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Liste Art Fair: how Art Basel’s ‘younger sister’ became a launchpad for the next generation

This content was published on Jun 15, 2026 Born as a fringe alternative, Liste has evolved into a support system for young galleries worldwide, proving that not every successful art fair has to play by the market’s rules.

The Zurich Museum of Fine Arts is still traying to get to terms with Bührle's complicated gift. This time, the museum put the whole collection together like diverse pieces found together in a chest.

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Bührle’s troubled art collection is squashed together in new Zurich show

This content was published on Jun 5, 2026 As the Swiss biggest art museum takes on the provenance research of many of the paintings, it has also opened a new exhibition – the third since the museum first displayed the artworks in 2021.

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Uli Sigg wants to help Chinese people ‘view their own art.’ Simple, right?

This content was published on May 22, 2026 Over three decades, Uli Sigg, a Swiss businessman and former diplomat, amassed thousands of contemporary Chinese works. Ai Weiwei calls him “my maker”.

The entrance to the Swiss Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

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Switzerland reflects on challenges of coexistence at Venice Art Biennale

This content was published on May 21, 2026 At the 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, Switzerland has chosen to grapple with one of its founding myths: coexistence.

"Heritage", by Daniela Markovic. Born in Rambouillet, near Paris, to a family of Serbian origin, the artist has been based in Lausanne since 2010.

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Lausanne’s new MAF museum puts women artists centre stage

This content was published on Mar 26, 2026 Switzerland’s first Musée Artistes Femmes (MAF) opened in Lausanne on March 4, a museum dedicated exclusively to showcasing works by women.

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Fifty years of the Lausanne Collection de l’Art Brut: between raw and rose-tinted

This content was published on Mar 18, 2026 The Collection de l’Art Brut in Lausanne is turning 50 – and is marking the occasion with an exhibition, taking visitors back to the early days, when art created in psychiatric clinics went unseen for a long time.

Kunsthaus Zürich presents the E.G. Bührle Collection in a new form

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Kunsthaus Zurich presents Bührle Collection in new form

This content was published on Mar 12, 2026 The controversial Bührle Collection is being presented in a new exhibition at the Kunsthaus Zurich.

Global art market on a slight upward trend again in 2025

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Art Basel CEO: global art market at ‘inflection point’

This content was published on Mar 12, 2026 The global art market has returned to growth in 2025 according to a report by Art Basel and UBS.

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When Swiss traditional customs offer up a mirror to the ridiculous

This content was published on Mar 6, 2026 French photographer Charles Fréger has produced images that reflect Swiss winter rites while posing questions about the present-day.

The modern apartment, assembled at the Art and History Museum in Geneva for the exhibition "And it began so marvellously". More than a historical movement, Modernism became a marker of taste, refinement, and connoisseurship. Its influence extends to today’s fascination with secondhand Modernist furniture.

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One size does not fit all: Zurich architects reevaluate Modernism’s legacy

This content was published on Jan 4, 2026 Le Corbusier never rests in peace: two professors from ETH Zurich discuss how to reframe the forgotten narratives and exclusions that lie beneath Modernist architecture.

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