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Tuesday 14 July 2020
CANCELLED: Ceresio Estate
event cancelled
Regione del Luganese, Lugano
22 June - 06 September 2020
The many appointments of the Ceresio Summer Festival will be held in the churches, in the most suggestive halls and in the most magical places of the Lugano area.
CANCELLED: Monet, Cézanne, Van Gogh... Masterpieces from the Emil Bührle Collection
event cancelled
MASI Lugano Sede LAC, Lugano
10 May - 30 August 2020
Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana has the extraordinary opportunity of hosting a selection of masterpieces belonging to one of the most prestigious collection of the world: the Emil Bührle Collection.
LongLake Festival
Lugano
10 June - 30 August 2020
A wide ranging programme, almost completely free of charge that really suits all tastes. For a month of great outdoor entertainment enjoy the concerts, perfomances and family events.
Shunk-Kender. Art through the eye of the camera (1957-1983).
Palazzo Reali, Lugano
01 March - 20 September 2020
MASI hosts a major exhibition dedicated to photographers Harry Shunk and János Kender. The duo documented, mainly in Paris and New York, openings, biennials and artists working in their studios or during public performances, among which Yves Klein, Jean Tinguely, Andy Warhol.
Scuola di Scultura
Villa Luganese
11 May - 31 December 2020
Opere esposte e in vendita a sostegno del Progetto Scuola di Pittura e Scultura e corsi speciali per persone diversamente abili e per gli allievi delle Scuole Speciali e utente nel Centro Diurno di Lugano.
Guided Walks to Gandria
Gandria
14 April - 28 October 2020
Guided Walk to Gandria village promoted by "La Bottega di Gandria".
Gunter Bhömer illustrates Klingsor's last summer
Museo Hermann Hesse, Montagnola
28 May 2020 - 31 January 2021
On display there are sketches and illustrations by Gunter Böhmer, a graphic designer and illustrator who was Inspired by his friend’s famous story, “Klingsor’s Last Summer” written in 1920.
The planet i would want
Museo in Erba, Lugano
18 May - 15 November 2020
An interactive exhibition between nature, architecture and ecology.
Habitat. Public art exhibition
Morcote
04 July - 04 October 2020
Morcote’s third public art exhibition emphasizes a current topic narrated through the works of fourteen Swiss or Swiss resident artists, including site-specific projects scattered all across Scherrer Park and the village which have been created specifically for the occasion.
Belle Époque
Museo delle Dogane Svizzere - Cantine di Gandria, Gandria
09 June - 18 October 2020
Twenty large posters from the Swiss National Library recount the charm of tourism in the Lake Lugano and Lake Maggiore region during the Belle Époque (1880-1915). A journey through time, when going on holiday was still a privilege for the few.
Stop piracy: beguiling appearance - murky shadows?
Museo delle dogane svizzero, Lugano-Gandria
09 June - 18 October 2020
The temporary exhibition reveals the valuable work carried out by customs officers to ensure consumers’ health and safety and to protect the local economy.
Lois Hechenblaikner. Ischgl and more
LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura, Lugano
26 June - 06 September 2020
Photography project entitled Lois Hechenblaikner. Ischgl and more A pop-up project(ion): a projection of photographs by photographer Lois Hechenkblaikner meticulously documenting the lesser-known, irreverent side of Austrian Alpine resorts.
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Wednesday 15 July 2020
CANCELLED: Lugano Buskers Festival
event cancelled
Piazze, Lungolago, Studio Foce, Parco Ciani, Lugano
15 - 19 July 2020
The street artists’ Festival which is an apparent delirium of freaks, artists, egos and musicians assembling and disassembling in an artistic harmony of beauty and fullness.
CANCELLED: Ceresio Estate
event cancelled
Regione del Luganese, Lugano
22 June - 06 September 2020
The many appointments of the Ceresio Summer Festival will be held in the churches, in the most suggestive halls and in the most magical places of the Lugano area.
CANCELLED: Monet, Cézanne, Van Gogh... Masterpieces from the Emil Bührle Collection
event cancelled
MASI Lugano Sede LAC, Lugano
10 May - 30 August 2020
Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana has the extraordinary opportunity of hosting a selection of masterpieces belonging to one of the most prestigious collection of the world: the Emil Bührle Collection.
LongLake Festival
Lugano
10 June - 30 August 2020
A wide ranging programme, almost completely free of charge that really suits all tastes. For a month of great outdoor entertainment enjoy the concerts, perfomances and family events.
Flowers on the roadside. Maghreb's textiles from the Korolnik Collection.
Museo delle Culture, Villa Malpensata, Lugano
30 March - 11 October 2020
Morocco’s nomadic people have long been known for their fine textile art. .
Morocco. Roberto Polillo Photos 2005-2018
Museo delle Culture, Villa Malpensata, Lugano
07 March - 06 September 2020
Roberto Polillo is a traveling photographer, always in search of the “spirit of places”.
Shunk-Kender. Art through the eye of the camera (1957-1983).
Palazzo Reali, Lugano
01 March - 20 September 2020
MASI hosts a major exhibition dedicated to photographers Harry Shunk and János Kender. The duo documented, mainly in Paris and New York, openings, biennials and artists working in their studios or during public performances, among which Yves Klein, Jean Tinguely, Andy Warhol.
Scuola di Scultura
Villa Luganese
11 May - 31 December 2020
Opere esposte e in vendita a sostegno del Progetto Scuola di Pittura e Scultura e corsi speciali per persone diversamente abili e per gli allievi delle Scuole Speciali e utente nel Centro Diurno di Lugano.
Gunter Bhömer illustrates Klingsor's last summer
Museo Hermann Hesse, Montagnola
28 May 2020 - 31 January 2021
On display there are sketches and illustrations by Gunter Böhmer, a graphic designer and illustrator who was Inspired by his friend’s famous story, “Klingsor’s Last Summer” written in 1920.
