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June 2024
Art at noon – At the table with the Kunsthaus team (de+fr): Short guided tour in the exhibition LORETTA FAHRENHOLZ - Champagner Galopp followed by a lunch snack from Batavia, CHF 15.-, (without snack regular admission), registration until the day before: info@kbcb.ch
Mehr erfahrenGuided tour in French in the exhibition JIM SHAW – The past is never dead. It's not even past. with Paul Bernard, director Kunsthaus and co-curator of the exhibition.
Mehr erfahrenWarm invitation to the opening of the exhibitions JIM SHAW and LORETTA FAHRENHOLZ. 17:00 Speeches, Apéro, Catering. 17:00-18:30 Children's preview: Exploring and creative activity for children aged 5 and over.
Mehr erfahrenChildren from the age of 5 are invited to explore the exhibitions like the adults and get creative. In French and German. Without reservation, for free.
Mehr erfahrenMay 2024
Performance by PRICE with the musician Renato Grieco, for the finissage of the exhibition L'Air du Temps (air conditions).
Mehr erfahrenBilingual 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.
Mehr erfahrenKunstimbiss – Zu Tisch mit dem Kunsthausteam (de+fr) Kurzführung durch die Ausstellungen mit anschliessendem Mittagssnack von Batavia, CHF 15.-, ohne Imbiss regulärer Eintritt, Anmeldung: info@kbcb.ch
Mehr erfahrenThe Kunsthaus Biel is dedicating a tribute to the artist, art historian and curator Stefan Banz (1961-2021), who died in 2021. Following his last major exhibition here at the Kunsthaus in 2006, Stefan Banz, Malereien is focussing exclusively on his pictorial work and is showing around 15 paintings created between 2018 and 2021. These small-format paintings, painted in a very vibrant colour palette, reveal a number of the artist's obsessions, in particular his exploration of pictorial quotation and language. They also point to his passion for art history.
Mehr erfahrenApril 2024
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.
Mehr erfahrenKunstimbiss – Zu Tisch mit dem Kunsthausteam (de+fr): Kurzführung durch die Ausstellungen mit anschliessendem Mittagssnack von Batavia, CHF 15.-, ohne Imbiss regulärer Eintritt, Anmeldung: info@kbcb.ch
Mehr erfahrenBilingual 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.
Mehr erfahrenMarch 2024
Zu den Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten des Spitalareals und des Beaumont-Quartiers, die an der Schwelle zu einer Transformation stehen. Die Veranstaltung stellt die Ergebnisse eines Forschungsprojekts in den Mittelpunkt, präsentiert ausgewählte Studierendenprojekte und sucht den Dialog mit der Stadt- und Quartierbevölkerung und einem Fachpublikum.
Mehr erfahrenTalk in English with Sveta Mordovskaya, Debbie Alagen and Paolo Baggi (curator). Start at Studiolo with Lumpen Station.
Mehr erfahrenDebbie Alagen (*1997) develops his artistic practice around symbols located at the interface between private and public, between mental space and the outside world. His works utilise various strategies to penetrate the unconscious gears of our mental worlds: Shifts in perception, recourse to the haptic qualities of certain materials or even the careful arrangement of a symbolism of intimacy, control or transition. In the Kunsthaus, the artist is carrying out a kind of introspection with a new installation that challenges visitors' curiosity.
Mehr erfahrenThe works of Sveta Mordovskaya (*1989) are mostly compositions made of simple materials that simultaneously testify to a process of dissection and fusion. They include various objects found on the street, as well as mirrors, dolls and even straw. The roughness of these assemblages evokes associations that are either affective in nature or relate to a socio-political context. The trained photographer also integrates images from her personal archive into the exhibition, which continue the problems of her sculpture in a critical and humorous way.
Mehr erfahrenThe paintings of Stephen Felton (*1975) are initially astonishing in their simplicity. The individual freehand drawings on large-format canvas display a reduced colour palette and testify to an obvious speed of execution. This simultaneously gestural and fragmentary work is reminiscent of children's drawings and cave paintings as well as a kind of softly drawn pictogram, somewhere between symbol and icon, figuration and abstraction. Stephen Felton's series are usually inspired by a theme or a book, the grandiloquence of which contrasts with the means the artist uses for his painting. The exhibition at the Kunsthaus thus derives its iconography from treatises on various approaches to black magic that the artist has collected over several years.
Mehr erfahrenPRICE (*1986) works in the field of performance as well as visual art and superimposes different spaces in his work: theatre stage, club, catwalk or exhibition space. For the Kunsthaus, PRICE has created an olfactory installation in the large Salle Poma. The white cube, whose sterile minimalism is typical of standardised spaces (such as offices or airports), is transformed here - confronted with domestic kitsch - into an ambiguous place. This visual permeability between the public and private spheres is reinforced by the olfactory dimension: while an industrial fan continuously emits the characteristic odour of cleaning agents and room fresheners, delicate perfumes with erotic connotations emanate from flacons, alluding to the feelings of the visitors.
Mehr erfahrenFebruary 2024
Cordial invitation to the opening of the exhibitions PRICE, STEPHEN FELTON, SVETA MORDOVSKAYA, DEBBIE ALAGEN 18:00 Speeches and award ceremony, aperitif 19:00 Live Lumpen Station Radio 20:00 Performance PRICE
Mehr erfahrenThe exhibition transports a snapshot to the Biel Kunsthaus. The artist has left the studio and 1000 decisions remain. What is finished, what is important, what is a work and what is merely a mock-up? The exhibition shows final works, unpublished works, drawings, models and major works from the artist's estate as well as photographs by Alexander Jaquemet from René Zäch's studio.
