Aloïse. Le ricochet solaire 2.6 — 26.8.2012 Interned for schizophrenia in 1918, the Vaudoise Aloïse Corbaz, known as Aloïse (1886-1964), was thirty-two years old when she severed ties with her past. Once a seamstress, governess to children…
9=10. Carte blanche aux lauréats d’Accrochage [Vaud] 10.2 — 6.5.2012 Anniversaries are pretexts for celebrating what has been accomplished, taking stock, and thinking about the future: Accrochage [Vaud] is celebrating its tenth birthday in 2012, and to mark the occasion…
Incongru Quand l’art fait rire 8.10.2011 — 15.1.2012 Art is a serious business. Artists do not poke fun at their clients, whoever they may be – emperors, kings, princes, ambassadors, private individuals or art dealers – unless they…
Passions privées, trésors publics 13.7 — 11.9.2011 Donating a collection of artworks, or even a single piece, to a museum is to actively participate in a great human and cultural adventure; it is to enrich public heritage…
Eugène Grasset L’art et l’ornement 18.3 — 12.6.2011 Renowned as a master of the new generation after his 1894 exhibition at the Salon des Cent, the Vaudois Eugène Grasset (1845-1917) exerted a major influence on the revival of…
Accrochage [Vaud 2011] & Pauline Boudry, Prix du Jury 2010 Prix culturel Manor Vaud 2011 22.1 — 20.2.2011 For the ninth consecutive year, the Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts in Lausanne presented the exhibition Accrochage [Vaud], dedicated to the contemporary Vaud art scene, encompassing all generations. This year,…
“Je ne vois que le soleil” La lumière dans les collections 25.9.2010 — 2.1.2011 I See Only the Sun explored the selectivity of the artist’s eye in a Western civilization where light, associated with beauty and truth, contrasts with shadow, the realm of fear…
Philippe Decrauzat & Jean-Luc Manz Prix Buchet 2010 2.7 — 5.9.2010 On the occasion of the double prize awarded by the Fondation Gustave Buchet to Philippe Decrauzat (*1974) and Jean-Luc Manz (*1952), the Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne has invited…
Nalini MalaniSplitting the Other 20.3 — 6.6.2010 Nalini Malani is one of the most important contemporary artists from the Indian subcontinent. Originally from Pakistan, her family was displaced in 1947 from Karachi to Bombay during the Partition—the…
Accrochage [Vaud 2010] & Elisabeth Llach, Prix du Jury 2009 30.1 — 28.2.2010 The Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne presents the eighth edition of its annual exhibition dedicated to the contemporary art scene in the canton of Vaud. This showcase features recent…
