Mirrors. The Reflected Self

17 May — 22 Sep 2019 at the Museum Rietberg in Zurich, Switzerland

15 March 2019

Mirrors. Courtesy of Museum Rietberg

Based on 200 artworks from museums and collections around the world, photographs and scenes from movies.

This exhibition, for the first time, presents a comprehensive history of the mirror reaching back eight thousand years: mirror images and self-awareness, vanity, beauty, mysticism and magic, protection and defence, and today’s most fashionable mirror – the selfie.

Museum Rietberg

The Museum Rietberg, one of the largest art museums in Switzerland, is administered by the City of Zurich. With a focus on the traditional and contemporary arts and cultures of Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Oceania, it has some 32,600 objects and 49,000 photographs in its collections. Most of the objects are on public display, either in the museum’s galleries or in its open storeroom.

Museum profile

Location

Zurich, Switzerland

Founded in

1852