https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The world's leading contemporary art fair hosted in Swtizerland has taken a futuristic turn this year, offering buyers the chance to see their sculptures placed on the moon. https://www.thelocal.ch/20220619/moon-sculptures-and-nfts-at-futuristic-art-basel-fair Sun, 19 Jun 2022 12:50:59 +0200 moon-sculptures-and-nfts-at-futuristic-art-basel-fair Switzerland's Locarno Film Festival said Sunday it hoped to have set the bar for future international film festivals, having adopted a new semi-virtual format due to the coronavirus crisis. https://www.thelocal.ch/20200818/switzerland-holds-post-covid-semi-virtual-film-festival Tue, 18 Aug 2020 11:49:17 +0200 switzerland-holds-post-covid-semi-virtual-film-festival An art project has shed light on the sheer scope of Switzerland’s glacier loss in recent years due to climate change. https://www.thelocal.ch/20200713/art-project-shows-the-scope-of-switzerlands-extraordinary-glacier-loss Mon, 13 Jul 2020 14:54:53 +0200 art-project-shows-the-scope-of-switzerlands-extraordinary-glacier-loss Art Basel, the world's biggest contemporary art fair, cancelled its 2020 edition in Switzerland due to the coronavirus pandemic, denting its parent company on the stock exchange Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20200608/art-basel-2020-scrapped-over-virus-uncertainties Mon, 08 Jun 2020 18:50:25 +0200 art-basel-2020-scrapped-over-virus-uncertainties As part of its coronavirus stimulus package, the Swiss government has made money available for people working in the arts and cultural sectors. Here’s how much is available - and how to apply. https://www.thelocal.ch/20200407/how-can-artists-and-musicians-apply-for-the-swiss-governments-coronavirus-assistance Tue, 07 Apr 2020 15:21:50 +0200 how-can-artists-and-musicians-apply-for-the-swiss-governments-coronavirus-assistance Robert Frank, a trailblazing documentary photographer whose raw, piercing aesthetic placed him among the 20th century's greats, has died, according to his gallery. He was 94 years old. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190911/visionary-swissamerican-photographer-robert-frank-dies-aged-94 Wed, 11 Sep 2019 10:05:16 +0200 visionary-swissamerican-photographer-robert-frank-dies-aged-94 The Plan of St Gall, which dates back to approximately 825AD, is now on public display for the first time. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190412/switzerlands-and-worlds-oldest-surviving-architecture-plan-from-middle-ages-goes-on-public-display Fri, 12 Apr 2019 16:14:29 +0200 switzerlands-and-worlds-oldest-surviving-architecture-plan-from-middle-ages-goes-on-public-display When Georges F. Keller began donating paintings by masters like Henri Matisse and Salvador Dali to the Kunstmuseum in Bern his reputation was not in doubt. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190107/how-switzerland-is-shedding-light-on-art-gifts-with-possible-nazi-ties-germany-culture-history Mon, 07 Jan 2019 07:41:01 +0100 how-switzerland-is-shedding-light-on-art-gifts-with-possible-nazi-ties-germany-culture-history Our round up of stories that you might have missed this week include the Mouxit, smart bins and stupid people, an underground bike station, SBB double deckers and a two decade old murder. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181116/glance-around-switzerland-mouxit-swiss-brexit-back-on-23-year-old-murder-geneva-too-stupid-to-use-bins Fri, 16 Nov 2018 13:57:30 +0100 glance-around-switzerland-mouxit-swiss-brexit-back-on-23-year-old-murder-geneva-too-stupid-to-use-bins The Russian billionaire owner of AS Monaco football club has sued Sotheby's in New York for $380 million (€329 million), accusing the auction house of helping a Swiss art dealer defraud him. