Swissart News RSS News Feed 04.02.2012 Kunstmuseum Bern 2012: Art analog and digital The Kunstmuseum Bern is presenting a highly varied exhibition program in 2012. With our guests Sean Scully, Antonio Saura, and Zarina Bhimji, we are featuring internationally renowned artists. Furthermore, we will be presenting artists closely affiliated to Bern, as is the case with Meret Oppenheim, Johannes Itten, Paul Klee, Hermann Hesse, and Otto Nebel. The photographers Marco Grob, Fritz Hiepler and David Brunier will launch our annual program. In 2012, the Kunstmuseum Bern is pursuing new avenues by expanding its use of social media channels to bring art analog and digitally to a broader audience. Continue.... 04.02.2012 ROMAN SIGNER Street Views and Super 8 Films in the Aargauer Kunsthaus The Aargauer Kunsthaus kicks off the new year with a large one-man exhibition of internationally renowned Swiss artist Roman Signer. The idea for this monographic exhibition at the Aargauer Kunsthaus arose from a desire to introduce a wider public to the artist’s photo series Street Views, which was acquired in 2011. The photographs of this series are juxtaposed with thirty-six projections of super 8 films that Roman Signer made between 1975 and 1989 to document actions, in most cases quite spectacular ones. Continue.... 16.01.2012 Au fil des collections from Tiepolo to Degas With over a hundred works, Au fil des collections, de Tiepolo a Degas sheds new light on the rarely shown collection of the Fondation de l'Hermitage. Focusing on the museum’s masterpieces (including Tiepolo, Bocion, Sisley, Degas, Vuillard, Vallotton, Valadon, Braque and Magritte), the exhibition brings these works face to face, in an innovative dialogue, with other gems from public and private Swiss collections, often being exhibited for the first time. Continue.... 22.12.2011 Suspension of the Lacoste Elysée Prize 2011 The Musée de l’Elysée has decided to suspend the organisation of the Lacoste Elysée Prize 2011. Introduced in 2010 to sustain young photographers ... >>Continue 22.12.2011 Kunsthaus Zürich presents Albert Welti – Landscape in Pastel From 16 December 2011 to 4 March 2012 the Kunsthaus Zürich is staging a cabinet exhibition of colourful landscapes by the Swiss painter, graphic artist ... >>Continue 16.12.2011 Cindy Sherman to receive 2012 Roswitha Haftmann Prize The 2012 Roswitha Haftmann Prize – the best endowed art award in Europe – goes to the American artist Cindy Sherman. There is also a special prize for ... >>Continue

Headlines RSS Headlines Feed 04.02.2012 Migrations: Journeys into British Art, Tate Britain The Arts Desk Jump to the eighteenth century and the era of the Grand Tour, when a sojourn in Rome was considered an essential part of an artist's education. Neo-classicism swept the western world; Angelica Kauffmann, who was born in Switzerland but spent time in ... Continue... 31.01.2012 A portrait of the artist as a global entrepreneur Boston.com (blog) Today she proudly resides in the world's highest altitude and Switzerland's only free sculpture park. When I returned from Switzerland this summer, I presented a solo show in Provincetown at Gallery Ehva, called Birds of a Feather, which was very ... Continue... 26.01.2012 Students get abstract with Bechtler artist Charlotte Observer Privately held by the Bechtler family of Switzerland until the museum opened in January 2010, the museum's 1400-piece collection spans more than 70 years of art history. It focuses on influential mid-20th century artists, such as Picasso and Andy ... Continue... 24.01.2012 Capturing the world through photography, video and multimedia Los Angeles Times Davos, Switzerland — An Occupy WEF protester builds an igloo to protest against the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Swiss Alpine resort. Some 1600 economic and political leaders, including 40 heads of states and governments, will be asked to ... Continue... 23.01.2012 First solo show in the UK by Swiss artist Raphael Hefti at Camden Arts Centre Art Daily Consisting of large scale objects and photograms installed in Gallery 3 and the Central Space, Raphael Hefti runs at Camden Arts Centre from 20 January until 18 March 2012. Subtraction as Addition is a work that comes out of the Luxar coating process, ... Continue... 22.01.2012 Old Village Gets New Look With Lang/Baumann Geometric Street Art Huffington Post That is why this gigantic piece of street art by Lang/Bauman is so jarring. The electric geometric pattern pops out against the old-town village of Vercorin, Switzerland. Every year the town challenges artists to create artworks which involve the ... Continue... 21.01.2012 Saving the World One Art Poster at a Time Huffington Post At the World Economic Forum's meeting in Davos, Switzerland, 1990, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, then president of the Bellerive Foundation, solicited Arnoldi to create a limited series art poster to elicit funding for saving the Alps. While mountains may ... Continue... 21.01.2012 COC Gallery to Exhibit Important Abstract Expressionist SCVNEWS.com Having immigrated to New York from Switzerland in 1924, Burkhardt participated in the genesis of what would become the “New York School” and the beginning of the Abstract Expressionist movement. The artist's work shifted upon his move to Los Angeles in ... Continue... Agenda Art Exhibitions in Switzerland Newest Artist Member Dayan Newest Gallery Member espaceL