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Visual Arts

Perform!: support to visual artists working with performance

Performance art is an integral part of the visual arts scene in Switzerland. Nevertheless, both the conditions for production and for distribution differ from other media in the visual arts. Perform!, as a pilot measure, aims to do justice to the specificities of performance in the visual arts. The focus of this pilot call is …

27.11.2023
©Christina Werner
Visual Arts

Focus Photo: support for new photographic projects

The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia is launching a new pilot funding measure called Focus Photo. It is aimed at photographers and artists from Switzerland and supports the launch of new projects in the field of artistic, documentary, and/or applied photography. In consultation with a group of experts, a new “focus” is defined every year, …

01.09.2023
Futures Narratives ©Rachel Moron
Visual Arts

Open Call: FUTURES, the European Photography Platform

Pro Helvetia and FUTURES Foundation open a call for Swiss cultural institutions who have a focus on contemporary photography to become a member of the FUTURES platform. Three Swiss institutions will be selected and each one can choose two emerging artists each year to benefit from the programme FUTURES offers. FUTURES is a Europe-based photography …

13.06.2023
Lara Dâmaso, «Echo Chambers», 2022, multimedia installation: curtains, three-channel sound installation, performances, silk, lace, satin ribbons. Varying duration, loop. In collaboration with Blanca Bianchi. View of the exhibition ECHOES at Krone Couronne, Switzerland. Photo: © Guadalupe Ruiz
Performing Arts

Focus on Switzerland at Centre Pompidou «Move» Festival

The 7th edition of “Move” festival at Centre Pompidou, with special focus on female and Swiss artistic production, will take place in Paris from 15 June to 2 July 2023.  Pro Helvetia and the Centre culturel suisse de Paris (CCS) are involved in the festival for the first time, providing support for the Swiss contribution. …

30.05.2023
© Samuele Cherubini
Venice Biennale

Biennale Architettura 2023: Swiss Pavilion now open

Swiss Pavilion now open The Swiss Pavilion at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia was opened today in the presence of Alain Berset, President of the Swiss Confederation, and Philippe Bischof, Director of Pro Helvetia. The building, designed by Bruno Giacometti, will present the exhibition «Neighbours» by Karin Sander and Philip …

18.05.2023
Photo: Tobias Becker
Venice Biennale

Swiss Pavilion Biennale Architettura 2023
Media moment

“Neighbours” by Karin Sander and Philip Ursprung Following an open call, the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia has chosen to entrust the exhibition of the Swiss Pavilion for the Biennale Architettura 2023 to the artist and professor of art and architecture, Karin Sander and the professor of history of art and architecture Philip Ursprung, both …

12.04.2023
Philip Ursprung and Karin Sander on the roof of ETHZ © Saskja Rosset
Venice Biennale

Neighbours

Pavilion of Switzerland at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia Karin Sander and Philip Ursprung represent Switzerland at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia Two national pavilions and a wall that connects as well as separates, are the focus of Karin Sander’s and Philip Ursprung’s project Neighbours …

28.02.2023
Brazilian artist Guerreiro do Divino Amor © Diego Paulino
Visual Arts

Guerreiro do Divino Amor selected for Swiss Pavilion at the Biennale Arte 2024

Upon recommendation by the jury, the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia has commissioned Swiss-Brazilian artist Guerreiro do Divino Amor to take over the Swiss Pavilion for the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. His monumental project «Super Superior Civilizations» explores the imageries of political mythologies and their usage. Following the jury’s invitation, …

12.01.2023
Visual Arts

Photography in Transition

The ongoing transformations in the field of photography – whether driven by technical innovation or by transformations in media usage – has prompted calls for open strategies in support and funding. In a move to respond with greater rigour and versatility to the realities encountered by the profession, the Swiss Arts Council, Pro Helvetia, is …

05.01.2023
Literature

Comics creation grants: Selected projects 2022

The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia awards creation grants for comics and graphic novels to Swiss creators of comics. The grants are awarded once a year following the recommendation of a jury and amount to 20’000 CHF. This year, 33 projects were submitted, 8 of them from the German-speaking part of Switzerland, 23 from the …

02.12.2022
Visual Arts

Closing of «The Concert» features unique sound performances

The Swiss Pavilion exhibition at the 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, titled «The Concert» and conceived by Latifa Echakhch, in collaboration with Francesco Stocchi and Alexandre Babel, will come to a festive ending with the launch of the project’s record during the finissage weekend of Biennale Arte 2022. Titled «The Concert», the …

14.11.2022
Literature

Comic creation grants

The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia awards creation grants for comics and graphic novels to Swiss creators of comics. The grants are awarded once a year following the recommendation of a jury and amount to 20’000 CHF. They are aimed at supporting recipients in their work an on emerging project. Eligible for a creation grant …

18.08.2022
Visual Arts

Pavilion of Switzerland at the Biennale Arte 2022

«The Concert»: Latifa Echakhch’s Journey Through Space and Time Latifa Echakhch’s installation invites audiences to take a multi-facetted, anti-clockwise time trip. Folkloric sculptures enter into a dialogue with space and time. The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia has this year entrusted the Swiss Pavilion to the renowned artist Latifa Echakhch, who together with Francesco Stocchi, …

20.04.2022
Visual Arts

Press Conference: Swiss Pavilion 2022

By loading the video, you agree to YouTube’s privacy policy.Learn more Load video Always unblock YouTube Recording of the press conference about the Swiss pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2022 from 20. April 2022.

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