Mehr erfahrenArt at noon – At the table with the Kunsthaus team: Short guided tour through the exhibition Cantonale Berne Jura 2023 followed by a lunch snack from Batavia, CHF 15, regular admission without snack, registration: info@pasquart.ch
Mehr erfahrenÜber Kunst sprechen: Wie macht man das? Eine Diskussion über zeitgenössische Kunst. In Zusammenarbeit mit der Volkshochschule Biel: 75 Jahre Volkshochschule Biel: Zeitenfenster. Mit Rebecka Domig. Anmeldung
Mehr erfahrenJanuary 2024
«Un art froid?» Une introduction à l’art concret de 1930 à nos jours. Discussion sur un courant artistique qui a profondément marqué la Suisse. En collaboration avec l'Université populaire de Bienne: Les 75 ans de l’Université populaire : passé, présent, futur. Avec Paul Bernard, directeur. S’inscrire
Mehr erfahrenDecember 2023
Performance Playing with fire by Gregory Tara Hari and Myriam Marti with Efa Mühlethaler, Philipp Neuberger, Raphael Loosli Costumes: Mara Danz
Mehr erfahrenBooks from the Kunsthaus library for special prices
Mehr erfahrenHenry Althaus, BOTH Industries, Caroline Bourrit, Julian Burkhard, cerco kollektiv (celia längle, marco frauchiger), Beth Dillon, GATTI NUDI, Otto Grimm, Gregory Tara Hari, Tobias Hauswirth, Margaux Huber, Kollektiv Rohling & Stéphanie Baechler, Verena Lafargue Rimann, Fabio Luks, LULU&WHISKEY, Linus Lutz, Lea Luzifer, Lisa Mark, Cornelia Mattich, Laura Mietrup & Robin Michel, Migo, Monsignore Dies, Jonas Morgenthaler, Colin Raynal, Anikó Risch & Duosch Grass, Lorenzo Salafia, Denis Savi, Marietta Schenk, Celia & Nathalie Sidler, Alex Sinh Nguyen, Gabriel Hafner, Rebecca Solari, Monika Stalder, Jérôme Stünzi, Philip Ullrich, Selina Ursprung, Babette Walder, w.i.r., Aline Witschi, Noah Ismael Wyss Prix Kunstverein: Floyd Grimm
Mehr erfahrenHenry Althaus, BOTH Industries, Caroline Bourrit, Julian Burkhard, cerco kollektiv (celia längle, marco frauchiger), Beth Dillon, GATTI NUDI, Otto Grimm, Gregory Tara Hari, Tobias Hauswirth, Margaux Huber, Kollektiv Rohling & Stéphanie Baechler, Verena Lafargue Rimann, Fabio Luks, LULU&WHISKEY, Linus Lutz, Lea Luzifer, Lisa Mark, Cornelia Mattich, Laura Mietrup & Robin Michel, Migo, Monsignore Dies, Jonas Morgenthaler, Colin Raynal, Anikó Risch & Duosch Grass, Lorenzo Salafia, Denis Savi, Marietta Schenk, Celia & Nathalie Sidler, Alex Sinh Nguyen, Gabriel Hafner, Rebecca Solari, Monika Stalder, Jérôme Stünzi, Philip Ullrich, Selina Ursprung, Babette Walder, w.i.r., Aline Witschi, Noah Ismael Wyss Prix Kunstverein: Floyd Grimm
Mehr erfahrenChildren from the age of 5 are invited to explore the exhibitions like the adults and get creative. In French and German. Without reservation, for free.
Mehr erfahrenNovember 2023
Short tour in the exhibition Delphine Coindet followed by a snack by Batavia. CHF 15.- (incl. entry), registration: info@pasquart.ch
Mehr erfahrenGuided tour in German through the exhibitions Fausta Squatriti and Delphine Coindet with Rahel Gugelmann, art historian and mediator.
Mehr erfahrenOctober 2023
La collection du Centre d’art Pasquart s'enrichit grâce à la généreuse donation de Mary Ann et Hal Glicksman, couple de collectionneurs américains, proche de la scène artistique de Los Angeles, entre la fin des années 1950 et le milieu des années 1980. Proche des artistes issus de la Beat Generation, Hal Glicksman commence sa carrière institutionnelle au Passadena Art Museum. Il occupe notamment un rôle de premier plan sur la grande exposition de Marcel Duchamp de 1963 : la première rétrospective et la seule organisée du vivant de l’artiste. Par la suite, il y organisera entre autres la première exposition d’assemblagistes californiens. À partir de la fin des années 1960, il prend la direction de plusieurs centres d’art de Los Angeles, d’abord au Pomona College, puis à Irvine et enfin au Otis Institute. Il réalise d’importantes expositions d’artistes comme Michael Asher, Judy Chicago, Daniel Buren, Rosemarie Castoro ou Dan Flavin. De son coté, Mary Ann Glicksman, née Dugane, est une artiste et comédienne. Proche du sculpteur Larry Bell, elle fut l’interprète principale des pièces de théâtre de Guy de Cointet. Chacun à sa manière, Mary Ann et Hal Glicksman ont ainsi pu assister et participer à l’émergence d’une grande scène artistique qui va établir Los Angeles comme l’une des capitales mondiales de l’art.
Mehr erfahrenThe artist Delphine Coindet in conversation with Paul Bernard, curator of the exhibition (fr).
Mehr erfahrenSeptember 2023
Short tour in the exhibition Fausta Squatriti followed by a snack by Batavia. CHF 15.- (incl. entry), registration: info@pasquart.ch
Mehr erfahrenUnfortunately, the artist Fausta Squatriti will not be able to take part in the talk. Instead, there will be a tour of the exhibition with Marjolaine Lévy, curator of the exhibition, and Paul Bernard (fr).
