Swiss Post gives an insight into its art collection for the first time
Currently at the Grisons Museum of Fine Arts in Chur, in a virtual tour of the exhibition and in a podcast
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The Swiss Post art collection’s first collaborative exhibition is open. For 100 years, Swiss Post has been committed to art and to promoting Swiss artists. For the first time, the general public is now being given an insight into these efforts.
Diana Pavlicek, collection curator and head of Swiss Post’s commitment to art, and Stephan Kunz, Artistic Director of the Grisons Museum of Fine Arts in Chur, opened the exhibition at a preview on 17 May.
“Trari Trara, die Kunst ist da!” (Let’s give a cheer, art is here!) – Swiss Post has taken the unconventional step of renaming its “Art in architecture” work at the PostBus station in Chur. From 18 May to 25 August 2024, Swiss Post is exhibiting selected works under the title of “FRAGILE. The Swiss Post art collection in dialogue”, in cooperation with the Grisons Museum of Fine Arts in Chur. This event kicks off a Switzerland-wide series of exhibitions dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Swiss Post’s sponsorship commitment.
In today’s world, the word “fragile” has taken on a new meaning. Everything has become more fragile as a result of high-tech communication and its impact on interpersonal dialogue. For this reason, the exhibition focuses on the topic of communication and the various postal services.
A virtual tour of the exhibition
Observations of the works from Diana Pavlicek,
Head of Art Department, Swiss Post
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Related links:
- More information in the media blog (in German)
- More background information in the Graubünden regional journal (in German) and in the Grisons Museum of Fine Arts podcast (in German)
- More information on Swiss Post’s sponsorship commitment since 1924: Video profile on the collection commitment with Tommy Baur, Chair of the Art Committee and Head of PostalNetwork, and Diana Pavlicek, Head of Art Department (in German)