The Case: The Making of an Icon. The Commentary: The Making of an Icon traces Frida Kahlo’s extraordinary journey from pioneering artist to global cultural icon.
Frida Kahlo
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Anna runs a boutique advisory company (J Group SA https://www.jgroup.ch/) providing compliance services. With her longstanding experience in private banking compliance she offers a structured and independent approach. Her expertise lies in Anti-Money-Laundering (AML) and Know-Your-Customer (KYC) topics with a specific focus on CEE, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Central Asia. Anna has a legal background (MLaw, lic.iur) analytical and research skills as well as multilingual competence (English, German, French and Russian).
Van Gogh, Hodler and a Cabriolet
The Case: Gertrud Dübi-Müller was one of Switzerland’s foremost art collectors and a remarkable pioneer of her time. The Commentary: A passionate photographer, motorcar driver and mountaineer, Dübi-Müller also posed for Ferdinand Hodler and other artists. With Van Gogh, Hodler and a Cabriolet, the Kunstmuseum Basel presents the first major…
Maria Lassnig and Edvard Munch
The Case: Flow of Paint = Flow of Life. The Commentary: An exhibition displays the work of Maria Lassnig and Edvard Munch in direct dialogue for the first time. Combining around 150 works, unexpected affinities between two singular artistic visions are revealed, offering new perspectives on the body, perception and…
Roy Lichtenstein
The Case: Sweet Dreams, Baby! – The Kunstmuseum Basel presents prints from all periods of pop-art legend Roy Lichtenstein’s (1923 – 1997) oeuvre. Many of the approximately fifty works have never been on public display. The Commentary: Roy Lichtenstein. Sweet Dreams, Baby! showcases a representative survey of Lichtenstein’s colourful and…
A Fluffy Fairytale World
The Case: Fantastic carpet dreams that make you want to get lost in. The Commentary: Christoph Hefti began his career as a textile designer, and he used to collaborate with renowned fashion houses and designers such as Jean Paul Gaultier and Balenciaga. Nowadays he pours his creativity into carpets, creating…
Swiss Press Photo 26
The Case: Swiss Press Photo 26 showcases the finest of Swiss photojournalism of the past year. The exhibition invites visitors with award-winning images to reflect on the events, stories and emotions that shaped an eventful year. The Commentary: Organised into six categories – News, Daily Life, Swiss Stories, People, Sports,…
Constellations – inaugural exhibition at Fondation Beyeler
The Case: Constellations is the inaugural exhibition on the campus of the Fondation Beyeler that is to extend across the new museum building designed by Peter Zumthor (Wyss Museum) and the museum building by Renzo Piano (Beyeler Museum), as well as the expanded park and the repurposed historical buildings.
Sanctions – Ukraine
The Case: Ordinance Imposing Measures in Connection with the Situation in Ukraine. The Commentary: Today, the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER) has updated the “Interpretative Aid for Sanction Measures”. All amendments are highlighted using track changes.
Sanctions
The Case: Managing indirect exposure risks in a landscape that keeps shifting global sanctions. The Commentary: Geopolitical tensions have been contributing towards a more aggressive and interconnected global sanctions environment, with regulators increasingly scrutinizing indirect exposure arising from complex cross-border commercial networks. As sanctions regimes evolve, companies face increased legal,…
Picasso painting sold for USD 35 million at Art Basel
The Case: Blue-chip artworks dominated the opening hours of Art Basel, with major works by Pablo Picasso, David Hockney and Louise Bourgeois achieving multimillion-dollar prices at sales. The Commentary: Hauser & Wirth sold Picasso’s Le peintre et son modèle dans un paysage for USD 35 million (CHF 27 million). The…
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The Case: The Super Saint-Bernard ski area near Bourg-Saint-Pierre in Valais has been closed since 2010. The Commentary: Opened in 1963, the ski area used to have around 27 km of slopes at altitudes of up to 2,800 metres. A reopening would have required investments of around CHF 25 million,…
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