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181004/monaco-football-club-owner-sues-sothebys-for-380-million-and-accuses-swiss-art-dealer-of-tricking-him Thu, 04 Oct 2018 11:17:10 +0200 monaco-football-club-owner-sues-sothebys-for-380-million-and-accuses-swiss-art-dealer-of-tricking-him The court ruled that the storage company based at the Geneva Free Port, a global hub of ancient artifacts and valuable artworks, is to hand over the identity documents of a statue of King Djefedre to the Egyptian government, which claims the statue was illegally acquired from a site near the Great Sphinx. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180803/swiss-federal-criminal-court-orders-geneva-warehouse-firm-to-return-statue-to-egypt Fri, 03 Aug 2018 13:52:18 +0200 swiss-federal-criminal-court-orders-geneva-warehouse-firm-to-return-statue-to-egypt As wealthy VIPs filtered into Art Basel's imposing halls to view some of the most valuable works in contemporary art, the staff at Frame Art Fair were a kilometre away scrubbing floors. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180614/is-huge-art-basel-event-killing-off-small-galleries Thu, 14 Jun 2018 15:31:46 +0200 is-huge-art-basel-event-killing-off-small-galleries Last week Sotheby's sued the Greek government after the latter had demanded the auction house return an 8th century BC bronze antique it says was illegitimately acquired. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180611/answer-to-sothebys-and-greek-dispute-over-an-ancient-artifact-could-lie-in-basel Mon, 11 Jun 2018 13:29:44 +0200 answer-to-sothebys-and-greek-dispute-over-an-ancient-artifact-could-lie-in-basel In the late 1970s mysterious paintings started appearing on walls around Zurich: created under the cover of darkness they were the work of an anonymous artist who would become known internationally as the "sprayer of Zurich". https://www.thelocal.ch/20180530/how-zurich-finally-made-peace-with-its-very-own-banksy-art-swizerland Wed, 30 May 2018 18:47:03 +0200 how-zurich-finally-made-peace-with-its-very-own-banksy-art-swizerland When an artist plays with the reality, it can have unintended consequences. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180404/cleaners-accidentally-throw-away-swiss-artists-unhappy-meal-sculpture Wed, 04 Apr 2018 16:01:14 +0200 cleaners-accidentally-throw-away-swiss-artists-unhappy-meal-sculpture Portions of the spectacular art collection hoarded by the son of a Nazi-era dealer will be shown for the first time since the Second World War in parallel exhibitions in Switzerland and Germany starting on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20171101/dual-german-swiss-exhibitions-lift-veil-on-nazi-era-art-hoard Wed, 01 Nov 2017 09:31:19 +0100 dual-german-swiss-exhibitions-lift-veil-on-nazi-era-art-hoard The city of Zurich has misplaced more than 900 works of art from its public collection over the years, Swiss media reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20171031/zurich-admits-to-losing-nearly-a-thousand-works-of-art-over-the-years Tue, 31 Oct 2017 11:30:42 +0100 zurich-admits-to-losing-nearly-a-thousand-works-of-art-over-the-years One side of the 240-metre mural project in Neuchâtel will feature some of the world's most famous thinkers and literary figures, from Alexandre Dumas to Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Mary Shelley. https://www.thelocal.ch/20171002/blazac-rousseau-and-shelley-to-adorn-streets-of-neuchatel Mon, 02 Oct 2017 13:40:37 +0200 blazac-rousseau-and-shelley-to-adorn-streets-of-neuchatel A Chinese vase was sold in Geneva for more than 6 million Swiss francs (€5.18 million), setting a new local record price for a non-jewellery item. The price tag was substantially more than what the owner had been originally been quoted. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170925/swiss-auction-house-sells-vase-for-price-10000-times-higher-than-original-estimate Mon, 25 Sep 2017 19:45:30 +0200 swiss-auction-house-sells-vase-for-price-10000-times-higher-than-original-estimate Artworks belonging to the controversial Nazi-era Gurlitt collection will soon be arriving at their new home in the Swiss capital, Bern. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170427/nazi-era-art-to-arrive-in-bern-from-june Thu, 27 Apr 2017 13:20:52 +0200 nazi-era-art-to-arrive-in-bern-from-june