The art scene has come a long way in the Saanenland over the past few years. You may have noticed galleries popping up here and there, offering all forms of art from contemporary to impressionism, sculpture, photography and much more besides.
Join GstaadLife as we stroll through Gstaad village and explore the range of exhibitions on offer this winter season. Whether you’re an experienced collector, a complete novice or simply at a loose end on a snowy afternoon, there’s something for everyone in Gstaad’s galleries.

Maddox

We begin our tour at the river end of the Promenade with a visit to the Maddox Gallery. Housed in a traditional Alpine chalet, the exhibition space is split over two floors. It has a light and airy appeal and feels incredibly welcoming.
Each season this gallery hosts exhibitions designed to appeal to a wide range of collectors and visitors and this winter is no exception. From 17 December to 7 February the gallery is hosting ‘The Glamour Game’, a solo exhibition by Russell Young. His artworks are parables, seducing us with their siren-like beauty while daring us to look beneath. Grace Kelly’s American Dream, Kate Moss’s Cool Britannia, Gen-Z’s rebooted Marilyn and Elvis – they all go into Young’s pop-art cocktail shaker to be both celebrated and deconstructed, refracted through a colour palette with the electric energy of punk and new wave. ‘The Glamour Game’ is full of seduction, desire, beauty and danger.

Promenade 7, 3780, Gstaad info@maddoxgallery.ch | +41 33 748 36 62

Simple Gallery

A few steps along the Promenade will bring you to the Simple Gallery. Here you’ll find a fresh, humorous take on pop art and animal culture – especially cows, which are present in abundance and in every possible physical form and colour. Hosting a multitude of artists including Charles Fazzino (3D Art), Greg Holt (paintings), Jörg Döring (pop art), Marianne Kindt (paintings) and Vincenzo Romanelli (animal sculptures) and many more, this gallery exhibits items across the price spectrum, making art accessible to everyone.

Promenade 9, 3780, Gstaad contact@simplegallery.ch | +41 79 557 63 79

Bel-Air Fine Art

Tucked along the little alleyway between Ralph Lauren and the Hotel Olden, the Bel-Air Fine Art Gallery is a hidden gem. It attaches great value to presenting a rich selection of internationally acclaimed and emerging contemporary artists from different artistic movements and is not to be missed. This winter the gallery will be hosting the very first exhibition of contemporary Colombian artist Santiago Montoya and British contemporary photographer Harry Skeggs. Collectors will also find pieces by artists such as American sculptor Carole A. Feuerman, Chinese artists Zhuang Hong Yi and Danhôo, plus British master of art and illusion Patrick Hughes and one of the most famous street artists ‘Mr Brainwash’.

Promenade 25/27 – Gstaadplatz, 3780 Gstaad gstaad@belairfineart.com | +41 33 744 66 00

Patricia Low Contemporary

As we continue along the Promenade and cross beneath the railway bridge, we reach Patricia Low Contemporary. Located across two floors of exhibition space, this is a gallery committed to showing artists at pivotal moments in their careers as well as established practitioners.
From 26 December – 10 February the gallery is launching the world premiere of Gilbert & George’s new work ‘The Corpsing Pictures’. This exhibition features 17 large-scale works that offer a direct confrontation to the transience of life and death and includes images of the artists themselves wearing bright red suits. If you want to have your senses dazzled, this is for you. And if you’re interested in learning more, the exhibition is accompanied with an essay by Michael Bracewell.

Promenade 55, 3780 Gstaad | gallery@patricialow.com
+41 33 744 88 04

Studio Naegeli

A few steps further along the Promenade we come to Studio Naegli. From 17 December – 20 January, this gallery is hosting ‘Crossing Dimensions’, an exhibition which features bright monochrome paper-based works by Tashi Brauen, a Swiss artist with Tibetan background, collages and drawings by the conceptual author and artist Chris Bünter from Zurich, and a series of black and white photographs by Anna-Lena Winterberger, a young artist from the Saanenland, plus contributions from residency artist-designers Pierre & Cedric Koukjian and Anthony Bannwart.
Across this exhibition the artists explore different dimensions and boundaries between their disciplines and art media. The focus on photography in this exhibition is significant, not least serving as a tribute to Jacques Naegeli. In addition to the stunning mystery of Anna-Lena’s black and white winter mountain series “Velvet”, the influence of photography as a media also plays a major role in Tashi Braun's work.

Promenade 61, 3780 Gstaad info@studionaegeli.com | +41 76 472 50 60

Gagosian

We make our final stop at the Gagosian Gallery, opposite the ice rink. Featuring the works of Stanley Whitney under the title ‘Paintings on Paper’, this exhibition comprises gouaches (for the uninitiated: a water-based matte paint in opaque colours) created by the artist between 2015 and 2021. In the exhibited works, Whitney translates the square format of his large-scale canvas paintings to smaller works on paper. This gives the impression of structure beneath a dynamic and unpredictable use of colour and space. The vibrant hues are stunning and the images clearly demonstrate Whitney’s interest in the relationship between colour and geometry.

Promenade 79, 3780 Gstaad gstaad@gagosian.com | +41 33 748 49 80

Time for one more? Try our secret bonus tip …

This concludes our mini gallery tour of Gstaad, but if you still have some energy left, we have a secret bonus tip. Head up to Le Grand Chalet hotel (located on the hill overlooking the village) where you can gaze on four of the Marilyn Monroe screen prints created by Andy Warhol in 1967. And while you’re there, why not put your feet up and treat yourself to some well-earned refreshments?

ANNA CHARLES