GENERAL

Swab presents a new edition of its General Programme, responding to the current dynamics of contemporary art. This year's selection of galleries and spaces reflects a broader shift: the boundaries between established galleries and independent initiatives are becoming increasingly blurred, while practices once considered peripheral now occupy a central place in contemporary artistic narratives, where questions surrounding access to contemporary art have taken on renewed significance.Artist-run spaces, emerging galleries, and experimental initiatives continue to operate at the margins of a market that, in recent years, has increasingly concentrated around major players. Yet it is precisely these projects that are shaping new directions within contemporary discourse: they embrace risk, propose alternative models of sustainability in new contexts, and critically expand the boundaries of what an art fair can encompass.

Kunstraum Aarau

Kunstraum Aarau (Aarau)

Kunstraum Aarau, founded in 1990, is an independent, artist-run venue dedicated to contemporary art and its interdisciplinary intersections. Located in the heart of Aarau’s old town, it comprises a street-level project space with large windows facing the pedestrian street, offering a visible platform for exhibitions, performances, concerts, and experimental formats.

Kunstraum Aarau supports emerging artistic practices and perspectives that challenge established ways of seeing and listening, fostering dialogue, critical exchange, and artistic experimentation beyond commercial and institutional frameworks. Run by a non-profit association of artists and cultural practitioners, Kunstraum Aarau has been an important platform for contemporary art and critical discourse in the region for more than three decades.

Artists: Maksim Klopfstein and Levent Pınarcı.

View the catalogue here.