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Category: Venice Biennale

Swiss Pavilion in Venice
Architecture Biennale

Competition for Swiss Pavilion 2020

The Venice Architecture Biennale is considered one of the most respected platforms for architecture and urban design worldwide. In light of the 17th International Architecture Exhibition due to open in 2020, the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia has launched its second general competition for the exhibition project at the Swiss Pavilion. This year, 51 dossiers …

02.11.2018
Architecture Biennale

Freespace – Switzerland at the Biennale

The 16th International Architecture Exhibition takes place in Venice from 26 May to 25 November 2018 (Preview 24 and 25 May 2018) at the Giardini and at the Arsenale as well as at various venues in the city. The main exhibition entitled «FREESPACE» is curated by Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara. Swiss Pavilion The Swiss …

22.05.2018
Architecture Biennale

Salon Suisse 2018

This year’s «Salon Suisse» will present «En marge de l’architecture: Encounters beyond the discipline» by architectural historian Marcel Bächtiger, cultural theorist Tim Kammasch, and architect Stanislas Zimmermann with the support of local Salonnière Laura Tinti. The events will tackle the importance of the disciplines bordering architecture, such as art, film, literature, urbanism, philosophy. Using the …

28.03.2018
Ani Vihervaara, Alessandro Bosshard, Li Tavor & Matthew van der Ploeg. © KEYSTONE/Christian Beutler
Architecture Biennale

Svizzera 240: House Tour

The Swiss contribution to the Architecture Biennale is considered one of the most important initiatives in the field of contemporary culture and building construction. For the first time this year, Pro Helvetia selected a project based on an open call of 81 architectural submissions. Pro Helvetia and SIA will present and discuss «Svizzera 240: House …

20.03.2018
The Primary Fondue Party, Performance, Claudia Comte
Art Biennale

Switzerland, from Venice to the United States

The 57th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia came to an end on 26 November. During this last weekend, Pro Helvetia presented the fourth «Salon Suisse» of this season. This official collateral event of the Art Biennale is conceived each year in parallel to the exhibition of the Swiss Pavilion and is punctuated …

04.12.2017
Maurice Maggi
Art Biennale

Salon Two – eating well

In this two-part weekend of culinary exploration and feasting, a host of guests seek to abate your hunger for flavour, friendship and guerrilla tactics. Samuel Leuenberger has invited artists and gastronomic provocateurs Sandra Knecht and Maurice Maggi to open the second Salon, entiteld «eating well». Joining forces for ATARAXIA, Knecht and Maggi will prepare an …

10.08.2017

Upcoming maintenance work

The application portal myprohelvetia will be updated from 1.1.-7.1.2024. Due to these changes, open applications must be finalized and submitted via the current online portal (myprohelvetia.ch) by the latest 23:59 on 31 December 2023. Until this date, the deadlines and criteria outlined in the current guidelines and calls for applications apply. New applications can be created and submitted in the application portal as of 8 January 2024.