 18 August 2002
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Chic Clicks - Modefotografie zwischen Kunst und Auftrag

6 April – 2 June 2002
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Phoebe Maas – Moments In-Between

6 April – 2 June 2002
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Claudio Moser – Walk On

27 March – 14 June 2002
Coalmine, Winterthur

Georg Aerni - Slopes & Houses

12 January – 24 February 2002
Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin; Canal de Isabel II, Madrid; Grey Art Gallery, New York.

Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus der SchweizContemporary photobased art from Switzerland

1 January 2002 – 1 January 2003
Coalmine, Winterthur

Andrea Gohl - Zwischen Räumen

2002
Coalmine Gallery, Winterthur

Jules Spinatsch - Temporary Discomfort I-III

9 November 2001 – 1 June 2002
Fotomuseum Winterthur; Kunstmuseum Bonn

Dunja Evers – Constellations

9 November 2001 – 1 June 2002
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Hans Danuser – Frost

13 September 2001 – 5 January 2002
Coalmine, Winterthur

Yolande Schneiter: Sorror

1 September – 28 October 2001
Fotomuseum Winterthur; Palazzo Magnani, Reggio Emilia; Hotel de Sully, Paris; Museu National d'Art Catalunya, Barcelone

Luigi Ghirri – Photographs 1969–1992

16 June – 19 August 2001
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Netherlands Fotomuseum

TradeCommodities, Communication, and Consciousness in World Trade Today

24 May – 7 September 2001
Coalmine, Winterthur

Christian Schwager - Landschaften

6 May – 8 August 2001

Karl Blossfeldt - Formen der Natur

17 February – 8 April 2001
Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liesthal

New ExistenceDas Fotomuseum Winterthur zu Gast in der Kunsthalle Palazzo
Curators: Pietro Mattioli & Urs Stahel

27 January – 25 March 2001
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Jitka Hanzlová – Rokytník / Bewohner

11 November 2000 – 14 January 2001
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Recontres internationales de la photographie, Arles

Remake Berlin

2 September – 29 October 2000
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Rencontres internationales de la photographie, Arles

Hybrid

3 May – 1 September 2000
Coalmine, Winterthur

Steeve Juncker: Xavier 96'-98'

8 April – 4 June 2000
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Stills Gallery, London, Musee for Fotokunst, Odense

Wendy EwaldCollaborative Projects with Children 1969–1999

29 January – 26 March 2000
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Takashi HommaTokyo Suburbia

29 January – 26 March 2000
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Daido Moriyama - Stray Dogs

2000
Coalmine, Winterthur

Colder - Thomas Flechtner

20 November 1999 – 16 January 2000
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Adam FussLess of a Test than Earth

1 September – 7 November 1999
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Fazal SheikhAfghanistan – The Victor Weeps

5 June – 15 August 1999
Fotomuseum Winterthur

YoungNew Photography in Swiss Art

27 March – 24 May 1999
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Unheimlich / UncannyVanessa Beecroft, Anna Gaskell, Dana Hoey, Natacha Lesueur, Wendy McMurdo

16 January – 14 March 1999
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Henry BondThe Cult of the Street

7 November 1998 – 3 January 1999
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Andreas GurskyFotografien 1994-1998

29 August – 25 October 1998
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Five and a Half Years of Fotomuseum WinterthurExhibition of the Collection and an Auction

13 June – 16 August 1998
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Im Reich der Phantome - Fotografie des UnsichtbarenCo-Curated with Andreas Fischer and Veit Loers, Zusammenarbeit mit Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, und Kunsthalle Krems

4 April – 1 June 1998
Fotomuseum Winterthur

John GutmannThe Restless America of the Thirties

4 April – 1 June 1998
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Dorothea LangeRetrospektive

31 January – 22 March 1998
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Nicolas Faure – From One Switzerland to Another

22 November 1997 – 18 January 1998
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Moving MountainsGirola´s Power Stations in the Alps

22 November 1997 – 18 January 1998
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Albert Renger-PatzschRetrospektive

30 August – 9 November 1997
Fotomuseum Winterthur; Whitney Museum of Art, New York; Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg

Nan GoldinI`ll be your mirror

14 June – 17 August 1997
Fotomuseum Winterthur

World ViewsReportage Photography and its Media

18 January – 31 March 1997
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Axel HütteTheorea

18 January – 31 March 1997
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Roni HornYou Are the Weather

9 November 1996 – 5 January 1997
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Fotografie nach der Fotografie

31 August – 27 October 1996
Fotomuseum Winterthur

The Linck Photographic Dynasty. A Portrait of Bourgeois MannersContract Photography as a Reflection of Winterthur and Zurich Society 1864–1949

30 March – 27 May 1996
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Origins? / Herkunft?Gosbert Adler, Tina Barney, Richard Billingham, Anthony Hernandez, Fazal Sheikh, Carrie Mae Weems

20 January – 17 March 1996
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Bilderzauber / The Magic of Images

17 June – 20 August 1995
Fotomuseum, Winterthur

Jean Louis GarnellWorks 1985–95

17 June – 20 August 1995
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Bertien van ManenA Hundred Summers, A Hundred Winters

1 April – 5 June 1995
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Seiichi FuruyaMémoires 1995

21 January – 19 March 1995
Fotomuseum Winterthur; Kunsthalle Nürnberg

Astrid Klein

3 September – 29 October 1994
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg

Peter Hujar

3 September – 29 October 1994
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Beginning of a Collection

11 June – 21 August 1994
Fotomuseum Winterthur, in collaboration with Deichtorhallen Hamburg, the Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop, and the Castello di Rivioli, Turin

Helmut Newton

9 April – 5 June 1994
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Industriebild / Industrial ImageThe Eastern Swiss Economic Region from 1870 to Today
Co-Curated with Giorgio Wolfensberger

12 February – 27 March 1994
Fotomuseum Winterthur, in collaboration with the Corcoran Gallery, Washington

Gilles PeressFarewell to Bosnia

13 November 1993 – 9 January 1994
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Aus der Romandie / From Romandie, from the French Part of Switzerland

4 September – 30 October 1993
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Lewis Baltz: Regel ohne Ausnahme

3 April – 30 May 1993
Fotomuseum Winterthur

William Eggleston

30 January – 21 March 1993
Fotomuseum Winterthur

Paul GrahamNew Europe

28 June – 26 August 1990
Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich

Wichtige Bilder - Fotografie in der SchweizCurated by Urs Stahel & Martin Heller

29 October – 23 December 1989
Kunsthalle Zürich

Gerhard Merz - Costruire

Wednesday, 1 June 1988
Forum Stadtpark, Graz

ZART -- Fünf Künstler aus Zürich

5 June – 14 July 1987
Kunsthaus Zürich, Halle Heimplatz

PassagenParis 1815 - 1871, ein kulturhistorisches Zeitbild

1987
Nürnberg-Erlangen

Offenes Ende – Junge Schweizer Kunst in Nürnberg und Erlangen