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KUNST HEUTE Foundation

The Kunst Heute Foundation accrued a top-notch collection of Swiss contemporary art over a period from 1982 to 2013. Marianne Gerny initiated the Bern-based Foundation in 1982. Cooperating with a number of Bern’s patrons of the arts, her goal was to put together an independent collection of recent Swiss art.

It was being constantly expanded until only a short while ago through a purchasing committee comprised of young art mediators and artists. In 2003, the entire collection of the Kunst Heute Foundation was handed over to the Kunstmuseum Bern as a gift, boasting at the time some 300 artworks, groups of works and series from prominent Swiss artists. The donation included works acquired by the Foundation in the ensuing years too. With its more than 180 exhibits from more than fifty Swiss artists, it represents a significant section of the collection in the department of contemporary art.

After over thirty years of commitment, it ceased its activities at the close of 2013.