Friart has organised over 160 exhibitions and 30 off-site projects since it was founded in 1981. In 1991, Friart moved into an industrial building at No. 22 Petites-Rames in Fribourg’s old town. At the crossroads of Switzerland’s different linguistic regions, Friart is somewhere that brings the different art scenes of French and German-speaking Switzerland into dialogue. Friart has earned an international reputation for its adventurousness and the global reach of a curatorial programme that showcases emerging, Swiss and international artists, and presents historical surveys that aim to promote the (re-)discovery of parallel histories, alternative cultures and expression, and artists and works that have not received the attention they deserve.

The Kunsthalle Friart has presented debut solo exhibitions of Dominique Gonzales Foerster (1996), Latifa Echakhch (2010), Valentin Carron (2002), Steven Parrino (2002) and David Hammons (1993), and organised significant exhibitions of work by Renée Green (1996), Julia Scher (1996), Thomas Hirschhorn (1995) and Marc Dion (1995). Recently, it hosted exhibitions by the designers Trix & Robert Haussmann (2014), Cameron Rowland (2016), Italian artist Ketty La Rocca (2019), Dorota Gaweda & Eglé Kulbokaité (2019), Calla Henkel & Max Pitegoff (2020) and Hamishi Farah (2021) and organised the investigative and research exhibitions Movie Implosion! (2015), on Swiss experimental cinema, Discoteca Analitica (2019), on the emergence of multimedia environments in the 1960s, and The films of Guillaume Dustan (2020), which presented the films made by the French writer between 2000 and 2004.

Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg is managed by a non-profit association.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE FRI-ART ASSOCIATION

– Clémence de Weck: Presidency
– Nicolas Brodard
– Hani Buri
– Irène Unholz
– Elise Meyer
– Philippe Wicht
– Simon Zurich

ARTISTIC DIRECTION SINCE 1981

– Michel Ritter (1981-2002)
– Sarah Zürcher (2002-2007)
– Corinne Charpentier (2007-2013)
– Balthazar Lovay (2013-2019)
– Nicolas Brulhart (since 2019)

ADMINISTRATION

– Nicolas Brulhart: artistic direction (until 30.JUN.2025)
– Kathrin Bentele: artistic direction (from 1.OCT.2025)
– Estelle Negro: administrative direction
– Clara Chavan: artistic coordination
– Max Hauri: press and communication
– Ikenë Rrustemi: scientific collaboration

COLLABORATIONS

– Valentine Yerly: art education
– Fabian Stücheli: installation and construction
– Pierrick Brégeon: graphic design
– Guillaume Baeriswyl: photography
– Julie Folly: photography
– Chi-Binh Trieu: programming
– Jack Sims: English translations
– Anja Delz: German translations

RECEPTION

– Nicoleta Meyer
– Camille Ayer
– Phinn Sallin-Mason
– Alix Beaudegnies
– Joëlla Gatambara

MAINTENANCE

– Conceição Silva Carvalho
– Aliona Cazacu

CONTACT

Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Petites-Rames 22
Case Postale 294
CH–1701 Fribourg
+41(0)26 323 23 51
info@friart.ch

PRESS

press@friart.ch

BOOKSHOP

editions@friart.ch

MEDIATION

mediation@friart.ch

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BENEFITS

By joining, you contribute to the development and local value of the Kunsthalle Friart, support contemporary artists and help to raise artistic awareness among young people through educational activities.

BECOME A FRIEND

– Free admission to several Friart contemporary art partner venues.*
– Discount of 20% on Friart publications and annual editions.
– Personal invitation to guided tours commented by the artistic director.
– Cultural visits (community) and annual trip.
– Free admission to Friart’s paid events.
– Reduced price on annual subscription to Kunstbulletin (CHF 84.-/year).

*Aargauer Kunsthaus, Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, CAN Centre d’art Neuchâtel, Kunsthalle Basel, Kunsthalle Bern, Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg, Kunsthalle Zurich, Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, Kunsthaus Glarus, Kunsthaus Langenthal, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Kunstmuseum Thun, Kunstmuseum Thurgau, Kunst Museum Winterthur, MAMCO Genève, Museo e Centro d’Arte Contemporanea Ticino, Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, Shedalle Zürich.

COMMITTEE

– Caroline Büchler: President
– Pierre Stadler: Treasurer
– Apolline Berger: Commitee member
– Grégoire Marmy: Commitee member
– Maya Robert: Commitee member
– Hélène Wichser: Commitee member

CONTACT

amis@friart.ch
+41 26 323 23 51

Each year, the Friends of Friart organize an edition in connection with an exhibition at the Kunsthalle. The purchaser automatically becomes a member of the Friends of Friart association for the current year and receives a membership card that offers numerous benefits.

EDITION 2025

[ a n y m a ] Michael Egger, Screenshot I-X, 2021

Size: 15 x 35 cm
Technique: Photographic print on FineArt Ultrachrome baryta paper
Copies: 10 unique copies
Price: 420 CHF (framed)

Biography

Michael Egger (1974, Brugg, CH) aka [ a n y m a ] has put out a multitude of projects over the last 25 years mixing art, technology and public participation through what are often social experiments with a critical and ironic perspective on the media. [ a n y m a ] is a major figure in Fribourg. His studio at the Fribourg foundry is a real Ali Baba’s cave of media technology and its assembly.

Order

amis@friart.ch, +41 26 323 23 51, on site at the Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg during opening hours

Located in a former cardboard factory, Friart’s exhibition spaces are located on two floors, the ground and first floors of the building. The main space (c. 100m²) is flanked on either side by large industrial windows and a central colonnade. The first floor (c. 70m²) is L-shaped. The windows and the central colonnade are similar to those on the ground floor. The technical equipment rooms can be found on the third floor, as well as an apartment for the reception of artists. The reception and bookstore are located in the basement.

RENTAL OF SPACES

Friart’s exhibition spaces can be rented for private events. Private events must be compatible with the Friart calendar.

Information and pricing: info@friart.ch

Located at the Friart reception, the bookstore presents a selection of catalogues, artists’ books and novels, monographs and theoretical works on contemporary art. In addition to a wide range of the latest specialist magazines and books, new publications are added every month in relation to Kunsthalle Friart exhibitions and the town’s cultural activities. Artists, curators, art spaces and institutions are regularly invited to curate a section of the bookstore. 

Information and orders: editions@friart.ch

Friart thanks for the support by
– Loterie Romande
– Agglomeration Freiburg
– State of Fribourg
– City of Fribourg
– Swiss Confederation, Federal Office of Culture
– Friends of Friart
– Kiefer Hablitzel Stiftung
– Ernst Göhner Stiftung
– Dr. Georg und Josi Guggenheim Stiftung
– Ernst & Olga Gubler-Hablützel Stiftung
– Stiftung Temperatio
– Coriolis Infrastructures
– Fondation Philanthropique Famille Sandoz

and its partners
– Association of Museums of the Canton of Fribourg
– Association K / Verein C
– Association of Museums in Switzerland
– Fribourg Tourism
– Kollektiv Ortie
– TRNSTN RADIO
– Atelier Studio 48
– WallStreet
– Restaurant du Belvédère
– Moonlight Kombucha
– Cantina del Mulino
– Le Cric, Cooperative Printing Office
– Center of Socioprofessional Integration Fribourg, CIS

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