Cluster: Swiss Identity

Hans Steiner (ORIGINAL)

This content was published on Feb 10, 2011 350 characters. Hans Steiners fotografische Tätigkeit war breit gefächert. Er war ein gesuchter Porträtist, so fotografierte er oft Politiker und andere öffentliche Personen. 1938 schuf er das Porträt von Henri Guisan, das später zum offiziellen Generals-Bild avancierte. Im Auftrag des Bundesrates stellte er 1954 ein Erinnerungsalbum über Bern und die Schweiz für den Kaiser Haile…

Bolshoi Ballet

This content was published on Feb 10, 2011 The Bolshoi is performing in Lausanne at the launch of the first Russian Cultural Festival.

ART: Picasso. The Power of Eros

This content was published on Feb 10, 2011 A collection of prints from the Georges Bloch Collection illustrate how Pablo Picasso continually and intensely experimented with varied methods of printing. The heart of the exhibition embraces the desiring and desirable female body.

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Switzerland disappoint against Malta

This content was published on Feb 10, 2011 Although 163 in the Fifa world rankings, home team Malta dominated Switzerland (ranked 22) throughout the match, with the visitors unable to score from two penalties. Shots on goal by Alex Frei and Gökhan Inler were efficiently defended by Maltese goalkeeper Justin Haber. Switzerland also suffered injury setbacks with Stéphane Grichting leaving the field with…

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ART: Hotel Sarkis

This content was published on Feb 10, 2011 The Hôtel Sarkis exhibition, brings together a set of two hundred works created by conceptual artist Sarkis (Sarkis Zabunyan). With installations, photography, watercolor and video, the artist joins art and cinema with the intellectual traditions of East and West. Originally from Turkey, Sarkis has lived in Paris since 1962. Monthly museum guided tours in English available.

Pirouettes launch Russian cultural invasion

This content was published on Feb 10, 2011 Since the idea of a Festival of Russian Culture in Switzerland was officially welcomed by the two countries’ presidents in Sochi last year, preparations have been underway to create a diverse and stimulating programme. “We hope the public in Switzerland really appreciate it,” a Russian embassy spokesman told swissinfo.ch. “Everybody interested in Russian culture will…

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Missing twins spotted on Corsican ferry

This content was published on Feb 9, 2011 The six-year-old twins and their father were seen by several people on board the Marseille-Propriano ferry on the night of January 31. The father was also spotted leaving ferry the following morning, accompanied by two girls who could not be positively identified, Swiss police said. It is the first confirmed sighting of the twins since…

Culture

Donat Fisch Quartett: Lappland

This content was published on Feb 9, 2011 Tundra Donat Fisch Quartett

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Deiss convenes UN disaster risk debate

This content was published on Feb 9, 2011 It is the first debate on an urgent global issue that Deiss has convened as the 2011 president of the General Assembly. In his opening speech he said the planet was experiencing an increase in natural disasters and people’s livelihoods were under threat. Switzerland was also represented at the debate on Wednesday by Toni Frisch,…

Culture

Native Americans seen through Swiss eyes

This content was published on Feb 9, 2011 Karl Bodmer, a native of Zurich, spent 1832 to 1834 in the Great Plains of North America, as artist to the expedition of the German explorer, Prince Maximilian of Wied. “Maximilian was ahead of his time, he was very open to native cultures and it reflected on Bodmer because in his paintings, he doesn’t idealise…

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