Mehr erfahrenThroughout 2023, the Kunsthaus will dedicate an entire floor to its collection, presenting regular changes to its display. The collection, which consists of almost 2500 items stored in the basement of the building, has revealed itself as a heterogeneous and unusual heritage of the city of Biel/Bienne. This collection is a peculiarity in a way since a Kunsthaus doesn’t collect works, as this is usually the museum’s role. For this first selection, the Kunsthaus has invited the artist duo Linus Bill and Adrien Horni to select a series of artworks and to devise, alongside Paul Bernard, director of the Kunsthaus Pasquart, the way they are presented. The idea is not necessarily to showcase the collection’s treasures as a series of trophies, but rather to reflect upon what can be expected from a contemporary art collection. For this first chapter, Bill and Horni have been inspired by the particular atmosphere that characterises the train station’s exit in Biel/Bienne.
Mehr erfahrenThe work of Bertrand Lamarche (*1966) is multifaceted and consists mainly of installations and films. In the Studiolo, he shows the work Une descente dans le Funnel [A Descent into the Funnel], which consists of two films strung together. The film Poursuites (2017) is described by the artist as an "underground walk" without a real script. Using methods reminiscent of early cinema, Lamarche seeks depth on a flat surface, "an illusion that allows for reverie and self-forgetfulness". Meanwhile, The Funnel (2023), filmed in the same reds and blacks and also playing with blur, shows a fixed camera shot of a construction revolving around itself. The rhythm of the movement and the repetitive music have a hypnotic effect. In a kind of intoxicated state, we thus enter an imaginary space, which the artist describes in an accompanying text.
Mehr erfahrenDelphine Coindet (*1969) entwickelt seit zwanzig Jahren Skulpturen, die sich über ihre eigene Ambivalenz definieren. Manche ihrer Werke sind an eine bestimmte Art von Design, Architektur oder Theaterkulisse angelehnt. Andere Werke scheinen dem Bildschirm entsprungen, wie Symbole und Visualisierungen, die sich hier im realen Raum manifestieren. Diese befremdliche plastische Ausdrucksweise dient verschiedenen Narrationen, sowohl politisch als auch persönlich. Jede ihrer Ausstellungen bietet der Künstlerin die Gelegenheit einer spezifischen Inszenierung neuer Produktionen, wobei sie ältere Arbeiten recycelt und sie so in neuer Zusammensetzung zeigt. Ihre Ausstellung Autofriction in der Salle Poma vereint einen Teil ihrer jüngsten Werke in einer Gesamtinstallation. Dieses Prinzip monumentaler und retrospektiver Ansammlung erinnert an bedeutende Aktionen der Avantgarde – von Kurt Schwitters Merzbau bis zu Maurizio Cattelans All. Coindets Vorschlag kommt hingegen weniger demonstrativ und mächtig daher. Wie es der Titel andeutet (vom frz. Selbst-Reibung, Wortspiel mit Autofiction), bevorzugt die Künstlerin eine spielerische Herangehensweise, die von einer gewissen ironischen Distanzierung zeugt.
Mehr erfahrenDie Mailänder Künstlerin Fausta Squatriti (*1941) ist seit den 1960er Jahren eine wichtige Figur der italienischen Avantgarde. Die Ausstellung im Kunsthaus zeichnet über sechs Jahrzehnte ihres Schaffens nach, von der Bilderserie La Passeggiata di Buster Keaton (1964–1966), die an Pop Art und Rokoko erinnert, bis zu den jüngsten exzentrischen Assemblagen aus Materialien wie Holz, Perlen, Stoff und Harz der Corpi celesti vaganti (2022–2023). Während die abstrakten Bilder der 1980er Jahre streng geometrische Linien mit Ornamentik verbinden, oszillieren die farbigen Skulpturen der Serie sculture colorate (1964–1974) zwischen Pop und Minimalismus. Die künstlerische Praxis von Fausta Squatriti zeugt von einem grossen Formenreichtum und – in mehreren Serien – einem gewissen Hang zu kosmischen Träumereien. Die Ausstellung zeigt ausserdem ihre ersten abstrakten Arbeiten auf Papier: weiche, farbenfrohe Zeichnungen, die Ende der 1950er Jahre entstanden sind, einer Zeit, in der die ungegenständliche Kunst in Westeuropa sehr ausgeprägt war. Squatriti stand Künstlerinnen wie Max Ernst, Man Ray, Lucio Fontana, Niki de Saint-Phalle oder Enrico Baj nahe. Mit einigen hat sie Künstlerbücher und Multiples herausgegeben, wovon eine Auswahl in der Ausstellung zu sehen ist.
Mehr erfahrenCordial invitation to the opening of the exhibitions FAUSTA SQUATRITI and DELPHINE COINDET. Speeches, aperitif riche.
Mehr erfahrenChildren from the age of 5 are invited to explore the exhibitions like the adults and get creative. In French and German. Without reservation, for free.
Mehr erfahrenAugust 2023
Lunch with the Kunsthaus team: short visit in German and French through the exhibition LIZ CRAFT and a snack from Batavia. CHF 15 (incl. admission), registration required: info@pasquart.ch
Mehr erfahrenGuided tour in German through the exhibitions LIZ CRAFT and PAULINE CURNIER JARDIN with Anna-Lena Rusch, art mediator.
Mehr erfahrenGuided tour in French through the exhibitions LIZ CRAFT and PAULINE CURNIER JARDIN with Paul Bernard, director of the Kunsthaus Pasquart.
Mehr erfahrenGuided tour in Italian through the exhibitions LIZ CRAFT and PAULINE CURNIER JARDIN with Paul Bernard, director of the Kunsthaus Pasquart.
