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EXTRAORDINARY! UNKNOWN WORKS FROM SWISS PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTIONS AROUND 1900
9. February – 19. May 2019
Kunstmuseum
The artworks created by patients in psychiatric institutions attract increasing interest from the public, but there exists very little research on the subject. In a unique project undertaken... more
Ida Applebroog
9. February – 19. May 2019
Kunstmuseum
Along with Extraordinaire!, selected works of the US-American artist Ida Applebroog (*1929 in New York) will also be shown for the first time in a solo exhibition in Switzerland. The... more
Ida Applebroog
9. February – 19. May 2019
Kunstmuseum / Projektraum Enter
Along with Extraordinaire!, selected works of the US-American artist Ida Applebroog (*1929 in New York) will also be shown for the first time in a solo exhibition in Switzerland. The... more
Uphill. Marquard Wocher’s mountainscapes yesterday and today
1. March – 28. April 2019
Thun-Panorama
The young Englishwoman Jemima Morell mentioned the mountains of the Bernese Oberland with reverent and enthusiastic amazement. As one of the first package tourists, she discovered Switzerland... more
Visual wonders
5. May – 1. December 2019
Thun-Panorama
Humans have always been fascinated by optical illusions. Throughout the ages of media and art history, inventors and artists have created apparatuses and works to remove the borders... more
AESCHLIMANN-CORTI-SCHOLARSHIP
8. June – 18. August 2019
Kunstmuseum
Every year, the Bernese Art Society BKG awards the Louise Aeschlimann and Margareta Corti Scholarship. It is the biggest private scholarship for visual artists awarded every year since... more
SOPHIE CALLE
REGARD INCERTAIN
7. September – 1. December 2019
Kunstmuseum
As one of the most important contemporary artists, Sophie Calle (*1953) deals with the thematic triangle of life, love and death. In minutely documented quests she often reflects the... more