Portfolio - Special Edition Switzerland

8 Special Edition Switzerland Culture and Arts FEAST FOR THE EYES Key art and architecture experiences you shouldn’t miss in Switzerland When it comes to art, Switzerland may be best known for its world- famous Art Basel fair – but the country has so much more to offer. From excellent museums to eye- catching contemporary architecture, here’s where you should get your art fix. LEARN ABOUT PROLIFIC ARTISTS In Bern, the Zentrum Paul Klee – a glass-and-steel building with a distinctive wave-like silhouette – is dedicated to the eponymous Swiss-German artist. Here, you’ll find over 4,000 paintings that showcase Klee’s unique artistic DELVE INTO THE WORLD OF PHOTOGRAPHY Shutterbugs should make a beeline for the Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne, which is one of Europe’s top photography museums. Besides admiring the works of famed Swiss snappers such as René Burri and Ella Maillart, you can learn more about photography’s history – from the 19th-century daguerreotype process to modern-day digital image processing. Do note that the museum is relocating to the Platforme 10 arts district in Lausanne, and is slated to reopen its doors in 2022. The Centre for Photography in Winterthur, jointly run by the Fotostiftung Schweiz and the Fotomuseum Winterthur, offers a comprehensive overview of photography – both Swiss and international, historical, and contemporary. On show are individual works by top photographers, as well as themed group exhibitions-. MARVEL AT CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE Switzerland is home to a plethora of big-name architects: Le Corbusier, Mario Botta, Jacques Herzog, and Pierre de Meuron, to name a few. Le Corbusier is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of modern architecture. His genius is evident in the elegant Maison Blanche in Le Chaux-de-Fonds, which he built in 1912 for his parents, and the colourful Pavilion Le Corbusier in Zurich, which was constructed in the 1960s for Swiss interior designer Heidi Weber. style, influenced by movements such as Expressionism, Cubism, and Surrealism. Over in Basel, the Museum Tinguely houses the works of Jean Tinguely, a prominent 20th-century sculptor. Tinguely was riveted by machines – especially the way they move and sound – and this fascination is reflects in his kinetic sculptures, which he dubbed “metamechanics”. These are supplemented by illustrations, photographs, and other artefacts that together offer an illuminating insight into the sculptor’s life and work.