Mehr erfahrenJuly 2023
Lunch with the Kunsthaus team: short visit in German and French through the exhibition PAULINE CURNIER JARDIN and a snack from Batavia. CHF 15 (incl. admission), registration required: info@pasquart.ch
Mehr erfahrenConcert cycles CADENZA 2023 – Contemporary works and creations, 2.7.2023 17:00 The programme includes solo "Sequences" by Luciano Berio, contemporary music from France and a premiere of a composition by Lukas Vogelsang for voice, accordion, clarinet and harp.
Mehr erfahrenThe artist Liz Craft in conversation with Paul-Aymar Mourge d'Algue, curator of the exhibition.
Mehr erfahrenPauline Curnier Jardin (*1980) presents in an immersive site-specific installation in the Salle Poma a showing of the video work Bled Out (2019). This film is a free adaptation of the short film Un Chant d'Amour [A Love Song] (1950) by Jean Genet with the following plot: in a prison, isolated inmates communicate their mutual desires from one cell to another under the eye of a guard who is half accomplice and half torturer.
Mehr erfahrenThe Kunsthaus is showing a major exhibition by the Californian artist Liz Craft (*1970), focusing on her work of the last ten years. Her sculptures and figurative installations appear to tell fragments of stories whose dreamy atmosphere can be associated with surrealism, fairy tales or drug hallucinations.
Mehr erfahrenCordial invitation to the opening of the exhibitions LIZ CRAFT and PAULINE CURNIER JARDIN
Mehr erfahrenChildren from the age of 5 are invited to explore the exhibitions like the adults and get creative. In French and German. Without reservation, for free.
Mehr erfahrenJune 2023
The Diploma festival of the Master in Contemporary Arts Practice of the Bern University of the Arts brings together works by a young generation of ambitious artists keen to experiment. The artistic approach of the graduates is manifested in different media such as performance, video, installation, painting, literature or music and focuses on current issues. The sous nos ongles Festival takes place at various locations in Biel/Bienne. In the Kunsthaus Pasquart, Le Singe, Espace Libre, La Voirie, in the stairwell and the Alte Krone attic, 22 graduands will explore the field between fine arts, sound arts, performance art and literature in the form of an exhibition, performances, readings, sound installations and concerts. Master Contemporary Arts Practice Diploma students 2023: Felipe Arteaga, Anaïs Balmon, Melissa Zoe Castelletti, Juliette Chrétien, Pauline Duvivier, Katrin Erthel, Erwin Fonseca Aranda, Luz González, Job Griffijn, Joe Haller, Lisa Mark, Manu Meier, Nicole Müller, Gemma Ragués Pujol, Nera Sirona, Stella Spinedi, Valeska Marina Stach, Maurine Stoudmann, Timothée Verheij, Simon Walker, Dario Zeo, Anita Zumbühl. Ongoing information about the festival programme and the artists can be found on our festival page: www.cap-diplomfestival.ch
Mehr erfahrenLunch with the Kunsthaus team: short visit in German, French and Italian through the exhibitions DANIEL POMMEREULLE and MATHIS ALTMANN and a snack from Batavia. CHF 15 (incl. admission), registration required: info@pasquart.ch
Mehr erfahrenGuided tour through the exhibition DANIEL POMMEREULLE with Lea Lüscher, art mediator (dt) and Armance Léger (fr), curator of the exhibition. Followed by film projection at Filmpodium Biel: Monuments Aux Vivants, Anton Bialas, Ferdinand Gouzon, 2021, 15', F; La Collectionneuse, Éric Rohmer, 1967, 90', F/d. In between we will organise a catering. Registration: info@pasquart.ch. In collaboration with Filmpodium Biel.
Mehr erfahrenProgramme: Karlheinz Stockhausen / Kontakte (1958-60), Spiegelung / Improvisation, Antoine Chessex / Geschichte der Gewalt 2022 UA. Jens Ruland | Percussion, Judith Wegmann | Piano, Robert Torche | Sound Design. Under the name New3Art, a programme will be performed that has emerged from the line of sound research we have been pursuing for years. The composition "Kontakte" (1960) by Karlheinz Stockhausen, which was groundbreaking for electroacoustic music, reaches a new interpretation through our conceptually designed programme. The Swiss composer and sound artist Antoine Chessex (*1980) composed the commissioned work "Stories of Violence" for this programme. In the context of the two works is our improvisation - "Spiegelung".
Mehr erfahrenBilingual workshops (DE/FR) for 5 to 11 year olds. Number of participants restricted, registration required until friday morning before the Kids Club take place.
Mehr erfahrenMay 2023
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.
Mehr erfahrenGuided tour in French of the exhibition MATHIS ALTMANN with Julie Portier, curator of the exhibition and artistic director La Salle de bains, Lyon, and artist's talk in German with the artist Mathis Altmann.
Mehr erfahrenGuided tour in italian through the exhibition DANIEL POMMEREULLE with Carla Scheidegger, conservator and scientific intern Exhibitions and Collection.
Mehr erfahrenBilingual workshops (DE/FR) for 5 to 11 year olds. Number of participants restricted, registration required until friday morning before the Kids Club take place.
