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According to Jorge Luis Borges, Xul Solar was the only person who could be perfectly at ease anywhere in the […]

Kolumba is the art museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne. Designed by the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, the building is […]

“Benesse Art Site” refers to a series of museums and artistic interventions scattered on the islands of Naoshima, Teshima, and […]

Chosen as one of today’s most interesting museums by the members of CIMAM, the International Committee for Museums and Collections […]

Glenstone combines art, architecture, and nature in the serene landscape of Maryland. An exceptional group of contemporary and post-war masterpieces […]

In Rome, Palazzo Primoli hosts the quintessential house museum, conceived by the Italian writer and compulsive collector, Mario Praz (1896–1982). […]

Instituto Inhotim is a contemporary art museum and botanical garden located in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil. One of the largest […]

For its first research project the Beatrice Trussardi Foundation will retrace a small history of Swiss revolutions and utopias in order […]

9.1 A kingdom under the mountains, or at least that’s what “Porta Alpina” was promoted as before it was unceremoniously […]

8.1 Ever slept with your head in one country and your feet in another? This week’s new Alpine Utopia pick, […]

7.1 For our next Swiss Utopia, we scale Mont Blanc to visit the Gervasutti refuge: an experiment in environmentally-friendly construction […]

4.1 As the UN climate change conference #COP26 begins this week, we visit Hospezi in Trun, Switzerland – a farm […]

3.1 This week we go back in time to explore the legendary Monte Verità: the proto-hippie commune that would inspire […]

2.1 The next stop on our journey through Swiss Utopias takes us to Swiss Escape: a digital haven sitting high […]

1.1 This week we continue our journey through Swiss Utopias by exploring Zürich’s Kalkbreite: a housing cooperative that has much […]