Image: Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich
Kunsthalle Zürich will close Henrik Olesen’s exhibition 'Copies of real-life objects, tools and food' with a finissage on Sunday, 6 September 2026, offering visitors a final chance to see the show alongside a guided tour and a free silkscreen workshop. The exhibition remains on view through that day, and admission is free on the final day.
According to the institution’s programme notice, the finissage runs from 11 am to 6 pm at Kunsthalle Zürich. A guided tour with curator and director Fanny Hauser is scheduled for 4 pm, beginning at the entrance on the second floor. The workshop takes place from 3 to 5 pm on the ground-floor ramp, where the Kunsthalle Zürich art mediation team will lead a free screen-printing session using a design by Henrik Olesen. Visitors are asked to bring their own textile item to print on, ranging from T-shirts to socks.
The finissage sits within a broader stretch of August and September programming at Kunsthalle Zürich built around Olesen’s exhibition. The museum’s newsletter lists earlier tours of the show with Laura Vuille on 20 August and with Seline Fülscher on 27 August, followed by participation in Zurich’s Long Night of Museums on 5 September and the final-day event the next afternoon. The exhibition’s public run is given as 12 June to 6 September 2026.
The Long Night of Museums programme places Olesen’s exhibition at the center of the evening’s activities at Löwenbräukunst, where Kunsthalle Zürich, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst and Museum Haus Konstruktiv are also involved. Kunsthalle Zürich’s own schedule for the night includes a paper weaving workshop, repeated tours of Olesen’s exhibition, and two live concerts by Amos Angeles accompanied by Fai Baba. The venue is open until 2 am that night, with tickets required for the citywide museum event.
Kunsthalle Zürich’s finissage announcement describes the 4 pm tour as an introduction to Henrik Olesen’s artistic practice and to the making of the exhibition at the institution. The silkscreen workshop is presented as part of the museum’s art mediation activity and is free of charge. The programme also emphasizes that the exhibition remains accessible until the finissage day ends.
The event information is part of Kunsthalle Zürich’s August and September newsletter, which also lists a later season opening on 25 September for new exhibitions by Ayo Akingbade and Caspar Heinemann. For Henrik Olesen’s show, however, the final public date is 6 September 2026, with the tour and workshop structured around the exhibition’s closing day at Kunsthalle Zürich in Zurich.