Mehr erfahrenApril 2023
The exhibition by Mathis Altmann (*1987) in the Salle Poma of the Kunsthaus Pasquart is a continuation of the one in the independent exhibition space La Salle de bains in Lyon, which differs from the Salle Poma above all in its size: It measures barely 20 m2. The works, which already attract attention through their miniaturisation and hypnotic effects, can be experienced here in a radically altered size ratio. Mathis Altmann's work is based on a critical observation of the physiognomy of today's metropolises, above all Berlin. The artist settled there a few years ago, just as this emblematic city of alternative culture was experiencing an acceleration process of gentrification and standardisation of lifestyles triggered by urban redevelopment plans. Altmann explores, against the backdrop of the rising influence of capitalism, personal and collective uses of space in work, home and leisure, pointing to our confusion between desire and morality. This is expressed in the sometimes rough, sometimes smooth forms of his assemblages of object, image and text. They borrow theories from economics and are peppered with references to fashion, architecture and underground culture.
Mehr erfahrenThe Kunsthaus Pasquart is showing an extensive exhibition of Daniel Pommereulle's (1937-2003) work, the first outside France for almost 40 years. It brings together over a hundred works, including several that have never been shown before. From his first paintings in his early years to his subversive "Objets" and his simple drawings shortly before his death, his works are like "moments" that trace the path of an artist whose research always kept him on the move. Pommereulle was a painter, sculptor, filmmaker, performer and poet. With his diversity of forms, he developed an aesthetic of violence and cruelty that was equally influenced by his traumatic experiences in the Algerian war and by the surrealist legacy and ideas of Antonin Artaud. Through his appearances in films of the Nouvelle Vague, Pommereulle also gained notoriety in the cinema. In Éric Rohmer's film La Collectionneuse (1967), he presented his first Objet Hors Saisie [Undetectable Object], which he developed further with the series of Objets de prémonition [Objects of Premonition] (1975): upturned buckets of paint and lead sculptures, with knife blades and other pointed objects. As an artist, he explored boundaries, was an activist during the May 68 revolt and made two films, one of which, Vite (1969), was shot in the Sahara with his friends from the groupe Zanzibar, before deliberately shutting down his artistic practice for several years. From the 1980s onwards, Pommereulle created a new kind of sculpture that used all the powers of glass, stone and iron to "capture the energy of light" and thus combine sharpness and softness, calmness and vertigo.
Mehr erfahrenCordial invitation to the opening of the exhibitions DANIEL POMMEREULLE and MATHIS ALTMANN. 17:15 Speech: Paul Bernard, Director. Apéro riche. 17:00-18:30 Children's preview: Children from the age of 5 are invited to explore the new exhibitions before the adults and participate in a workshop afterwards.
Mehr erfahrenKinder ab 5 Jahren sind eingeladen, die Ausstellungen wie die Grossen zu erkunden und sich anschliessend kreativ damit auseinanderzusetzen. Ohne Anmeldung, gratis.
Mehr erfahrenMarch 2023
Short guided tour followed by a snack from the Batavia grocery shop. In German, French and Italian.
Mehr erfahrenGuided tour in German with Anna-Lena Rusch, art mediator.
Mehr erfahrenFrancis Baudevin in conversation with Paul Bernard, director and curator of the exhibition. In French.
Mehr erfahrenGuided tour in Italian with Carla Scheidegger, Exhibition and Collection Intern.
Mehr erfahrenFebruary 2023
The artists Linus Bill and Adrien Horni in conversation with Paul Bernard, director of the Kunsthaus Pasquart, about the exhibition COLLECTIONS. In French and German.
Mehr erfahrenGuided tour in French with Paul Bernard, director of the Kunsthaus Pasquart.
Mehr erfahren«Snow Dancing» is the name of an early-90s exhibition and book by artist Philippe Parreno. «… im kalten Polar» is a reference to the song «Eisbär» by the legendary Bernese band Grauzone. Under this enigmatic title, three art spaces from the Bieler scene have been given a carte blanche to conceive a project within the building’s grandiose Salle Poma. Through a series of gestures, the three spaces host a sort of institutional critique that is both generous and humourous. Beginning with a big party on the night of the fourth to the fifth of February....
Mehr erfahrenFrancis Baudevin, born in Bulle in 1964, has been developing, since the end of the 1980s a body of abstract work that is known to be rigorous, coherent and playful. Always following the same method, the artist takes abstract graphic compositions from our visual domain (logos, packaging, record covers etc.), and then removes all text references – hence, all meaning –, to keep only the form itself. All that remain are geometric shapes and flat areas of colour. Though one may recognise the initial reference – often indicated by the painter’s title –, these variations end up revealing unexpected similarities to iconic abstract works of art. In the process of deconstructing a logo, one can be surprised to find parallels with some of the most radical approaches – from Malevich to Mondrian or Barnett Newman. With a certain sense of irony, but never cynicism, Baudevin’s work offers, in its own way, a commentary on the migration of signs, the recycling of the avant-garde and the visual organisation of today’s consumer society.
Mehr erfahrenWarm invitation to the opening of the new exhibitions!
Mehr erfahrenChildren from the age of 5 are invited to explore the exhibitions like the adults and get creative. In French and German. Without reservation, for free.
Mehr erfahrenJanuary 2023
We celebrate the project «Kunstimpulse / Élan d’art» of the group from the Résidence Favorita at Kunsthaus Pasquart with an aperitif and a small exhibition.
Mehr erfahrenPräsentationsabend des Forschungsprojekts «Réinventer la pédagogie des opprimé·e·x·s pour favoriser la participation culturelle dans les institutions d’art contemporain suisses» (Neuerfindung der Pädagogik der Unterdrückten zur Förderung der kulturellen Teilhabe in Schweizer Institutionen für zeitgenössische Kunst), in Anwesenheit der Akteur*innen von vier Projekten, die in Museen und Kunsthäusern durchgeführt wurden.
Mehr erfahrenFinissage of the project “Commenting on art” which brought together participants from different German courses in Biel. In several meetings, they exchanged views on the exhibition Cantonale Berne Jura and formulated questions about the artworks for the artists.
