Vilhelm Hammershøi's First Major Swiss Museum Show at Kunsthaus Zürich

The Kunsthaus Zürich is hosting the first comprehensive museum exhibition in Switzerland dedicated to Danish painter Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864–1916), a modernist master whose quiet, sparsely populated interiors were misunderstood in his own time. The show presents his signature 'paintings of eventlessness'—domestic scenes with muted palettes and solitary figures—which have only recently gained broader international recognition. Hammershøi's work, often compared to Vermeer for its stillness and light, challenges viewers with its deliberate emptiness and psychological tension. The exhibition aims to reintroduce the artist to Swiss audiences and contextualize his influence on modern art.