Alpine Slow Art

When Muzeum Susch opened in 2018, it declared its intentions clearly: in this Alpine setting, a dedicated team of curators and researchers would explore new narratives, unearth overlooked stories of female artistic achievement, and champion experimentation in exhibition-making and writing. But the real shift happened underground. In collaboration with architects Chasper Schmidlin and Lukas Voellmy, gallery spaces were carved directly from the mountain rock below the medieval monastery complex. Nearly 9,000 tonnes of stone were moved. Four floors were created within the depths of the earth.

That the galleries are hewn from stone is more than architectural ambition. It’s a statement. Art history is not fixed. It can be cut open, re-examined, reshaped. Women are breaking down walls – literal and metaphorical – that confined them for far too long. Monographic presentations of women artists from the past take on a particular intensity here. Set within centuries-old stone, they resonate differently. Deeper. Slower.

With Muzeum Susch, founder Grażyna Kulczyk also shaped a concept: slow art. This is not a museum you pass through between lunch and the next appointment. You come here deliberately. The journey is part of it. The valley, the river, the silence. Inside, time stretches.

You are given space to immerse yourself – in the art, in the architecture, in the weight of the historic walls and the energy of the rock. In a village where mountains feel immovable, Muzeum Susch reminds us that even stone can be reworked. That narratives can shift. That what was once overlooked can take centre stage.

To discover the current exhibitions and programme, visit the muzeum via the link.