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Two rooms of the Kunsthaus Zürich are hosting, until 15 February 2026, an exhibition devoted to the artist Alice Bailly (1872–1938), born in Geneva and deceased in Lausanne. This presentation is the result of a collaboration between the Zurich museum and the Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts of Lausanne (MCBA).

Kirill Serebrennikov’s film The Disappearance of Josef Mengele, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this May and is devoted to the Nazi criminal who managed to elude justice, has now reached screens across the country.

On November 27, the Jerusalem Quartet will perform at the Geneva Conservatory. Three of its members speak fluent Russian. I am delighted to present this wonderful chamber music program and to give the floor to one of the ensemble’s co-founders. The interview took place a few days before the shameful incident at the Philharmonie de Paris.

After a three-year absence, world-renowned Russian soprano Anna Netrebko returned to the Zurich Opera House in the role of Donna Leonora in Giuseppe Verdi's masterpiece, commissioned by Tsar Alexander II and first presented to the public in St. Petersburg. The premiere took place despite the Ukrainian Embassy in Switzerland's demand that it be canceled.

Thus, paraphrasing the title of an old Woody Allen movie, one could title the exhibition "Vallotton Forever," currently showing at the Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts in Lausanne and dedicated to one of Switzerland's most famous artists.

Cette question est au cœur du nouveau recueil d’essais de Mikhaïl Chichkine, Le Bateau de marbre blanc, paru récemment en français aux éditions lausannoises Éditions Noir sur Blanc et disponible dans les librairies de Suisse, France, Belgique et Canada.

Authors often send me their books, whether literary works or scientific research. Unfortunately, I cannot present them all, which is why I select those that, in my opinion, are likely to generate the most interest among my readers. "Deported for Eternity. Surviving Stalinist Exile, 1939-1991" (« Déportés pour l’éternité. Survivre à l’exil stalinien, 1939-1991 ») is one of them.