Cool Kids Are Into Art: A St Moritz Guide
A curated selection of my favourite art spots in St Moritz
Through the social buzz of the Snow Polo World Cup, The ICE and NOMAD weekends, St Moritz has a quieter art layer that’s easy to miss if you don’t know where to look.
Here are my favourite spots to check out when you’re in town.
1. James Turrell Skyspace Piz Uter
This is a must-see.
Head up to Piz Uter around sunset and check the exact time on your weather app, the installation comes alive as light fades. Turrell’s work is about experience: light, sky, and perception become the piece itself.
“I like to use light as a material, but my medium is actually perception. I want you to sense yourself sensing, to see yourself seeing.” - James Turrell
For me it’s one of the most unique art spots in St. Moritz: embracing, meditative, and just unforgettable.
2. Hauser & Wirth
Right in town, Hauser & Wirth’s space always feels worth a stop, and during these weekends they usually have something compelling on.
The current Giacometti show especially resonates with the Swiss alpine setting.
3. Chesa Marchetta
Chesa Marchetta is a beautifully restored historic house with deep cultural roots. Before being brought back to life by Artfarm, run by Iwan Wirth and Manuela Wirth, co-founders of Hauser & Wirth, it was a beloved restaurant and guesthouse owned by the Godly family, frequented by artists and thinkers over the decades.
Today it’s a warm, intimate boutique hotel and restaurant with astonishing art pieces all around. The collection mixes historic and contemporary works, think of Giacometti, Philip Guston, Louise Bourgeois, Nicolas Party, you’re literally dining surrounded by great art.
Go for dinner, sit back, and let the interiors and the stories around them do a lot of the talking.
Sils Maria is often described as the cultural heart of the Engadin. Figures such as Friedrich Nietzsche, Marcel Proust, Alberto Giacometti, Thomas Mann, Hermann Hesse, Marc Chagall, and William Faulkner all spent time here.
4. Pietro Terzini Installation — The Grace La Margna Hotel
The Grace La Margna has teamed up with Italian artist Pietro Terzini to turn its façade into an ever-changing artwork.
This winter’s installation is headlined by humorous phrases that light up the building, injecting a playful, contemporary pulse into the classic alpine streetscape.
5. Carsten Höller Pink Mirror Carousel
A playful, unexpected stop.
Installed at the Kulm Hotel, this bright pink carousel by Carsten Höller is exactly what it looks like: an art piece you can sit on. It plays with perception and childhood nostalgia, it’s a fun bookend to your day.
6. Tony Kelly World
A bold, contemporary counterpoint to the more contemplative stops.
Tony Kelly’s work brings a sharp, playful energy through glossy compositions, bold colour, and a sense of irony that just works. His photographs are immediately engaging without being obvious, adding pop energy and visual confidence into the rhythm of the weekend.
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