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A look at the week in arts and culture with Jane Seckel, Aoife Rosenmeyer, Cristina Foglia and Pascale Hartmann:
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Arts CH: Pierre Bonnard works now in BaselTuesday, 31 January, 2012Michele Laird takes us to Basel where the uplifting exhibition of French Impressionist Pierre Bonnard is now on display at Fondation Beyeler through May 13:
Arts CH: Press photography flashes back through decadesTuesday, 24 January, 2012For the first time, the Swiss National Museum is giving us a peak inside press images from two Swiss photo agencies dating back to 1940—billed as a fascinating selection of significant events, unforgettable moments, celebrity snaps and portraits of everyday people. Aoife Rosenmeyer has details:
Arts CH: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande previews their tourTuesday, 17 January, 2012Arts contributor Richard Cole reviews a couple of performances by the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) as part of their usual run-up before going on tour. The OSR will be touring Russia for the first time and previewing their work in concerts at Geneva’s Victoria Hall later this week:
Arts CH: Ticino institute i2A opens its doors to young artistsTuesday, 10 January, 2012Arts contributor Cristina Foglia takes us to the Lake of Lugano, in the charming village of Vico Morcote, where a new cultural institute, born from an old residence for American architecture students, is opening its spaces to local and international artists. Foglia talks to Ludovica Molo, program director of the i2A center:
Arts CH: A dazzling collection of watchmaking in GenevaTuesday, 3 January, 2012The Museum of Art and History in Geneva brings together over 1,000 objects from its collection of watches, clocks, enamelware, miniatures and jewellery dating as far back as the 16th century. Arts contributor Jane Seckel describes all the golden treasures, both little and large, found there, including her favorite pieces, the winding keys:
Arts CH: A photographic history of counterculture at Musée de l'ElyséeTuesday, 20 December, 2011Arts contributor Aoife Rosenmeyer visits the Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne to discover what counterculture is through their latest photo exhibition. She talks to curator Daniel Girardin, who explains the origins of this movement, and how it helped photographers take a critical stance in art:
Arts CH: Small Ticino clubs keep jazz flowing throughout the winterTuesday, 13 December, 2011After the film festival in Lugano, big name pop-rock concerts in the Piazza Grande and JazzAscona, Ticino may seem a quieter place during winter. However, music is still flowing and small clubs keep the cultural scene alive. Arts contributor Cristina Foglia takes you through the jazz season at La Fabbrica, Losone:
Arts CH: Glittering glass sculptures in GenevaTuesday, 6 December, 2011Jane Seckel visits two rather glittering, spectacular and fragile exhibits at the Ariana Museum, which specializes in ceramics and glassware, in Geneva. One exhibit shows off the fine artistry of a private Venetian glass collection, while the other moves the imagination with wild sculptures by the Swiss / American glass-making duo Monica Guggisberg (Berne) and Philip Baldwin (New York):
Arts CH: Les Urbaines festival in LausanneTuesday, 29 November, 2011Lausanne is hosting an unusual festival this weekend across 20 different venues. Arts correspondent Michelle Laird spoke to Les Urbaines director Patrick de Rham about the festival, now in its 15th year:
Arts CH: A tale of two very different operasTuesday, 22 November, 2011Richard Cole brings us reviews of two very different operas—Bellini’s Norma in Lausanne and Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio in Geneva—both of which worked well: