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 Mannequins display inflatable, white airbag dresses created to protect women from workplace harassment, while nearby details of the alleged sexual misdeeds of 170 public figures cover four long walls, splashed in red. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190613/women-artists-bring-metoo-reckoning-to-basel-fair-switzerland Thu, 13 Jun 2019 17:04:11 +0200 women-artists-bring-metoo-reckoning-to-basel-fair-switzerland 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 For most of us, the closest we will ever come to having a Picasso in our house is a print, a fridge magnet or perhaps a novelty mug. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190320/swiss-competition-gives-winner-pablo-picasso-painting-for-a-day-art-culture-beyeler Wed, 20 Mar 2019 18:23:42 +0100 swiss-competition-gives-winner-pablo-picasso-painting-for-a-day-art-culture-beyeler 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 A key figure in the history of rap music, Public Enemy front man Chuck D is also a talented artist. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180711/hip-hop-legend-chuck-d-paints-swiss-city-of-basel Wed, 11 Jul 2018 14:07:01 +0200 hip-hop-legend-chuck-d-paints-swiss-city-of-basel 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