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| Switzerland Newsletter LATE FALL/WINTER 2001, Volume 08 |
| For all our Readers who love to travel in the World's most "user friendly"
country, we bring you the most up to date, fresh information. Here's the latest
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1. Museum of Fine Arts Berne / Picasso and Switzerland / 10.05.2001
to 01.06.2002 ________________________________________________________________________
1. Museum of Fine Arts Berne / Picasso and Switzerland / 10.05.2001 to 01.06.2002 "Picasso and Switzerland" is the first exhibition to document the impact on Swiss collectors, art dealers and museums of the personality, legend and works of Pablo Picasso (1881 to 1973). The exhibition features a selection of the finest and most important of Picasso¹s works from public and private Swiss collections. Around 160 paintings, drawings, sculptures and lithographs are on show, some for the first time ever in public. This unique show contains absolute masterpieces representative of all of Picasso¹s creative periods, documenting the entire spectrum of his epoch-making body of work. For more information: _______________________________________________________________________
2. Cultura 2001 World Art & Antiques Fair in Basel, October 13 21, 2001 Basel is characterised by its rich cultural heritage and long tradition of collecting. It seems appropriate that this Swiss city, just a stone's throw from Germany and France, is the setting for one of Europe's most renowned art fairs. CULTURA - The World Art and Antiques Fair - will take place for the third time in Basel, from October 13 21, 2001. Some 85 exhibitors from Europe and the United States are expected. Last year, about 12,000 visitors viewed the Fair showing an increase of 20% on the previous year. CULTURA - The World Art and Antiques Fair will is organized in separate sections. The most strongly represented area at the Fair is Classical Antiquities & Egyptian Works of Art. Here, internationally renowned participating specialists include the Royal-Athena Galleries (New York), Archea Ancient Art (Amsterdam), Cybele (France), Galerie Rhéa (Zurich) and the Antiken Kabinett (Frankfurt/Main). Rupert Wace (London) has already reserved a remarkable piece for CULTURA. It is a monumental Roman marble head of an Isis priest, dated 1st - 2nd century AD. Galerie Orient-Occident (Paris), a new exhibitor in this category, has 40 years experience as a specialist in ancient art, mainly sculptures. This renowned gallery will present a collection of Egyptian mummy masks, Late Period and New Kingdom. Galerie Mermoz (Paris) and Galerie Alt-Amerika (Stuttgart) will participate in the Pre-Columbian & Ethnographical Art category. Galerie Conlon Siegal (Santa Fe) will be showing at CULTURA for the first time this year. One of the exhibits to be shown by this American historical textiles specialist will be a remarkable textile fragment of the Nazca, a culture from the southern coast of Peru that flourished between 400 BC and AD 800. David Bernstein (New York), who exhibited at CULTURA for the first time last year, will be bringing an exceptional early object, one of the largest early ceramic drums from the Nazca era. The Non-European & Asian Art section will have many leading dealers including, among others, Vanderven & Vanderven ('s-Hertogenbosch) and Ben Janssens Oriental Art Ltd. (London). For more information on Cultura and Basel Click Here ________________________________________________________________________
3. Geneva's Christmas ice skating rink Like other great cities, eager to create a popular and amusing diversion during the festive season, Geneva opens on December 1, 2001 its ŒChristmas ice skating rink¹ on the Place du Rhône for the third year running. Located in the heart of the shopping district, in close proximity to the Rousseau Island and Geneva's harbour, the skating rink with a surface of 500 square meters, could not be better positioned for Genevans and visitors alike. This is a unique chance to engage in sports in the centre of the city and the place for encounters and entertainment. The skating rink will be open until early March 2002 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. / 7 days a week.. No entry fee. Skates rental available. Well situated, the skating rink is perfectly integrated into the urban landscape between the River Rhône and the street of the same name and will certainly again attract over 20'000 skaters with, as every year, a special invitation to pupils from various elementary schools. Happy skating! For more information on Geneva Click Here ________________________________________________________________________
4. Late Fall pleasures in Switzerland Monte Generoso / Ticino Alpine region / Bernese Oberland Ascona/Ticino Champfèr-St. Moritz/Graubuenden. ________________________________________________________________________
5. Berne Onion Market November 26, 2001 On Bundesplatz and adjacent streets The Onion Market, a popular
festival that is held once a year on the 4th Monday in November: Around 80
tons of onions change hands in the course of this day. But they are not sold
by weight alone; farmers¹ wives have weaved them into beautiful, colourful
plaits. Throughout the city, a tantalising smell of onions emanates from restaurants
where onion pie, onion soup and onion puree are served. Marzipan and chocolate
onions fill pastry shops, and in the evening a confetti battle starts the
popular festival full of music and folklore. Bern Tourismus is offering a
special Onion Market arrangement. 6. Pilatus Railway is awarded the “Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark" On September 14/15, 2001 the steepest cogwheel train of the world on Mt. Pilatus in Luzern was pronounced a “Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark" by ASME International (American Society of Mechanical Engineers). A unique technical masterpiece, the Mt. Pilatus Railway is the third Swiss enterprise to receive the coveted award. 112 years old and still in its original state, the railway today transports up to 400`000 passengers per year up to the 6,400 ft. Pilatus. On a clear day, the view from Mt. Pilatus includes the Central Switzerland Bernese Alps, Lake Lucerne, and across the Swiss Midlands the Black Forest to the North. The award ceremony by the American committee took place on September 15 atop Mt. Pilatus and included guests from America and Switzerland. A previous award of the ASME was given on September 5, 1998 to the old paddle wheel steamer “Uri" on Lake Luzern. For information on Mt. Pilatus call 01141 329 11 22 or check out Mt. Pilatus ________________________________________________________________________
7. Christmas Markets in Switzerland A little-known fact is that the pre-Christmas season in Switzerland is one of the most picturesque times to be there. Towns are decorated with sparkling lights and sometimes the weather even obliges with just enough snow to really give the scene that picture-perfect aspect. The sun goes down early, giving towns that cozy glow. That wonderful aroma of roasting chestnuts wafts in the air. And best of all, this is a great time to do your Christmas shopping. December 6 is the day when St.Nicolas comes to visit all families with children. If the children have been good, he will bring all kinds of goodies, such as nuts, chocolates, candy, tangerines, home-made cookies and of course, a "graetimaa", a man-shaped bread made of a challah-type of dough, decorated with spun sugar and raisins. Some cities have special celebrations but even if they do not, the local bakeries usually bake a batch of "graetimaa" for visitors and locals alike. This is a much-anticipated festival by all Swiss children who hope that St.Nicolas has forgotten their various misdeeds from the past year. Swiss city centers turn themselves into Christmas bazaars and markets.
For a list of St. Nicolas and Christmas customs and markets Click Here ************************************************************************
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