Home About Vontobel Our company Art at Vontobel Art at Vontobel Photography as a mirror of the present Promoting art and integrating it into our everyday lives is a part of our corporate culture. We collect works of art from the area of contemporary photography, which we display on our premises, and support young artists by helping them realize new projects. New release “Reflections” – the first book about the Vontobel art collection with a text by photography expert Urs Stahel has arrived. ORDER NOW FREE OF CHARGE Anne Morgenstern, «First Contact», 2007 / © the Artist «A New Gaze 3» Due to the current pandemic situation, we are rescheduling the exhibition of Dongkyun Vak, winner of the Vontobel Prize for Contemporary Photography, to spring 2022. More about «A New Gaze 3» Insight into our collection Photographs can create illusions. This is what artist Anastasia Samoylova explores in her work between photography, sculpture and installation. Read more Interview This conversation with the collection curator Luisa Baselgia touches on the challenges of a corporate art collection, and on photography that inspires, and provokes - maybe sometimes even a little too much. Read more MISSION STATEMENT COLLECTION A NEW GAZE ABOUT US Mission statement The Vontobel Art Collection has its beginnings in the 1970s, during which time Dr. Hans Vontobel (1916-2016) founded the Arts Commission as a result of his passion for art. From then on, the commission, comprising art enthusiasts among Vontobel’s employees, slowly but surely built up a collection of Swiss artwork. The refocusing of the collecting strategy led in 2015 to the founding of the specialist unit “Art at Vontobel.” Specialists joined the project and built a small department, which is managed today as part of Vontobel’s entrepreneurial responsibilities. The decision to focus our efforts on contemporary photography from national and international artists ushered in a new era. From that point onwards our interest has been in the medium of photography, which gives both the collection and the sponsorship award for young contemporary photographers founded in 2017, “A New Gaze,” a clear, modern, and future-oriented direction. Art-loving representatives of the company continue to be a part of the Vontobel Arts Commission and are thus directly involved in the decision-making process. The renowned Zurich photography expert and exhibition organizer Urs Stahel helps to shape the collection and its projects as an adviser. The Head Curator of “Art at Vontobel” is Luisa Baselgia. ﻿ 1 of 4 Paul Graham, «End of an Age #42» und «End of an Age #39», 1997 / © the Artist / Photo: Dirk Weiss < > Corporate Responsibility Promoting art has always been a part of our corporate culture. We firmly believe that art and culture are important, even indispensable, agents of a functioning society, which allow the development of experimentation with many practical and theoretical approaches to producing art. We want to support these creative methods of thinking and producing. It is art that affords us a new perspective as observers, that challenges us, or simply delights us. Works of art enrich daily life, enable dialogue decoupled from the day-to-day working routine: a change of perspective. By exhibiting and collecting works of art, we wish to create an inspiring environment with long-lasting value for our employees and our customers. Newsletter Are you interested in Vontobel's commitment to the arts? Subscribe to our newsletter, and we will keep you informed about activities in our collection, the Vontobel prize for contemporary photography “A New Gaze”, and upcoming events. 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