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MAI 36 GALERIE

Mai 36 Galerie focuses on trading and presenting international contemporary art (painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, video, film and installation).

Our exhibition program is directed at the works of artists preoccupied with the fundamental questions of art, beginning with significant statements of art after 1945, their roots going back to the sixties and seventies (especially Pop-Art, Minimal-Art and Conceptual-Art). We are mainly interested in artists engaged in unearthing art-immanent themes such as the perception of art, art as a form of c

ommunication, art as a system, as well as art questioning the importance and function of art in our society: the outlooks of individual artists stimulating and encouraging reflections on the experiences and perceptions of our age. We are intent on working in close collaboration with the artists and presenting their works continuously in individual exhibitions, publications and at the international art fairs of Basel, Madrid, London, New York and Miami Beach. We hold about six exhibitions a year, presenting both national and international artists and hope to surprise the cultural scene of Zurich with a number of interesting projects. Mai 36 Galerie sees itself as an address for both known and unknown artists and wants to encourage the exchange of individual exhibitions between an autonomous group of international galleries.

03/09/2026

Thomas Ruff on the cover of Flash Art Issue #356, Fall 2026.

“I’m interested in politics, I’m part of our society and I have to deal with that. Actually, I never can tell which part is more prominent: whether it’s the image or subject or thinking about the media – sometimes it’s 50/50, or maybe 60/40, it changes all the time.”

- Thomas Ruff

Editor-in-Chief and Creative Director: Alessio Avventuroso
Editor-at-Large: Gea Politi
Location: studio in Düsseldorf.

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Thomas Ruff
jpeg rl03, 2007
signed and dated verso
c-print
263 x 188 cm
Edition of 3

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01/09/2026

Markus Saile’s first presentation with Mai 36 Galerie was “Edge to Edge”, back in 2022.
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In “Edge to Edge”, Markus Saile’s works convened the space of painting in a subtle interplay between the space where it was situated, the space it represented, and the space it constructed in dialogue with architecture. Beyond the in-situ and the context, it was an investigation into painting in volume, the depth of the surface, and the extension of this practice into a performative field of action.
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We are looking forward to Markus Saile’s second solo exhibition with Mai 36 Galerie, opening September 10 in Zurich.
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Exhibition views: “Edge to Edge” by Markus Saile, 2022
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27/08/2026

Hiroki Tsukuda’s first presentation with Mai 36 Galerie was the group exhibition SPIECES, featuring
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H.R. Giger⁠ HR GIGER MUSEUM
Maren Karlson⁠ maren_karlson
Berenice Olmedo⁠ Berenice Olmedo
Hiroki Tsukuda⁠ 佃弘樹
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We are looking forward to Hiroki Tsukuda’s first solo exhibition at Mai 36 Galerie, opening on September 10 in Zurich.
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Exhibition views of SPIECES, 2023⁠
Photo credits: Aramis Navarro⁠
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26/08/2026

“Some Exact Distance To The Sun”, 2022 by Raphael Hefti.

The Santozeum
Santorini, Greece

In “Some Exact Distance To The Sun”, 605 square meters of Cycladic terracing get enthusiastically ribboned with color, rudely interrupting the otherwise well-behaved chalkiness. A runway into the mirage of sky and sea, whitewash and heat, the whole thing stumbles, splinters, and generally refuses to follow the rules of polite architecture. Its exact distance from a celestial marker is unknowable, yet it constantly invites reconsideration of its lines and their interruptions. In the tension between fading and pigment, we measure, trace, search—and approximate.

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Raphael Hefti
Some Exact Distance To The Sun (2022)
2K cold plastic paint
Variable dimensions

Photo: Conradin Frei Conradin Frei

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25/08/2026

Victor Gisler says JA to Kunsthaus Zürich! ⁠
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On September 27, Zurich will vote on higher contributions to the Kunsthaus Zürich.

A “yes” vote will ensure an attractive art museum that remains broadly accessible to the public and offers an internationally recognized exhibition program. At the same time, the additional funds will enable improvements in the areas of environment, security, and staffing.
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The Kunsthaus is deeply connected to the history and cultural identity of our city. As a place where art brings together people of different generations and backgrounds, its importance reaches well beyond Zurich.⁠

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24/08/2026

Mai 36 Galerie is pleased to present “Flowers”, our upcoming showroom exhibition, opening September 10 on the first floor of the gallery.⁠

Featuring works by:
Jacopo Benassi Jacopo Benassi
Pia Fries Pia Fries
Roe Ethridge Roe Ethridge
Gowoon Lee
Robert Mapplethorpe Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation
Matt Mullican
Thomas Ruff
Paul Thek Paul Thek
Jack Warne Jack Warne
Leon Xu Leon Xu
& more.

