Non-Commercial
SYSTEMS by Arab Bank Switzerland
Non-Commercial Exhibition (Corporate Collection)
Arab Bank Switzerland came to NFC 2026 as more than a collector. As co-organizer of the summit, they helped ensure the event could happen at all, while making art a central pillar of what it became.
Their exhibition, SYSTEMS, curated by Nina Roehrs, took over the entire top floor of the Art Factory. Works by Kim Asendorf, Jack Butcher, Linda Dounia, Andreas Gysin, Larva Labs, and Operator filled the industrial space, turning the flour mill architecture into an exploration of the systems that shape our world: economic, social, technological, aesthetic.
For the first time, the ABS Digital Art Prize was built around that same theme. Gretchen Andrew's Facetune portrait series won: a sharp, clear-eyed look at the mechanisms behind beauty standards.
There is no established playbook for showing digital-native art in physical space. SYSTEMS was one of the more convincing attempts at writing one.
When an institution connects its collection, its prize theme, and its curatorial vision into one coherent show, it becomes a reference point. This floor was exactly that.