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Art at noon – At the table with the Kunsthaus team (de+fr): Short tour through the exhibition JOS DE GRUYTER & HARALD THYS – Impressions de Biel followed by a snack by Batavia, CHF 15.-, without snack regular admission, registration until the day before: info@kbcb.ch

Bilingual workshops (DE/FR) for 5 to 11 year olds. Number of participants restricted, registration required until friday morning before the Kids Club take place. A collaboration with NMB Neues Museum Biel.

As part of Alexandra Baumgartner’s exhibition “How like a leaf I am,” a special intervention is displayed at the Botanical Garden of Bern. The connection with the Botanical Garden arose from the current exhibition “Verkannte Verwandte – von wilden Kusinen und vergessenen Grosseltern” (Wild Relatives of Our Cultivated Plants).

"How like a leaf I am" explores the complex relationships between humans and plant life and sheds light on our collective responsibility to protect and preserve agrobiodiversity. In collaboration with the collective Seed Carriers, Baumgartner uses photographic forms of expression, immersive audio installations and thoughtful scenographic elements to introduce visitors to the cyclical life form of plants and highlight the importance of seed diversity.

The Belgian duo Jos de Gruyter (*1965) & Harald Thys (*1966) take over the large Salle Poma, conjuring up an eerie, nightmarish world of strange creatures. In recent years, the two artists have worked a lot with models or dolls. These scraped, assembled objects play a central role in their artistic practice: they are the remnants of a complex human existence and, if they are lucky, find their last stop in a dusty second-hand shop before they wither away completely. All the works on display at the Kunsthaus Biel are interconnected and function like an old automated Swiss clock programmed according to a coded script.

Olivier Mosset (*1944) is a central figure in post-war abstract painting and an unavoidable reference for several generations of European and US-American painters. Nathalie Du Pasquier (*1957) worked as a designer for the Memphis group in Milan until 1987 and has since devoted herself mainly to painting. The two internationally recognised artists know each other but never had the opportunity to exhibit together. Although their work is very different, they share a common attitude that combines their interest in the history of the avant-garde with a playful spirit. The invitation to a joint exhibition becomes a discussion about abstract painting: its historical burden, its decorative horizon, its «commodification» or its relationship to language. 

Guided tour in English of the exhibition MATHIAS C. PFUND – with fondest regards with artist Mathias C. Pfund and art historian Olga Osadtschy.

With with fondest regards, Mathias C. Pfund (*1992) undertakes an artistic intervention on the donation of Mary Ann and Hal Glicksman to the Kunsthaus Biel in 2023. In particular, the artist examines two works made of fluorescent tubes by Dan Flavin: Untitled (For Mary Ann & Hal with Fondest Regards) 1 & 2 (1976). The case study draws on a variety of source material and takes shape through Mathias C. Pfund's diverse artistic gestures.

Throughout 2024, the web radio Lumpen Station will take possession of the Studiolo. By inviting sound artists from various art scenes (local, national and international), the Lumpen Station team will be able to produce public radio programmes: Interviews, performances, concerts... The programmes are then edited, archived and broadcast continuously on lumpenstation.art.

Wir freuen uns, Sie zur Eröffnung der diesjährigen Ausstellung einzuladen, die in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Kunsthaus Biel Centre d’art Bienne, der Cantonale Berne Jura und dem Kunstverein Biel stattfindet. An diesem Abend feiern wir das herausragende Talent der zeitgenössischen Fotografie und bildenden Kunst, mit der Präsentation der Nominierten und Gewinner:innen des Prix Photoforum 2024, des Prix Kunstverein Biel sowie der ausgewählten Künstler:innen der Cantonale Berne Jura. Die Ausstellung bietet spannende Einblicke in künstlerische Perspektiven, die sich mit drängenden gesellschaftlichen Fragen auseinandersetzen.