Switzerland - Finestre sull'Arte

At the Vincenzo Vela Museum, a video installation pays homage to the Swiss artist. Interview with Adriano Kestenholz

In celebration of its first birthday, the Mendrisiotto Art Museum Network, which includes the Vincenzo Vela Museum, the m.a.x. museo in Chiasso, the Mendrisio Art Museum, the Pinacoteca Cantonale Giovanni Züst in Rancate and the Arch...
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An exhibition of women-only art from 1870 to the present is coming to Switzerland

From Sept. 19, 2021 to Jan. 2, 2022, the Fondation Beyeler in Basel, Switzerland, is organizing the exhibition Close-up, an exhibition documenting women-onlyart from 1870 to the present: Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Lotte Las...
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In Switzerland the first-ever exhibition on Giovanni Segantini's portraiture

Kick off the first-ever exhibition on the portraiture of one of the greatest masters of the second half of the 19th century, Giovanni Segantini (Arco, 1858 - Pontresina, 1899). The exhibition, titled Giovanni Segantini master of portraiture, ...
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Canton Ticino was among the avant-garde of the 20th century. Should the history of abstract art be rewritten?

Seemingly off the main routes, there are places that more than others, due to a close conjuncture of events, fully embody the "spirit of the times": in German, Zeitgeist is a sublime word that sums up the values and spirit that inform an era....
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In 16th-century Switzerland, people went to spas: here's what 16th-century spas looked like

One of the most curious paintings to be encountered at the Kunstmuseum in Basel, Switzerland, is an engaging scene of a bath at a spa: its author is the Alsatian painter Hans Bock (Saverne, 1550 - Basel, 1624), and the painting dates from 1597. I...
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Switzerland's cities: which ones to visit and what to see for an art-filled trip and more

Switzerland is not only unspoiled landscapes; it boasts as many as twenty-two cities that stand out and are appreciated by the Italian public for their quality of life and rich cultural and recreational offerings. Small in size, they are well con...
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