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With the help of unpublished archives held by the Swiss Institute for Art Research (SIK-ISEA), the exhibition spotlights the life and work of the Lausanne sculptor André Tommasini. (1931-2011).

For his show in the MCBA Espace Projet venue, Uriel Orlow (b. 1973 in Zurich; lives and works between Lisbon, London and Zurich) is presenting a series of new works from a research project begun in Bolzano (Italy) which takes fossilised trees as its main subjects, in order to explore the extended time of climate change.

The exhibition addresses the threats to our existence and the responses of governments to protect their populations, exploring how neo-survivalists turn to design to prepare for an uncertain future and ensure their survival. We Will Survive also prompts us to question to what extent we all are—or should be—preppers.

To celebrate the centenary of Sabine Weiss’ birth, Photo Elysée is putting on a show in tribute to the photographer who died in 2021. The museum will unveil various treasures from among the 200,000 negatives and 7,000 contact sheets in the collection received in 2017.  

Sabine Weiss was a major figure in humanist photography, a movement born in France after the Second World War. Throughout her career, the photographer was driven by an insatiable curiosity about others, whether in France where she settled in 1946 or during her many trips across Europe, the United States and Asia, where she continued to travel until the end of her life.  

Photo Elysée has one of the world’s largest collections devoted to photography. It spans the entire history of the medium, from its invention in the 19th century to digital technologies. At Photo Elysée, Sabine Weiss joins other great names from the world of photography such as René Burri, Leonard Freed, Henriette Grindat, Monique Jacot, Lehnert & Landrock and Ella Maillart. 

mudac is embarking on a fascinating quest: to retrace the history of design in French-speaking Switzerland. More than an exhibition, Archives du Design Romand. What Narratives? offers a platform that will evolve over the course of live discussions with designers, historians, and journalists, to capture the emergence and evolution of design. oio studio, which has been invited to take up a residency, will be experimenting with the possible contributions of artificial intelligence to meet these challenges.

This show challenges us with a singular landscape, the sea, in works of art from the 19th century to the present. What role have artists played in fashioning its imagery? How do they express our desire to preserve its mysteries and beauties?

« Come and see here what you won’t see elsewhere! » is the slogan for the permanent exhibition, laid out chronologically over two floors to showcase treasures from Vaud’s art collections, with some three hundred works dating from the eighteenth century to the present day.

Isabelle Tanner has been invited by mudac and the Naturéum (Lausanne’s Museum of Natural Sciences) to put together an exhibition at Signal L in the Plateforme 10 arts district. Ante Ceramicum echoes the Spécimens 24 exhibition at Palais de Rumine and Lausanne’s Botanical Garden.

In the Fall, Photo Elysée extends a carte blanche to Swiss visual artist Maya Rochat. Through her artistic endeavors, she deftly engages with images, skillfully superimposing and manipulating them to craft vibrant and saturated visual montages, which she presents as distinctive, textured installations. Maya Rochat’s creative exploration spans photography, painting, installation, and performance. Whether working in situ, within or beyond conventional institutions, her work manifests an artistic fascination with organic language expressed through diverse media—be it analog or digital, figurative or abstract, printed or in motion.

Home & Away is a photographic installation based on the collection of The Anonymous Project. Collecting color slides from the last 70 years, The Anonymous Project preserves this collective memory. In his installations, Lee Shulman gives a second life to the often forgotten people in these moments captured in Kodachrome color.

Designed for L’Atelier de Photo Elysée, Home & Away invites visitors to settle into an interior inspired by the great years of the slide.

mudac has forged a meaningful link with the exhibition Thalassa! Thalassa! Imagery of the Sea, hosted by the MCBA (Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts) from 4 October 2024 to 12 January 2025, with a display exploring the fragile beauty of the oceans.