The Nestlé Art Collection is mainly located at the headquarter En Bergère in Vevey and at the Musée Jenisch Vevey
Launch year:
1960
Number of artworks:
300
Status of collection:
International
Artistic domain:
The Nestlé Art Collection gathers international artists, graphic art and site specific art.
At the headquarter are located site specific artworks that were concieved according to the building (Ellsworth Kelly, Luciano Fabro, Per Kirkeby, Ulrich Rückriem) and international artists such as Alighiero Boetti, Alexander Calder, Eduardo Chillida, Fischli&Weiss etc.
At the Musée Jenisch Vevey, the collection gathers drawings and prints of international artists such as Constantin Brancusi, Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, Jean Tinguely, Richard Tuttle, Guy de Cointet, ulla von Brandenburg etc.
Commission program / Site-specific order(s) :
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Since 2016 the Nestlé Art Prize awards a young artist whose work is innovative. The first winner was Charlotte Herzig (*1983, Vevey). Besides an amount of money, the winner gets the opportunitiy to have a show at the wellnes centre and gives one to three artworks to the collection.
About the company
Launch year:
1960