‘Klee meets Picasso’ in major Bern expo

by Michèle Laird

June 7, 2010 | 10:34

To mark its fifth anniversary, the Paul Klee Centre in Bern inaugurates a landmark exhibition featuring more than 180 works by Pablo Picasso and Paul Klee. Presented side by side in a display that explores a complex artistic relationship that was to have a profound impact on the course of art history, the show documents the rivalry of the two artists, but reveals striking similarities in a number of telling ways.

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Lifestyle
	Legendary Béjart Ballet in rare local act
	June 4, 2010 \| 07:37	by Michèle Laird

A rare opportunity to appreciate celebrated choreographies by the recently deceased master Maurice Béjart and his successor Gil Roman occurs on Saturday and Sunday at Théâtre Beaulieu in Lausanne. Recognized...Full story

Education & Health
	Geneva international school breaks new ground
	June 1, 2010 \| 14:12	by Michèle Laird

As demand for places in international schools continues to rise, Ecolint in Geneva continues to expand. After building the Campus des Nations for a 1,000 students in 2005, the International School in Geneva...Full story

Lifestyle
	‘Planet of the shapes’ makes design an experience
	May 27, 2010 \| 10:37	by Michèle Laird

A design shop for the cool, brave and young at heart brings Manhattan to Lausanne. In a loft environment reminiscent of SoHo, American John Mottier and his partners launch new lines of furnishings by hip...Full story

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	Five-year saga comes to end as Purcell opera begins
	May 26, 2010 \| 10:40	by Michèle Laird

Following five years of administrative dramas, the Lausanne Opera finally gets the go-ahead to enlarge and renovate the building that it was obliged to vacate for security reasons four years ago. As work...Full story

Lifestyle
	Watch out for Swiss art, pundits say
	May 25, 2010 \| 10:51	by Michèle Laird

Top auction houses Christie’s and Sotheby’s organize sales dedicated exclusively to Swiss art within a week of each other in June. As new buyers join the market, valuations are climbing, with the upcoming...Full story

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	British conductor Laurence Dale brings England to Evian
	May 19, 2010 \| 10:57	by Michèle Laird

To celebrate his tenth year at the head of Evian’s Les Escales Musicales, renowned opera singer and director Laurence Dale conducts an orchestral evening on May 21 bound to make any Brit nostalgic for...Full story

Chillon Castle captured by Byron legacy
Château de Chillon near Montreux on Lake Geneva has been a source of intense literary inspiration to British and American writers over the last centuries, ever since Lord Byron wrote his epic ‘Prisoner...

Full storyMay 18, 2010 | 11:30by Michèle Laird

Burka ban debate enflames Switzerland
The issue of whether Muslim women should be allowed to wear the burka in non-Islam countries is provoking heated debates and instigating legislation in many European countries. In Switzerland, the country...

Full storyMay 17, 2010 | 13:07by Michèle Laird

Swiss start-up promises unforgettable experiences
The Oh! Company is a virtual boutique that sells real outings. All-inclusive programmes are activated following purchase either on the web or in a shop. Started a couple of years ago by two young Swiss...

Full storyMay 14, 2010 | 14:00by Michèle Laird

Paul McCartney’s meat-free day spreads to Switzerland
Launched in the UK by former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, Meat-Free Monday follows in the footsteps of Thursday Veggie Day initiated by the city of Ghent in Belgium. One day a week people are asked to not...

Full storyMay 12, 2010 | 10:19by Michèle Laird

Mythical NY artist Basquiat at Beyeler in Basel
Jean-Michel Basquiat was the New York artist of meteoric fame who befriended Warhol and Madonna and died in 1988 of a heroin overdose at the age of 27. For the 50th year of his birth, the Beyeler Foundation...

Full storyMay 11, 2010 | 10:26by Michèle Laird

Obama campaigner reveals political power of web
Canadian new media strategist Rahaf Harfoush was a star speaker at Geneva Lift Conference that closed this weekend. "Yes we did" is her firsthand account of how the web carried Obama to the Whitehouse....

Full storyMay 10, 2010 | 11:10by Michèle Laird

South African investment banker becomes Lift operator
South African Sarah Suter gives up high-flying investment banking for event management. She joins Lift, the producer of global meeting opportunities for techno-thinkers, to help organize the three-day...

Full storyApril 30, 2010 | 10:47by Michèle Laird

Swiss teenage prostitution in international limelight
The recent scandal in France involving football stars who had sex with an under-aged prostitute is bringing to light a legal loophole in Switzerland, the only country in Europe where prostitution is not...

Full storyApril 27, 2010 | 12:05by Michèle Laird

Vaud schools in race for consensus on reform
In order to oppose an initiative that will be submitted to popular vote in February 2011 and demands the return to traditional teaching methods and programmes, the Vaud education ministry leads a consultation...

Full storyApril 26, 2010 | 09:44by Michèle Laird

Switzerland puts on its dancing shoes this weekend
A dance fest sweeps across the country on Saturday and Sunday. Major venues in 23 cities, as well as parks, city squares, courtyards and streets become the dance floor for anyone and everyone who wants...

Full storyApril 23, 2010 | 11:05by Michèle Laird

Geneva Opera courts international community
For his second season at the head of the Geneva Opera – and the first actually of his making – renowned music and opera director Tobias Richter is determined to attract new audiences. Richter concocts...

Full storyApril 20, 2010 | 09:24by Michèle Laird

Vaud museum displays lovemaking video art
Emmanuelle Antille, one of Switzerland’s best known contemporary artists, here and abroad, fills the charming Pully Museum near Lausanne with her visions of the rawness of life at the borderline of beauty,...

Full storyApril 15, 2010 | 10:21by Michèle Laird

Stunning venue presents Chinese spectacular
"Flowers in the Mirror" by the Sichuan Opera is a unique opportunity to appreciate the art of Chinese performance at its best, but with a touch of Western flavour. Based on a classic of Chinese literature,...

Full storyApril 8, 2010 | 11:32by Michèle Laird