Caspar David Friedrich, whose memory is being celebrated this year, elevated nature, that great Whole of which humans are only a part, to the status of counterweight to triumphant rationalism. He reveals himself as a thinker of this founding antagonism of our modernity.
The Kunstmuseum Basel and the Fondation Pierre Gianadda are decked out for the winter in the same garish colors, those of the group of painters who earned the label «fauves» in Paris in 1905. Both exhibitions run until January 21, 2024.
As I immersed myself in Stéphanie Lugon's book, the sensations of my first encounter with Charles Gleyre's painting «Le coucher de Sappho» came to the surface. Sensations and a certain attraction. The story of a thunderbolt in the museum.
Through October 16, the Museum of Fine Arts in La Chaux-de-Fonds is exhibiting the work of Vaud-based artist Stéphane Zaech. Over...
Pince-sans-rire, lordly, classy. Paolo Conte, creator and interpreter of Via con me, but also of the grandiose «Gli impermeabili», «Sotto le stelle del jazz», «Max» and «Hemingway», appears authentic in the documentary dedicated to him and just released in French-speaking Switzerland. This film is an opportunity to plunge into his mystery. It's also a beautiful object, with the chic and charm of the song of the same name.
Les bouquins du mardi - Aude Robert-Tissot Sophie Pointurier presents her first novel, La femme périphérique. It's about a couple of artists...
Gabriele Münter had the misfortune of being the mistress of a figure who loomed too large in art history—the Russian painter...
Tuesday Books – Quentin Perissinotto A native of Neuchâtel, like the painter Léopold Robert, Bernard Vuillème paints a picture in the book of...
Le Regard Libre N° 81 - Vinciane Vuilleumier «Hors cadre» series, episode 11 Each month, painter Vinciane Vuilleumier explores the...
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