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Anna Brouver

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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).

Richard Paul Lohse

The Case: The Museum Haus Konstruktiv opens its 2026 programme with a major exhibition dedicated to the painter Richard Paul Lohse. The Commentary: Featuring over 50 works (1942 to 1987) the exhibition offers a comprehensive insight into Lohse’s artistic development. It traces his evolution from early compositions of freely floating…

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Desire for a Paradise on Earth (Collection Blocher)

The Case: “The artist’s task is to express the infinite element of nature, beauty and to extract the essential from it” (Ferdinand Hodler) The Commentary: The exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, presents a selection of masterpieces from the Christoph Blocher’s Collection, spanning artistic movements from Realism to…

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Henri Matisse

The Case: “Every minute was a minute to create” (Henri Matisse) The Commentary: The exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris includes more than 300 works from the last 13 years of the Henri Matisse’s life.

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir

The Case: The exhibition dispalys Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s fundamental contribution to Impressionism and to 19th-century art history via the complex and universal theme of love, the central driving force of his work. The Commentary: The exhibition offers a fresh perspective on paintings so familiar that their radical nature has often been…

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Global art market returns to modest growth

The Case: The global art market returned to growth in 2025 after three consecutive years of decline. The Commentary: According to an annual report by UBS and Art Basel, total sales rose 4 % to an estimated USD 59.6 billion, although the market remains below its 2022 peak.

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Chiharu Shiota

The Case: The moment the snow melts – an exhibition of installations by the Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota. The Commentary: The Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota (* 1972) weaves the world into a delicate web of threads of fate. Her internationally acclaimed works are instantly recognizable for their immersive aesthetic. Shiota…

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SMALL BUT EXCELLENT EXHIBITION IN STANS

The Case: The Nidwaldner Museum Winkelriedhaus is hosting an exhibition of reverse glass paintings that is well worth the trip to Stans. The Commentary: The venue combines historical artwork from the 17th century with the works of modern painters dedicating their skills to this artform.

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Gustave Courbet

The Case: The World’s most famous vulva: Gustave Courbet’s scandalous painting on display in Vienna. The Commentary: The Origin of the World has a long history of concealment. Now, the small yet provocative masterpiece is being shown in Vienna at the Leopold Museum, taking center stage in a major retrospective…

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Mark Rothko

The Case: Palazzo Strozzi presents Mark Rothko by means of an exceptional selection of works, including monumental paintings never before shown in Italy. The Commentary: The art pieces are on loan from major private collections as well as leading museums such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum…

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Kerry James Marshall

The Case: Discover the monumental paintings of Kerry James Marshall this spring and summer. The Commentary: The eminent American artist explores the history, the lives and identities of Black Americans in powerful, large-scale works with richly layered colourful images, reflecting pain, resilience, hope and vitality.

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