The gloomy days of winter are over. The birds are singing constantly, even at night, and the trees are just beginning to bloom. I really like this time of the year with its balmy evenings.

I also want to share the following video: a short interview with the exhibition curators Marco Franciolli* and Maria Cristina Bandera**.

* Director of the Museo Cantonale d’Arte and Museo d’Arte, Lugano
** Director of the Florence Fondazione di Studi di Storia dell’Arte Roberto Longhi, author of a book Giorgio Morandi 1890-1964: Nothing Is More Abstract Than Reality

Click here to see a list of Top 12 art exhibitions and fairs in Switzerland for spring/summer 2012.

Winter Tales: Winter in Аrt from the Renaissance to Impressionism
Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich
until April
Organized in collaboration with the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Pierre Bonnard
Fondation Beyeler, Basel
until May 13

From the Collections: from Tiepolo to Degas
Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne
until May 20

Diane Arbus
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur
until May 28
Organized by Jeu de Paume, Paris, in collaboration with the Estate of Diane Arbus LLC, New York

100 Years of Swiss Graphic Design
Museum für Gestaltung Zurich, Zurich
until June 3

Giorgio Morandi
Museo d’Arte Lugano, Lugano
March 10 — July 1

Uncanny: Witches, Phantoms and Demons in Paul Klee
Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
March 10 — May 20

Ornamenta: Textile Images of the Middle Ages
Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg
April 29 — November 11

Fragile treasure: Conserving Court Textiles
Historisches Museum Bern, Bern
from May 2
Visitors can watch live as conservation work is carried out on 15th century Flemish tapestries.

VOLTA8
Nexos AG, Basel
June 11 — 16
Basel’s cutting edge art fair for new and emerging art.

Art 43 Basel
Messe Basel, Basel
June 14 — 17
The world’s premier international art show for Modern and contemporary works, Art Basel features nearly 300 leading galleries from North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa.

Masterworks from the Fondation Oskar Kokoschka
Musée Jenisch, Vevey
June 23 — September 16

Don’t miss out on the best Swiss exhibitions!

Giorgio Morandi, Natura morta, 1957; oil on canvas; Musée Jenisch, Fondation pour les Arts et les Lettres, Vevey

Giorgio Morandi exhibition will open next Friday, March 9 at the Museo d’Arte Lugano.
The opening reception starts at 6:30 p.m.

The exhibition will run until July 1

Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 — 18:00
Friday: 10:00 — 21:00
Monday: closed (except March 19, April 9 and May 28)

Museo d’Arte Lugano
Riva Caccia 5, 6900 Lugano

For information call +41 (0)58.866.72.14 or visit www.giorgiomorandilugano.ch