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Detail of Untitled (Experiments with Light), 2001 by Matt Mullican
Detail of And I’ll be by your side, 2026 by Leon Xu

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22/08/2026

Mai 36 Galerie is pleased to present 𝒾𝓃𝒻𝑒𝓇𝓃𝑜, Hiroki Tsukuda’s first solo exhibition with the gallery, opening in September.⁠
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Artist Reception:⁠
Thursday, September 10, 6–8 PM⁠
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Hiroki Tsukuda’s (b. 1978 in Kagawa, lives and works in Hokkaido, Japan) work was featured in the 8th Yokohama Triennale (2024). He has mounted solo exhibitions at Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne (2025); Petzel, New York (2024); Nanzuka Underground, Tokyo (2022); Petzel, New York (2020); Museum of Modern Art, Gunma (2019); Capitain Petzel, Berlin (2018); and Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen (2017), among others. His works were also included in group shows such as Mori Art Museum, Tokyo 2019, KINDL – Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin 2018, Brandenburgischer Kunstverein Potsdam e.V. 2015, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin 2012, Le Magasin – Centre National d’art Contemporain de Grenoble, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, and Sprengel Museum Hannover, all 2011, among others.⁠
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佃弘樹 is represented in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Mori Art Museum, Japan; Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Foundation, Vienna; the Jean Pigozzi Foundation, Geneva, among others.⁠
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Hiroki Tsukuda⁠
Ghost Foot, 2026⁠
Mixed media⁠
35 x 24 x 24 cm⁠

Portrait Hiroki Tsukuda⁠
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21/08/2026

Mai 36 Galerie is pleased to present “False Horizon”, Markus Saile’s second solo exhibition with the gallery.⁠
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Artist Reception:⁠
Thursday, September 10, 6-8 PM⁠
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Markus Saile’s (b. 1981 in Stuttgart, lives and works in Cologne, Germany) recent solo exhibitions include Z2O Project, Rome; Artothek, Cologne; Galerie DREI, Cologne; A+B Gallery, Brescia; NAK Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen; and Galerie Markus Lüttgen, Düsseldorf, among others.⁠
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His work was included in the survey exhibition “Jetzt! Painting in Germany Today”, presented at Kunstmuseum Bonn, Museum Wiesbaden, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz – Museum Gunzenhauser, and Deichtorhallen Hamburg. His works have also been featured in exhibitions at Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck; STRABAG Kunstforum, Vienna; Museo Licini, Ascoli Piceno; Pinacoteca Emilio Notte, Ceglie Messapica; Paik Hae Young Gallery, Seoul; Bel Ami, Los Angeles; Temporary Gallery, Cologne; Galerie Crone, Vienna; and RECEPTION, Berlin, among others.⁠
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Markus Saile Saile
untitled, 2026
signed and dated verso
oil on wood
49 x 44.5 cm

Portrait Markus Saile by Alwin Lay
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07/08/2026

Chiuso Per Ferie.

The gallery will be closed for our summer break from August 8 to 29. We look forward to welcoming you back for our upcoming exhibitions, opening on September 10.⁠

See you soon. ⛽️

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Luigi Ghirri
Capri (Serie: Italia ailati), 1973
mat c-print
12.2 x 17.6 cm

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06/08/2026

Opening in September: Pedro Cabrita Reis “without sorrow of heart”. Curated by João Pinharanda.

MAAT
Lisbon, PT

Pedro Cabrita Reis’s creative process is driven by an omnivorous desire to recover and integrate the signs of urban and rural life alike, whether drawn from “high” or “low” culture. Using debris, discarded fragments, and anonymous everyday objects combined in unexpected yet compelling ways, he magnifies, through bold and forceful artistic gestures, the traces of what might otherwise be understood as a civilisational decline.

16 September 2026 - 15 February 2027

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1.Detail of Prometheus 14, 2023 by Pedro Cabrita Reis

2.Portrait Pedro Cabrita Reis

Photos: João Ferrand ©️ Pedro Cabrita Reis Studio

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Mittwoch	11:00 - 18:30
Donnerstag	11:00 - 18:30
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