Mehr erfahrenDecember 2022
Guided tour in German of the exhibition CANTONALE BERNE JURA 2022 with Joana Kunz, art mediator.
Mehr erfahrenThe concert has to be postponed due to illness. The new date will be announces soon. Opening of the concert series CADENZA 2023 - Contemporary works and creations. - The Cadenza concert series presents teachers from the Biel Music School with their ensembles. The 19th season opens in the exhibition rooms of the Kunsthaus Pasquart. The programme includes solo "Sequences" by Luciano Berio, contemporary music from France and a premiere of a composition by Lukas Vogelsang for voice, accordion, clarinet and harp.
Mehr erfahrenOpen talk (dt/fr): What format for the Cantonale Berne Jura 2023 at the Kunsthaus Pasquart? With artists, members of the committee of the Kunstverein Biel, members of Visarte Biel/Bienne.
Mehr erfahrenGuided tour in French of the exhibition CANTONALE BERNE JURA 2022 with Paul Bernard, director and curator of the exhibition.
Mehr erfahrenA multicultural portrait of Biel realised by the Afrofeminist Biel collective CABBAK (& friends) through surveys in hairdressing salons in the city. U-BUNT-U SALON is part of the research project «Réinventer la pédagogie des opprimé-e-x-s».
Mehr erfahrenOrganised in cooperation with the Kunstverein Biel, the intercantonal exhibition draws attention to art being made in the region. The selection of works, drawn up by a professional jury, surprises through diversity and originality and thereby creating space for new discoveries. Artists are given possibility to present their works to a large audience and visitors the chance to see these beyond the borders of the canton. With Edi Aschwanden, Bastien Aubry, Karin Borer, Anja Braun, Seline Burn, COCHON RODEO, Tiziana De Silvestro, Jonas Etter, Sabrina Friio, Isabelle Fritz, Markus Furrer, GATTI NUDI, Jannik Giger, Claude Gigon, Floyd Grimm / Ruven Stettler, Christian Grogg, Mimmo Haraditiohadi, Philippe Hinderling, Lukas Hirschhofer, Claude Hohl, Tamara Janes, Hannah Külling, Florine Leoni, Robin Mettler, Alexeï Monney, Nico Müller, Willi Müller, Anais Orr, Philip Ortelli, Laurent Perret-Gentil, Teo Petruzzi, Thalles Piaget, Teddy Pratt, Andrea Cindy Raemy, Nora Renaud, Olivier Rossel, Lorenzo Salafia, Jennifer Merlyn Scherler, Sina Schöpf & Robin Mettler, Reto Steiner, Hansueli Urwyler, Clemens Wild
Mehr erfahrenCordial invitation to the opening of the exhibition. Speeches and aperitif.
Mehr erfahrenDuring the Kunsthaus exhibition opening (open to all), children of 5 years and over are invited to explore the new exhibition like the adults do and afterwards to take part in a workshop. No reservation is required and participation is free of charge.
Mehr erfahrenNovember 2022
A Bernese artist couple - concert: Pierre-André Bovey: flute/alto flute, Markus Hofer: bass, double bass flute, Matthias Schranz: violoncello. Composition: Daniel Andres: "Mobile" for alto flute and violoncello, Oliver Waespi: "...vers le ciel" for flute and violoncello, Ursula Gut: "chant-son-visible" for piccolo, alto flute, bass and double bass flute, Matthias Schranz: improvisation for violoncello solo. In between, conversation with Regula Linck von Kries. A small exhibition of objects by Margrit and Walter Linck (ceramics/iron sculpture) shows some characteristic works by the artist couple. Entry: 25.-, free admission for students. L'art pour l'Aar.
Mehr erfahrenBilingual workshops (DE/FR) for 5 to 11 year olds. Number of participants restricted, registration required until friday morning before the Kids Club take place.
Mehr erfahrenShort tour of the exhibitions FRANCIS UPRITCHARD and SOLO / MUTE / PAN followed by a lunch snitch by Batavia. Registration: info@pasquart.ch
Mehr erfahrenAs part of the exhibition SOLO / MUTE / PAN, Olga and Laurent are organising four residencies of artists working at the intersection of music and sound art. During a three-day residency at the Kunsthaus, these six guests* work on, intervene in or expand a part of the sound system installed for the exhibition. Each residency finishes with a performance and leaves a noticeable trace in the composition created by Olga and Laurent. *Guests: Caroline Profanter, Annette Schmucki, crys cole, Antoine Läng, Luc Müller, Jean-Philippe Gross. Today: Jean-Philippe Gross.
Mehr erfahrenGuided tour in German of the exhibitions FRANCIS UPRITCHARD - A Loose Hold and SOLO / MUTE / PAN with Joana Kunz, art mediator. Followed by a sound performance by Jean-Philippe Gross.
Mehr erfahrenOctober 2022
(BOOKED OUT!) - 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.
Mehr erfahrenAs part of the exhibition SOLO / MUTE / PAN, Olga and Laurent are organising four residencies of artists working at the intersection of music and sound art. During a three-day residency at the Kunsthaus, these six guests* work on, intervene in or expand a part of the sound system installed for the exhibition. Each residency finishes with a performance and leaves a noticeable trace in the composition created by Olga and Laurent. *Guests: Caroline Profanter, Annette Schmucki, crys cole, Antoine Läng, Luc Müller, Jean-Philippe Gross
Mehr erfahrenGuided tour in French of the exhibitions with Laura Weber, exhibitions coordination.
