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

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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"

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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.

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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.

According to his close circle of family and firends, Peter Bichsel “passed away peacefully” on Saturday. He would have celebrated his 90th birthday on March 24.

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Obituary: Peter Bichsel, the master of short prose

This content was published on Mar 17, 2025 Peter Bichsel, a sharp observer of Swiss life, was one of the most important voices in Swiss literature.

Scene of "Heldin" (Late Shift), by Petra Volpe, 2025

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Berlin Film Festival: the heroic ‘Late Shift’ of a Swiss nurse

This content was published on Feb 24, 2025 Swiss filmmaker Petra Volpe's tense drama, Late Shift, about hospital life seen through the eyes of a dedicated nurse, had its Berlin Film Festival premiere last week.

Fire in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe's main city, in a scene of "L'Homme Vertige: Tales of a City", screened at the latest Black Movie Festival in Geneva, and at this year's Berlin Film Festival.

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Architecture of loss: how the pressure on living spaces becomes a source for drama

This content was published on Feb 23, 2025 Geneva’s Black Movie Festival questions the struggles of urban life, torn between construction, deconstruction, and the quest to sustain a home in systems where individuals are powerless.

Tout un hiver sans feu, 2005, Greg Zglinski

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Poor, cold and rebellious: the Swiss Jura shows its rich imagination in films

This content was published on Feb 21, 2025 In its 60th edition, the Solothurn Film Festival highlighted films about the Jura region – a place of Swiss separatism, linguistic divides, economic hardship, and nostalgia.

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Art Basel 2025 attracts over 88,000 visitors

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

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Claudia Andujar – from war trauma to defending Amazon communities

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

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

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American author turns Bern into a stage for murder mysteries

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Obituary: Peter Bichsel, the master of short prose

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Berlin Film Festival: the heroic ‘Late Shift’ of a Swiss nurse

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Architecture of loss: how the pressure on living spaces becomes a source for drama

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Poor, cold and rebellious: the Swiss Jura shows its rich imagination in films

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