Programme 2024

‘Collecting Works’ is an original UBS content series dedicated to art philanthropy. These beautifully produced, on-location video interviews engage art collectors who play an active, responsible role in support of arts, culture and education worldwide.

COLLECTING WORKS: Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo 5:16 min

The author and collector reflects on the importance of supporting young artists, and how connecting the art community at large is central to the mission of her art foundation.

COLLECTING WORKS: Estrellita Brodsky 4:52 min

In episode two of our series 'Collecting Works', Estrellita Brodsky talks about how some of her collection found a better space in the public realm rather than at home and her mission to bring Latin American artists to a broader audience.

COLLECTING WORKS: Hasnaine Yavarhoussen 4:12 min

“I truly believe that this is just the beginning.” How the business leader came to spearhead the Madagascan art movement…

COLLECTING WORKS: Nadia and Rajeeb Samdani 4:16 min

“Our mission is to share art with everyone.” Discover how the Bangladeshi art collectors are building a foundation which impacts generations to come.

COLLECTING WORKS: AFIELD 4.39 min

This new episode in our “Collecting Works” series, introduces AFIELD, an international network of collectors, curators and artists creating tangible and long-term impact in their communities.

COLLECTING WORKS: David and Indrė Roberts 5:58 min

In the first episode of this new video series, art collectors David and Indrė Roberts share their collecting journey.

We are delighted to partner with Louisiana Channel to screen a number of video interviews recorded with artists exhibiting at CHART 2024.

Per Bak Jensen – 'Life Itself Unfolding' [38:29]

Meet one of the most renowned photographers of our time, Danish Per Bak Jensen, who reflects upon life in photography in this very personal interview. “What I’d like people to experience when they see my pictures is a request for calm. A request for silence. Perhaps even meditation.”

Nanna Debois Buhl – 'Time Travelling with Photography' [09:32]

Nanna Debois Buhl is a Danish visual artist, who works with photographs, installations, films, site-specific works in public spaces, and artist’s books. Buhl discusses her project ‘Cloud Behaviour’ (2018), where she photographed clouds and processed them in a colour developer.

Lawrence Weiner – 'The Means to Answer Questions' [12:20]

American artist Lawrence Weiner is regarded as a founding figure of Postminimalism’s Conceptual arm in the 1960s. In this interview Weiner philosophises on how the artist can present things people might not have noticed. Art is not meant to answer questions, but rather to ask them.

We are delighted to partner with Louisiana Channel to screen a number of video interviews recorded with artists exhibiting at CHART 2024.

Mamma Andersson – 'Painting as Weapons' [24:53]

Mamma Andersson takes us on a tour of her studio and her extensive library of books and images that inspire her paintings – from Edward Munch to images of stripping athletes who embody the act of painting.

Inuuteq Storch – 'Who We Are' [17:22]

For Inuuteq Storch found images and archive projects have developed into a project where he wants to tell Greenland history from the Greenlandic perspective, “because many of the documents and photos we have are by people who came to Greenland.”

Ebbe Stub Wittrup – 'Who Owns Culture?' [18:08]

Ebbe Stub Wittrup works across a wide range of media – from photography to sculpture. He invests a lot of energy into researching his projects and seeks to find parallels for example in the botanical and historical world.

We are delighted to partner with Louisiana Channel to screen a number of video interviews recorded with artists exhibiting at CHART 2024.

Roni Horn – 'Saying Water' [39:11]

Have you ever stood by a river and stared into the black water? In this video acclaimed artist Roni Horn takes us down by the riverside, performing a powerful 40 minute monologue based on her associations with water, including tales of sex and murder.

Karin Sander – 'The Brutality of Walls' [07:25]

Karin Sander, born in Bensberg, lives in Berlin and Zurich. In her artistic practice, she questions given situations in relation to their structural, social and historical contexts and makes them visible using a range of media.

Sigurður Guðmundsson – 'There is No Visual Language' [13:59]

As an Icelandic artist, poetry and literature is inevitable, according to Sigurður Guðmundsson. In the video, he shares his philosophies on art and love.

We are delighted to partner with Louisiana Channel to screen a number of video interviews recorded with artists exhibiting at CHART 2024.

Tal R – ':' [47:42]

Tal R, on the brink of turning fifty, looks forwards as well as backwards and shares what being an artist and a human being means to him, and why the two can’t be separated.

John Kørner – 'How We Behave' [11:42]

Contemporary life takes center stage in the art of Danish John Kørner – colourful, anonymous figures interact, turning daily life into a vibrant force – and an ”expression of a problem man must endure.”

We are delighted to partner with Louisiana Channel to screen a number of video interviews recorded with artists exhibiting at CHART 2024.

Sophie Calle – 'Conversation with the Nameless' [34:57]

A conversation about “self-burial” between artist Sophie Calle and a man without identity. In this video the two artists meet for the first time, to discuss an artistic idea which they have discovered that they share: arranging and attending your own funeral.

Wardell Milan – 'Retreat or Engage' [10:51]

Wardell Milan brings a photographically trained eye to his drawings, collages, dioramas, and works on paper. In his practice, he explores themes of personal identity and the physicality of the body, often drawing inspiration from sports culture, pornography, and fashion.

Frida Orupabo – 'Now You Can See Me' [13:10]

Growing up in Norway Frida Orupabo was hungry for images that would resemble her. Today she works with found images in order to create new realities that reflect who she is.

We are delighted to partner with Louisiana Channel to screen a number of video interviews recorded with artists exhibiting at CHART 2024.

