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Worldwide curry: a Bengali artist spans East and West via Switzerland

This content was published on Jul 20, 2025 Since moving to Switzerland in 2018, Ishita Chakraborty has deepened the scope of her work, dissolving geographical and conceptual borders from India to Brazil.

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Literary world celebrates centenary of Swiss poet Philippe Jaccottet

This content was published on Jul 2, 2025 The centenary of the Swiss poet and translator Philippe Jaccottet, winner of both the Schiller and Goncourt literary prizes, is being marked by new editions of his work and seminars in Rome and Geneva.

Vincenzo de Bellis photographed at this year's Art Basel in Basel

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Art Basel expands to Qatar despite the drums of war in the Middle East

This content was published on Jun 27, 2025 Art Basel will launch its first Qatar fair in 2026, led by the Italian curator Vincenzo de Bellis, with ambitious plans for the Middle East and North Africa region.

The panorama of the Battle of Murten is digitised

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EPFL launches digitised version of Battle of Murten panorama

This content was published on Jun 23, 2025 To mark the anniversary of the Battle of Murten on 22 June 1476, the Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) has launched a website that offers the public an immersive experience of the huge panorama painting of the historic battle.

Art Basel art fair attracted 88,000 people, slightly down from 2024 (91,000).

Culture

Art Basel 2025 attracts over 88,000 visitors

This content was published on Jun 23, 2025 Over 88,000 people attended this year's edition of Art Basel that ended on Sunday.

Numerous sales in the millions on the first day of Art Basel 2025

Culture

Art Basel 2025 registers numerous million-dollar sales on first day

This content was published on Jun 18, 2025 Galleries at the prestigious Art Basel fair in Switzerland have registered numerous million-dollar sales on the first preview day on June 17.

Self-portrait of Claudia Andujar in the Yanomami territory, 1974.

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Claudia Andujar – from war trauma to defending Amazon communities

This content was published on Jun 12, 2025 Explore Claudia Andujar's art and activism for Amazon communities. Discover her impact on indigenous rights.

Fortune Mbitounou and Kevin Ossol, protagonists of the documentary "Kevine and Fortune"

Culture

Young filmmakers target Africa and hit Switzerland’s post-colonial legacy

This content was published on May 11, 2025 This year, the Visions du Réel Film Festival's national competition featured three Swiss documentaries set in Africa.

It's all on TV (Untitled, 2023): Lázaro Antonio Martínez Duran uses drawings and collages to communicate beyond his intellectual deficiency.

Culture

Two Art Brut exhibitions 40 years apart expose the state of the arts in Cuba

This content was published on May 3, 2025 Isolated in an isolated island, Cuban outcast artists have been celebrated in Lausanne's Art Brut museum, which revisited and revamped an exhibition from 1983.

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American author turns Bern into a stage for murder mysteries

This content was published on Apr 20, 2025 Kim Hays talks about her crime series “Polizei Bern”, which explores Switzerland's dark past and taboos creeping under the peaceful capital city.

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