Mehr erfahrenSeptember 2022
As part of the exhibition SOLO / MUTE / PAN, Olga and Laurent are organising four residencies of artists working at the intersection of music and sound art. During a three-day residency at the Kunsthaus, these six guests* work on, intervene in or expand a part of the sound system installed for the exhibition. Each residency finishes with a performance and leaves a noticeable trace in the composition created by Olga and Laurent. Residency and performance: Annette Schmucki & crys cole Annette Schmucki & crys cole
Mehr erfahrenBilingual workshops (DE/FR) for 5 to 11 year olds. Number of participants restricted, registration required until friday morning before the Kids Club take place.
Mehr erfahrenAs part of the exhibition SOLO / MUTE / PAN, Olga and Laurent are organising four residencies of artists working at the intersection of music and sound art. During a three-day residency at the Kunsthaus, these six guests* work on, intervene in or expand a part of the sound system installed for the exhibition. Each residency finishes with a performance and leaves a noticeable trace in the composition created by Olga and Laurent. Caroline Profanter (*1985 Bozen; lives in Brussels) studied computer music and electronic media at the MDV in Vienna and acousmatic composition at the Royal Conservatory in Mons. She composes acousmatic pieces for loudspeaker orchestra and realizes free and structured live improvisations that mobilize analog electronics, computer, voice and instrument. She focuses on the interaction between organic and synthetic sound forms.
Mehr erfahrenLAURENT GÜDEL, OLGA KOKCHAROVA and GUESTS - Laurent Güdel (*1984, CH, Biel) and Olga Kokcharova (*1985, CH / RU, Geneva) research sound environments through their individual prisms of perception, paying particular attention to sounds that are possibly not perceived by other people. Both illuminate with their approaches the sensitive connections between technology, body, environment, media or power structures. The exhibition includes a programme of experimental concerts at the intersection of music and visual art, to which guests will be invited.
Mehr erfahrenFrancis Upritchard’s (*1976, New Zealand) sculptures are situated between realism and fantasy; whilst flamboyantly theatrical, they are also keenly observant of human nature. Made from a wide variety of materials, such as rubber, bronze, stone, glass and plaster, they explore both material and aesthetic aspects of human and anthropomorphic forms. Upritchard’s work draws on craft traditions and design, combining references from science fiction and folklore to ancient sculptures and the animal kingdom.
Mehr erfahrenYou and your friends are warmly invited to the opening of the exhibitions FRANCIS UPRITCHARD & SOLO / MUTE / PAN. 16:00 Artist's talk - Francis Upritchard in conversation with Stefanie Gschwend. 17:15 Speeches - Stefanie Gschwend, curator of the exhibition. Aperitif, Catering. 17:00-18:30 Children's preview - Children of 5 years and over are invited to explore the new exhibitions like the adults do and afterwards to take part in a workshop.
Mehr erfahrenDuring the Kunsthaus exhibition opening (open to all), children of 5 years and over are invited to explore the new exhibitions like the adults do and afterwards to take part in a workshop. No reservation is required and participation is free of charge.
Mehr erfahrenFrancis Upritchard in conversation with Stefanie Gschwend, curator of the exhibition (eng).
Mehr erfahren15:00 Artists of the exhibition (UN)CERTAIN GROUND in conversation with Madeleine Amsler, Clare Goodwin and Felicity Lunn. With Andriu Deplazes, Barbara Ellmerer, Klodin Erb, Luisanna Gonzalez Quattrini, Inka ter Haar, Francisco Sierra, Valérie Favre. At 4:30pm Special screening: Klodin Erb, Johnny Woodhead and the Nightmärlis, 2022; At 5:00pm Live act by Andrew Canyon: Songs for people and paintings; Buffet installation by Clare Goodwin.
Mehr erfahrenNotes on Licking - Dance performance in the exhibition (UN)CERTAIN GROUND by Catol Teixeira. Notes on Licking wishes to dialogue with an uncertain ground, allowing its body to inhabited the vibrations, waves and deviations that made appear when we navigate into what we cannot know. A dance, a body engaging into movement through a score for a site specific improvisation. Catol proposes to visit one aspect of their ongoing research, dislocating it from its context and offering it to the exhibition space.
Mehr erfahrenAugust 2022
Guided tour in French of the exhibition (Un)certain Ground with Laura Weber, exhibition assistant and art historian.
Mehr erfahrenGuided tour in German of the exhibition (Un)certain Ground with Felicity Lunn, co-curator.
Mehr erfahrenJuly 2022
Lunch with the Kunsthaus team: short visit of the exhibition (Un)certain Ground followed by a snack from Batavia. Registration: info@pasquart.ch (CHF 15.-)
Mehr erfahrenCURRENT PAINTING IN SWITZERLAND – Mitchell Anderson, Caroline Bachmann, Ralph Bürgin, Miriam Cahn, Sylvain Croci-Torti, Philippe Decrauzat, Andriu Deplazes, Andreas Dobler, Natacha Donzé, Barbara Ellmerer, Klodin Erb, Valérie Favre, Louisa Gagliardi, Luisanna Gonzalez Quattrini, Inka ter Haar, Charlotte Herzig, Andreas Hochuli, Daniel Karrer, Renée Levi, Rachel Lumsden, Jean-Luc Manz, Yoan Mudry, Caro Niederer, Giacomo Santiago Rogado, Francisco Sierra, Elza Sile, Hans Stalder, Sereina Steinemann, Christine Streuli, Markus Weggenmann, Uwe Wittwer - No other artistic medium has experienced so many positive as well as negative attributions as painting. It is nonetheless continually being re-interpreted, thereby revealing its endless potential. Also in Switzerland a revival of the medium has become manifest over the last few years. The exhibition (Un)certain Ground is not an overview of Swiss painting, but focuses rather on painters practising in Switzerland whose work is right now negotiating new territory.