Ragnar Kjartansson – 'I'm Not an Authentic Human Being' [44:14]

Icelandic visual artist Ragnar Kjartansson’s world of art, is filled with clichés. And he’s not afraid to use them. From a heartbroken crooner in a white suit to a half a year performance as a macho painter, Kjartansson gives a tour into his oeuvre and his studio space.

Richard Deacon – 'It Doesn't Have an End' [14:16]

“I like messing around with materials,” says the hugely influential Turner Prize-winning sculptor Richard Deacon in this video. Watch him talk about his diverse approaches to making abstract sculptures in a vast catalogue of materials.

We are delighted to partner with Louisiana Channel to screen a number of video interviews recorded with artists exhibiting at CHART 2024.

Kirsten Ortwed – 'I am not interested in Beauty' [19:08]

Kirsten Ortwed (b. 1948) is a Danish artist. Ortwed is particularly noted for her striking sculptures in public spaces and her often unusual combination of materials.

We are delighted to partner with Louisiana Channel to screen a number of video interviews recorded with artists exhibiting at CHART 2024.

Sophie Calle – 'Conversation with the Nameless' [34:57]

A conversation about “self-burial” between artist Sophie Calle and a man without identity. In this video the two artists meet for the first time, to discuss an artistic idea which they have discovered that they share: arranging and attending your own funeral.

Wardell Milan – 'Retreat or Engage' [10:51]

Wardell Milan brings a photographically trained eye to his drawings, collages, dioramas, and works on paper. In his practice, he explores themes of personal identity and the physicality of the body, often drawing inspiration from sports culture, pornography, and fashion.

Frida Orupabo – 'Now You Can See Me' [13:10]

Growing up in Norway Frida Orupabo was hungry for images that would resemble her. Today she works with found images in order to create new realities that reflect who she is.

We are delighted to partner with Louisiana Channel to screen a number of video interviews recorded with artists exhibiting at CHART 2024.

Per Bak Jensen – 'Life Itself Unfolding' [38:29]

Meet one of the most renowned photographers of our time, Danish Per Bak Jensen, who reflects upon life in photography in this very personal interview. “What I’d like people to experience when they see my pictures is a request for calm. A request for silence. Perhaps even meditation.”

Nanna Debois Buhl – 'Time Travelling with Photography' [09:32]

Nanna Debois Buhl is a Danish visual artist, who works with photographs, installations, films, site-specific works in public spaces, and artist’s books. Buhl discusses her project ‘Cloud Behaviour’ (2018), where she photographed clouds and processed them in a colour developer.

Lawrence Weiner – 'The Means to Answer Questions' [12:20]

American artist Lawrence Weiner is regarded as a founding figure of Postminimalism’s Conceptual arm in the 1960s. In this interview Weiner philosophises on how the artist can present things people might not have noticed. Art is not meant to answer questions, but rather to ask them.

We are delighted to partner with Louisiana Channel to screen a number of video interviews recorded with artists exhibiting at CHART 2024.

Roni Horn – 'Saying Water' [39:11]

Have you ever stood by a river and stared into the black water? In this video acclaimed artist Roni Horn takes us down by the riverside, performing a powerful 40 minute monologue based on her associations with water, including tales of sex and murder.

Karin Sander – 'The Brutality of Walls' [07:25]

Karin Sander, born in Bensberg, lives in Berlin and Zurich. In her artistic practice, she questions given situations in relation to their structural, social and historical contexts and makes them visible using a range of media.

Sigurður Guðmundsson – 'There is No Visual Language' [13:59]

As an Icelandic artist, poetry and literature is inevitable, according to Sigurður Guðmundsson. In the video, he shares his philosophies on art and love.

We are delighted to partner with Louisiana Channel to screen a number of video interviews recorded with artists exhibiting at CHART 2024.

Tal R – ':' [47:42]

Tal R, on the brink of turning fifty, looks forwards as well as backwards and shares what being an artist and a human being means to him, and why the two can’t be separated.

John Kørner – 'How We Behave' [11:42]

Contemporary life takes center stage in the art of Danish John Kørner – colourful, anonymous figures interact, turning daily life into a vibrant force – and an ”expression of a problem man must endure.”

We are delighted to partner with Louisiana Channel to screen a number of video interviews recorded with artists exhibiting at CHART 2024.

Mamma Andersson – 'Painting as Weapons' [24:53]

Mamma Andersson takes us on a tour of her studio and her extensive library of books and images that inspire her paintings – from Edward Munch to images of stripping athletes who embody the act of painting.

Inuuteq Storch – 'Who We Are' [17:22]

For Inuuteq Storch found images and archive projects have developed into a project where he wants to tell Greenland history from the Greenlandic perspective, “because many of the documents and photos we have are by people who came to Greenland.”

Ebbe Stub Wittrup – 'Who Owns Culture?' [18:08]

Ebbe Stub Wittrup works across a wide range of media – from photography to sculpture. He invests a lot of energy into researching his projects and seeks to find parallels for example in the botanical and historical world.

We are delighted to partner with Louisiana Channel to screen a number of video interviews recorded with artists exhibiting at CHART 2024.

Ragnar Kjartansson – 'I'm Not an Authentic Human Being' [44:14]

Icelandic visual artist Ragnar Kjartansson’s world of art, is filled with clichés. And he’s not afraid to use them. From a heartbroken crooner in a white suit to a half a year performance as a macho painter, Kjartansson gives a tour into his oeuvre and his studio space.

Richard Deacon – 'It Doesn't Have an End' [14:16]

“I like messing around with materials,” says the hugely influential Turner Prize-winning sculptor Richard Deacon in this video. Watch him talk about his diverse approaches to making abstract sculptures in a vast catalogue of materials.