[10] In 1979, twenty years after the original publication of Naked Lunch, American writer and visual artist William S. Burroughs gave a reading from the book at the gallery.
The movements were influenced by the Zürcher Schule der Konkreten and artists such as Max Bill, Camille Graeser, Verena Loewensberg, and Richard Paul Lohse.
During his visit, together with the German collector Christian Bernet, von Bartha acquired 180 works directly from the artists' studios, marking the gallery's international breakthrough with acquisitions by MoMA, Centre Pompidou, Musée de Grenoble, and the Guggenheim Museum.
In the mid-1990s, Miklos von Bartha met French constructivist painter Aurélie Nemours in her Paris studio, whose work became a cornerstone of the gallery's program.
In 2016 the group exhibition Surrealism & Beyond, a special project curated by Margareta von Bartha, with works by René Magritte, André Breton, Yves Laloy, Man Ray, Marcel Jean, Otto Tschumi, Toyen, Hannah Höch, Scottie Wilson, Jindrich Styrsky, Wim Delvoye, Pierre Molinier, and Kurt Seligmann took place at Schertlingasse 16 in Basel.
Further presentations were devoted to Ricardo Alcaide, Mike Meiré, François Morellet, Landon Metz, Karim Noureldin, Boris Rebetez, and Claudia Wieser, amongst others.
A group exhibition, Unterschiedswesen, curated by Fabian Schöneich brought together works by artists such as Heidi Bucher, Julia Haller, Oliver Laric, Sam Moyer, Sarah Oppenheimer, and Danh Vo in 2019.
[21] The gallery was reimagined by Swiss architects Lukas Voellmy and Chasper Schmidlin, who later built Muzeum Susch in the Engadine for Polish entrepreneur and art collector Grażyna Kulczyk.
Wall Floor Piece curated by Reto Thüring and Stefan von Bartha, brought together emerging artists such as Athene Galiciadis, Boris Rebetez, Karim Noureldin, and Pedro Wirz amongst others.
Do Like Drawing, curated by Karim Noureldin showcased works by Alvar Aalto, Auguste Herbin, Terry Haggerty, Victor Vasarely, Henri Matisse, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Robertson Käppeli, and Aurélie Nemours.
[34] The exhibition program has focused on artists such as Claudia Wieser, Landon Metz, Andrew Bick, Marina Adams, Bob and Roberta Smith, Athene Galiciadis, Francisco Sierra, John Wood & Paul Harrison, Ursula Reuter Christiansen, and Terry Haggerty.
[35] In 2022, the Municipality of St. Moritz unveiled a large-scale graphic installation titled WELCOME by American artist Barbara “Bobbie” Stauffacher Solomon along the shores of Lake St.
[37] In the same year, Claudia Wieser created a monumental sculpture titled But Round My Chair the Children Run, which was featured in La Cinquième Saison by Paris+ par Art Basel, a group exhibition at the Jardin des Tuileries produced in collaboration with the Musée du Louvre.