Mehr erfahrenYou and your friends are cordially invited to the opening of the exhibition: (Un)certain Ground. 17:15 Speeches: Stefanie Gschwend, director ad interim Kunsthaus Pasquart, Felicity Lunn, co-curator of the exhibition, Jana Johanna Haeckel, director Photoforum Pasquart. Aperitif, Catering
Mehr erfahrenJune 2022
Bern University of the Arts - The Diploma festival of the Master in Contemporary Arts Practice of the Bern University of the Arts brings together works by a young generation of ambitious artists keen to experiment. The artistic approach of the graduates is manifested in different media such as performance, video, installation, painting, literature or music and focuses on current issues.
Mehr erfahrenApril 2022
SHIFTINGS - Caroline Achaintre (*1969, FR) transfers traditional techniques to the present, thereby exploring the boundaries between abstraction and the representational. Her ceramics and watercolours, as well as large-format tapestries reveal animalistic figures and masklike formations. Achaintre’s sources of inspiration are images from high and pop culture, German Expressionism and ‘Primitivism’ via Central European carnivals to horror, heavy metal and science fiction genres.
Mehr erfahrenKudzanai-Violet Hwami’s (*1993, Zimbabwe) large-scale paintings combine visual fragments from a multiplicity of sources, such as online and archival images, as well as personal photographs, thereby collapsing past and present. Her collaged and layered compositions free the figure from the often-prescribed meanings of their original context to create new narratives. In these, Hwami boldly raises questions about human experience in relation to the investigation of sexual, spiritual or political identity.
Mehr erfahrenJanuary 2022
Parallel to her solo exhibition Building a Home with Time, Stéphanie Saadé is putting together a programme of films by Lebanese artists entitled A Night in Beirut. Sirine Fattouh and Stéphanie Dadour, Marwan Moujaes, Roy Samaha and Maha Yammine have been invited to show a selection of their films, arranged in a weekly programme.
Mehr erfahrenHENNISSEMENTS - Manor Art Award - The narratives of Gil Pellaton (*1982, CH, Biel) are about strange, fragmentary occurrences. For his objects and installations, he often uses organic materials such as tiger balm and coriander or a mixture of turmeric and bone glue. Their effect unfolds not only visually, but also through specific smells and their haptics. Pellaton's independent artistic vocabulary is inspired by cultural history as well as the symbolic charge of the materials and their reinterpretation in the art context. Hennissement is the continuation of an ongoing work that seeks to develop a universe independent of the prevailing frames of reference. The deliciously mysterious works develop narratives that remain incomplete and open up a world of poetry in which feelings can improvise endlessly. It is the artist's attempt to invent a language without words and concepts, where yapping, neighing and barking form our new grammar. The exhibition shows existing works as well as several new ones inspired by the dialogue between the artist and the author Elise Lammer. In addition, a poetic text has been created for the accompanying publication, which is at the same time inseparably linked to the exhibition concept.
Mehr erfahrenBUILDING A HOME WITH TIME - Stéphanie Saadé (*1983, Lebanon) deals in her work with themes such as memory and the individual experience of time, scale and references to place. She subtly influences existing objects with quiet artistic interventions and places them in a loose network of references. They function as personal objets trouvés that do not speak language but think it. The artist explores the nature of memory, historicity or the condition humaine, using transposition, displacement and metaphor to explore the relationship between the intimate and the universal. The exhibition brings together new and existing works, including sculptures, fabric works, videos, works in glass and a video game, through which the artist develops different narratives around the theme of home. Building a Home with Time speaks to the slow process of forming a place, and at the same time the evolution and constitution of being, both of which are tied to each other and inseparable from the passage of time. Often her works place her personal life in scale with a part of completed history, but are also expanded by current events - such as the recent popular uprising, the devaluation of the Lebanese pound, hyperinflation, a global pandemic and a deadly explosion - which link the past and the present.
Mehr erfahrenDecember 2021
Olivia Abächerli, Edi Aschwanden, Stéphanie Baechler, Linus Baumeler, Cécile Baumgartner Vizkelety, Juliette Berger, Caroline Bourrit, Nicolle Bussien, Angela Cerullo & Giorgio Bloch, Romana Del Negro, Michèle Dillier, Beth Dillon, EGGER, Rita Ernst, Beat Feller, Lea Fröhlicher, Matthias Gabi, victor garcés, Eva Maria Gisler, Nicolas Grand, Béatrice Gysin, Jerry Haenggli, Tobias Hauswirth, Maya Hottarek, Margaux Huber, Cyril Tyrone Hübscher, Jonas Huldi & Colin Barth / Jack Young, Christine Hurst, Jeanne Jacob, Tamara Janes, Lis Kocher, kollektiv solei: Salome Bosshard / Ida Huschke, Johanna Kotlaris, Kühne/Klein, Daniel Kurth, Monod_Marcus, Laura Mietrup, Thomas Moor, Philipp Ortelli, Giorgia Piffaretti, Marius Steiger, Reto Steiner, Remo Stoller, Grégory Sugnaux, Lieselotte Togni, Vera Trachsel, Joshua Valentin, Sygrid Von Gunten, Clemens Wild, Jasmin Wüthrich Prix Anderfuhren: Beth Dillon, Janosch Perler Prix Kunstverein: Leolie Greet
Mehr erfahrenSeptember 2021
In Emma Talbot's (*1969, GB) multimedia work, drawing is always the starting point for her exploration of issues of our time, from the environment to gender to the way we communicate. Her luminous drawings, painted on silk, often combine words and images to express the lyricism and pain of subjectivity. The exhibition includes new work that weaves together the aftermath of our systemic collapse and interpretations of wild landscapes.
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