Past exhibitions

Recent and monumental works: Ai Weiwei, one of the most significant and influential artists of the last decade, returns to Switzerland. After his very first European solo exhibition at the…

Yael Bartana explores individual identities and collective memory via video, film and photography. For more than fifteen years now she has been building up a prolific oeuvre oscillating between documentary,…

This exhibition showed painters and sculptors engaged in their everyday work. Swiss drawings from the 1780s to the 1950s are presented in three sections – Portfolios, The Path to Creation,…

The Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, is presenting the first-ever retrospective of Strindberg’s art in Switzerland, where he stayed on a number of occasions. This is a rare opportunity to…

The Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne is presenting the first museum exhibition in Switzerland of the work of Piero Manzoni (1933–1963). Centred on the Achromes – the white monochromes…

Curated by the Fondation Toms Pauli for the Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Tapisseries nomades retraces the textile art’s evolution from the 1960s to the 2000s: from classical wall tapestry to…

The exhibition showcases the contemporary Vaud art scene, with works selected through an open submission process by a jury of professionals. Whether it be painting, sculpture, photography, or video, the…

Tout grand sculpteur est aussi un grand dessinateur. Giuseppe Penone donne corps à cette évidence. La première exposition de ce protagoniste majeur de l’Arte Povera dans une institution muséale en…

The Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts is hosting a major exhibition showcasing the French-Algerian artist Kader Attia (born in 1970 in Dugny, near Paris, now lives and works in Berlin and…