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While this year’s edition of the leading art fair Art Basel in Basel is officially canceled due to COVID-19, you can discover over four thousand exceptional artworks by hundreds of leading galleries worldwide through the Art Basel Online Viewing Rooms (OVR), open to the public from June 19 – 26. One of the most exciting aspects of this online edition is the dozens of events the galleries are organizing during Art Basel OVR. We recently caught up with gallerist and collector Stefan von Bartha of the Basel-based gallery von Bartha, who will be in a live-streamed conversation with artist Jakob Fenger of Superflux on Friday, June 19 at 11am. In our exclusive interview, von Bartha discusses the gallery’s Online Viewing Room, the cancellation of Art Basel, the impact of COVID-19, and their upcoming 50 th anniversary exhibition. Read the interview with Stefan von Bartha here and explore the Art Basel OVR platform for further highlights such as the conversation on environmental justice between artist Cecilia Vicuña and Swiss curator Hans Ulrich Obrist on June 19 at 9am, and the conversation between acclaimed Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist and New Museum curator Massimiliano Gioni at 10am.
Image: Superflex, Every Dog Has Its Day, 2019 © Von Bartha Gallery |
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Go on a culinary tour of Switzerland with Chef Yannick Germanier and discover Mariniertes Rindsvoressen, a marinated beef stew in red wine sauce with celery and carrots. Yannick pairs this Swiss classic with Funggi, a mashed potato recipe from the canton of Solothurn . This delicacy from the northwestern region of the country combines potatoes with apples and compliments the tender meat perfectly. This dish is best enjoyed with a glass of red wine. Watch Yannick prepare Mariniertes Rindsvoressen mit Funggi here. The recipe can be found in the video description.
Image: © Yannick Germanier
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Gladstone Gallery is pleased to present Ugo Rondinone: Mattituck, an online exhibition of new works by Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone. “ The Mattituck paintings show the view from my studio window across the Long Island Sound. My first summer in Mattituck was a revelation, forcing me to examine my surroundings with the freshness of a friendly alien. Every day, just when the twilight started, John and I would set our chairs in position and experience a new sunset, a magical illumination of the ordinary - lucid and lyrical. Looking at the sunset makes one feel that the physical and the spiritual are not separate.” Explore Ugo Rondinone’s intimate paintings here. On view through June 26.
Image: Ugo Rondinone,
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" Noot! Noot!" The Swiss claymation Pingu has been an international sensation for three decades. Pingu is a fun-loving little penguin who lives with his family and friends in the South Pole. Curious, cheeky and sometimes naughty, he has a good heart and manages to win everyone over with his playful nature. The characters speak in a funny babbling and honking penguin language that needs no translation. These endearing five-minute episodes, created by Swiss animator Otmar Gutmann, are appropriate for all ages. Check out the Pingu channel here.
Image: Pingu © HiT Entertainment |
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Emilie Weibel is a Swiss multimedia artist, producer, singer, composer and performer, active in the New York improvisation, experimental, noise, and new music scene. She leads electronic, noise and punk duo CLEBS with producer and drummer Jason Nazary, as well as Moonmoon, a voice, noise and movement project with artist Mel Stancato. Emilie Weibel is currently pursuing an M.F.A in the Sonic Arts program of Brooklyn College (CUNY), where she also teaches music history as an adjunct lecturer. The songs by Swiss artists she picked for us this week perfectly capture her experimental musical style. Listen to Emilie Weibel’s SwissSounds playlist here.
Image: Emilie Weibel © Pauline Aellen
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Join our third house music dance class with Tatiana Desardouin, a professional dancer, choreographer, dance instructor, organizer, curator and educator. Of Haitian origin, born and raised in Switzerland, Tatiana is the founder of Passion Fruit Dance Company, which performed at Jacob's Pillow, The New Victory Theater, the Apollo and 92Y. She was selected as one of the Dance Magazine's 2020 "25 to Watch" and has been instrumental in the growth of the Swiss hip-hop scene. In this class, Tatiana will inspire new footwork skills and grooves, help you release stress and improve your sense of rhythm. You will also learn historical facts about this dance style. Join Monday, June 22 at 1pm here. Meeting ID: 827 3678 5024 Password: 827211
Image: Tatiana Desardouin © Sabrina “Duchess” Del Duca
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In this sixth episode of our podcast series Swiss Literature Today, Swiss-Romanian author Dana Grigorcea discusses with host Andrew Singer her award-winning second novel An Instinctive Feeling of Innocence, published by Seagull Books (2019) and translated by Alta Price. Dana Grigorcea won the Schweizer Literaturperle and the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, and has been shortlisted for the Swiss Book Prize. Listen to the interview on Trafika Europe Radio on Sunday at 1pm, Tuesday at 6am, and Thursday at 1pm, or anytime as of Sunday, June 27. Find previous episodes of the podcast series here.
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The Swiss-Mexican co-production Radio Silence by Juliana Fanjul is among the 11 films featured at this year's Human Rights Film Festival New York Edition. This 2019 documentary follows Carmen Aristegui, an incorruptible Mexican journalist and news anchor, who, after being fired, builds her own news platform, amidst life threats to fight for democracy and justice. Watch Radio Silence until Saturday 12am here.
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ANNA GOELDIN - THE LAST WITCH BY EVELINE HASLER
RECOMMENDED BY KATHARINA POMPILIO
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I'm Katharina Pompilio, Deputy Consul General and Head of the Economic and Communication Section at the Consulate General. In times like these, communication is of paramount importance. Factual information and emphatic weighing of various interests are required, not witch-hunts. Nevertheless, I would like to introduce you to a “witch”: Anna Goeldin, the last person in Europe to be executed for witchcraft in 1782. A very dark chapter in Swiss history. This judicial murder is a sad testimony of social injustice and of the instrumentalization of justice for the purpose of oppressing non-conformist and socially weaker fellow human beings. Anna's tragic story lives on in various artistic adaptations. My favorite one is the novel Anna Goeldin - The Last Witch by Swiss author Eveline Hasler.
Image: © Katharina Pompilio
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