Swissinfo.org roundup: new artsy things to do in Switz
Lookie lookie, someone in Bern heard I was coming and decided to open a Paul Klee Centre!
Swissinfo's breathless write-up on the Klee Centre. (Not to be confused with The Clay Center, another colossal failure very sad piece of cultural planning on the part of Charleston, WV.) From the Who Knew? Department:[Marketing director Mark Isler] added that it would draw visitors mainly from Switzerland, Germany, the United Kingdom and Japan.
"Japan is an important market for us because Klee is very well known there," Isler said. "There are a number of Klee’s works in Japanese galleries and there is even a Paul Klee Society in Tokyo, whose members are very active in travelling around the world."
By the same token, I wonder if there is a World Traveller Society in Japan, whose members are very active in celebrating Paul Klee.
While we're on the topic, an interview with Renzo Piano, the man behind the Centre's sweeping, swooshing grace. (Architecture fans may recall Piano as the famous co-architect of Paris's Pompidou Centre. He's also just been hired to design the expansion of the Whitney Museum in NYC.)
Meanwhile, in Zurich, the Classical Arts Festival will be going on until July 10. Those Europeans sure know how to make "high culture" (i.e. their cultural traditions) accessible to all citizens, even (and especially) the budget-conscious:For low- and no-budget art lovers, the festival will erect huge screens at the Münsterhof, an outdoor plaza in central Zurich, on July 1, 2, and 3, so the public can enjoy opera and musical performances at absolutely no cost.
"For the first time ever," said von Bauszern, "the open-air screenings in Zurich will be broadcast in high definition, a technology that offers clearer and sharper pictures."
International Opera Studio artists will also be performing outside at the Zentralhof, close to the Paradeplatz in the city centre.
Another free event, the traditional Midsummer’s Night Ball, will be held at Zurich’s main train station.
And now for something completely different:
A report on the microbrewery market in Switzerland. Apparently, the Swiss people aren't that into beer compared with the rest of Europe (average 57 liters per year vs European average 70 liters/yr). I find the bit at the end about exclusive contracts between big breweries and restaurants to be very interesting.
Swissinfo's breathless write-up on the Klee Centre. (Not to be confused with The Clay Center, another colossal failure very sad piece of cultural planning on the part of Charleston, WV.) From the Who Knew? Department:[Marketing director Mark Isler] added that it would draw visitors mainly from Switzerland, Germany, the United Kingdom and Japan.
"Japan is an important market for us because Klee is very well known there," Isler said. "There are a number of Klee’s works in Japanese galleries and there is even a Paul Klee Society in Tokyo, whose members are very active in travelling around the world."
By the same token, I wonder if there is a World Traveller Society in Japan, whose members are very active in celebrating Paul Klee.
While we're on the topic, an interview with Renzo Piano, the man behind the Centre's sweeping, swooshing grace. (Architecture fans may recall Piano as the famous co-architect of Paris's Pompidou Centre. He's also just been hired to design the expansion of the Whitney Museum in NYC.)
Meanwhile, in Zurich, the Classical Arts Festival will be going on until July 10. Those Europeans sure know how to make "high culture" (i.e. their cultural traditions) accessible to all citizens, even (and especially) the budget-conscious:For low- and no-budget art lovers, the festival will erect huge screens at the Münsterhof, an outdoor plaza in central Zurich, on July 1, 2, and 3, so the public can enjoy opera and musical performances at absolutely no cost.
"For the first time ever," said von Bauszern, "the open-air screenings in Zurich will be broadcast in high definition, a technology that offers clearer and sharper pictures."
International Opera Studio artists will also be performing outside at the Zentralhof, close to the Paradeplatz in the city centre.
Another free event, the traditional Midsummer’s Night Ball, will be held at Zurich’s main train station.
And now for something completely different:
A report on the microbrewery market in Switzerland. Apparently, the Swiss people aren't that into beer compared with the rest of Europe (average 57 liters per year vs European average 70 liters/yr). I find the bit at the end about exclusive contracts between big breweries and restaurants to be very interesting.