The Cabaret Voltaire is the birthplace of the Dada movement, which emerged in Zurich in 1916 and, in the midst of the war, awakened the need to question the present with new artistic forms. Today, its cross-disciplinary legacy remains at the centre. With its temporary exhibitions or Soirées, the house is as a platform for contemporary arts and debates.
Since its renovation in 2022, the Cabaret Voltaire has had both a bar in the Historic Hall and the Artists' Pub in the entrance area, which is occupied by an artistic position for a year at a time. The Dada library on the first floor contains important Dada publications and can be used as a workplace during the day.
Katalin Ladik, Babi Badalov, Hugo Ball, Emmy Hennings, Tristan Tzara, Marcel Janco, Marietta di Monaco, Richard Huelsenbeck, Hans Arp, Hans Richter, Maria ...
until 10.01.2027
Cabaret Voltaire
«Michael Taussig: "Postcards for Mia" – The role of images in ethnographic notebooks and in our ways of thinking»
The Chair of Art in Space and Time, ETH Zurich (Prof. Dr. Rosa Barba), the Master Cultural Critique, Curatorial Studies, ZHdK (Prof. Dr. Anselm Maria ...
until 22.11.2026
Cabaret Voltaire
«Dada unlesbar»
How can Dadaist nonsense texts be read (aloud)?
An evening of poems, songs and text fragments, featuring performances by Ariane von Graffenried and Fatima ...
15.11.2026
17:00
Cabaret Voltaire
‘FINTA*TAINMENT’
Our open stage for FINTA* people who want to showcase something new, untried or experimental – EVERYONE is warmly welcome in the audience! What makes it ...
16.12.2026
19:00
Cabaret Voltaire
Stefan Burger, «Narcissus, zentrales Höhlengrau, Erbse, Flamingo» (I&II)
Stefan Burger (*1977) exhibits two luminaire objects in the library which will light up the room as well as the visitors’ moods. The sculptures, made from ...
