Swissart News RSS News Feed 06.05.2012 Art 43 Basel: Art Feature: 20 gallery-curated projects The Art Feature sector at Art Basel focuses on curatorial projects presented by galleries. With 19 out of the 20 selected exhibitors not having shown in Art Feature last year, the sector's dynamic selection ensures a fresh mix of galleries and thus continues as a space for the discovery of new talent. Chosen from over 200 applications, this year's sector includes galleries from Brazil, China, Europe, South Africa, and the United States. Continue.... 06.05.2012 Kunsthaus Zürich joins forces with Fondation Hubert Looser An outstanding private collection of modern and contemporary art is coming to the Kunsthaus Zürich, thanks to a new agreement with the Fondation Hubert Looser. Focusing on Abstract Expressionism, Minimal Art and Arte Povera, the Looser Collection will be exhibited in the Kunsthaus extension on long-term loan from 2017, and will ideally complement the museum’s own holdings. Continue.... 10.04.2012 A Year In The Making: New Paintings By Val Hudson at Galerie LAST It is around six years since Val Hudson last exhibited at the gallery LAST, or indeed at any other gallery. During this time Val lived and worked at a Buddhist retreat centre in Wales, leading retreats and tending to the centre’s extensive gardens. The few paintings she produced there sold quickly to visitors and friends. Continue.... 06.04.2012 RENOIR - Between Bohemia and Bourgeoisie: The Early Years at Kunstmuseum Basel From April 1 to August 12, 2012, the spectacular exhibition Renoir. Between Bohemia and Bourgeoisie: The Early Years at the Kunstmuseum Basel will focus ... >>Continue 30.03.2012 Hermann Hesse’s dual talents in painting and poetry in the Museum of Fine Arts Berne What is little known to date is that Hermann Hesse, one of the most widely read German language authors, also produced an immense number of drawings and ... >>Continue 22.03.2012 Nationale Suisse Art Prize 2012 awarded to Kathrin Affentranger Kathrin Affentranger (born in 1984), a graduate of the Bern University of Arts, is the winner of the Nationale Suisse Art Prize 2012. The expert jury ... >>Continue

Headlines RSS Headlines Feed 02.05.2012 “Art stood for hope during and after the war” swissinfo.ch During one of his painting shows, Surkovic met and fell in love with a Swiss woman and has been living in Bern since 1999. In 1998, Swiss Interior Minister Ruth Dreifuss travelled to Sarajevo for the opening of the Bosnian National Gallery, ... Continue... 29.04.2012 Artist David Weiss dies swissinfo.ch Swiss artist David Weiss of the duo Fischli/Weiss has passed away at age 65 at his home in Zurich. Weiss, who had been suffering from cancer since last September, was considered one of the world’s top contemporary artists... Continue... 29.04.2012 Fischli/Weiss Partner David Weiss Has Died Forbes Artist David Weiss, of the art duo Fischli/Weiss, passed away yesterday, according to his gallery, Matthew Marks. Weiss was 66, and had been suffering from ... Continue... 27.04.2012 Swiss say Cezanne damaged in heist can be restored Huffington Post The director of the EG Buehrle foundation that owns the painting says the French impressionist's work "The Boy in the Red Vest" suffered rips to its canvas after it was stolen from a Zurich gallery. Lukas Gloor told a news conference in Zurich on ... Continue... 26.04.2012 Lost and found: Stolen Cezanne worth $130 million retrieved RT The $130 million Cezanne has finally found its way back to Switzerland, Serbian police report. “The Boy in the Red Vest” by prominent French impressionist Paul Cezanne was discovered in Belgrade on April 12 after local police arrested four people on ... Continue... 25.04.2012 Museum der Kulturen Basel, Switzerland: Suspended - On the Lightness of Stone SYS-CON Media The exhibition "Suspended - On the Lightness of Stone" brings together and juxtaposes anthropological issues and statements expressed through art in an inspiring, floating manner, so to speak. The exhibition "Suspended - On the Lightness of Stone" ... Continue... 24.04.2012 Stolen Cezanne handed over to Switzerland Boston.com Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said the painting was flown Monday to Switzerland on a special flight. He says "(I) hope they guard it well" from now on. The robbery was among the biggest art thefts in Europe in recent history. Continue... 21.04.2012 Swiss help design tomorrow's world swissinfo.ch The Swiss Cultural Institute houses an exhibition called “Inverse everything”, from the Geneva University of Art & Design. There the visitor is invited to experience virtual reality in a real way and vice versa. The process of seeing the world upside ... Continue... Agenda Art Exhibitions in Switzerland Newest Artist Member Ami Durussel Newest Gallery Member espaceL