A singular figure of Mediterranean art, Baya left a lasting mark on the second half of the 20th century with a universe that is both poetic and radiant. Her work unfolds in a profusion of vegetal forms, vivid colors, and exalted female figures, offering a joyful celebration of life and imagination.

This exhibition invites visitors to enter Baya’s enchanting world, populated with birds, music, and figures adorned in sumptuous attire. It offers the opportunity to explore a unique artistic journey, shaped by decisive encounters yet above all driven by a creative freedom that continues to resonate today.

This major European exhibition marks Elizabeth Colomba’s institutional debut in France, her country of birth.

Bringing together 31 works — including 15 large-scale oil paintings, 14 preparatory drawings, and 2 watercolors, many of which have never been shown before — the event offers a rich and immersive overview of Colomba’s practice, where themes of beauty, power, identity, and historical memory are explored through a distinctly European lens.

From the baroque splendor of Vermeer and Caravaggio to the orientalist fantasies of Ingres and Constant, and the refined portraits of Sargent to the rococo grace of Vigée Le Brun, Colomba engages in a dialogue with the very canons that once projected wealth, prestige, and power. Her canvases, lush with silks, pearls, gemstones, and opulent interiors, also abound with historical references and symbolism — recalibrated to subvert inherited codes.

In this new chapter of revisiting the collection, the founder of the eac., Gottfried Honegger, is honoured. Beyond his career as a collector, this exhibition invites visitors to explore the many facets of Gottfried Honegger: from graphic designer to painter, from collector to the creator of the eac.

The eac. – a contemporary art centre of national interest – in partnership with the Observatoire de l’Espace, the cultural laboratory of CNES, presents the work of eleven contemporary artists who have explored extra-terrestrial art. This manifesto-exhibition aims to lay the foundations for the conceptualisation of extra-terrestrial art in the 21st century.

Taking as its starting point the Space Art experiments conducted in the 1980s, the exhibition seeks to define the framework within which contemporary works can lay claim to extra-terrestrial art. Amid the current effervescence surrounding space exploration and the renewed public interest in the cosmos, contemporary creation is presented with an exceptional opportunity to open a new chapter in the history of art.

The Espace de l’Art Concret is pleased to present, for the first time in France, the work of Swiss physicist, teacher and artist Jürg Nänni (1942–2019). It all began in 1991 with the now-famous Black Book, published by Jürg Nänni in collaboration with Hans Knuchel by Lars Müller Publishers. The book generated strong enthusiasm among colour enthusiasts for its formal sobriety and conceptual rigour. Drawing on strict mathematical rules and geometric precision, Nänni developed a body of work rooted in concrete art, which remained largely confidential and was rediscovered only recently, following his estate.

The project Jürg Nänni • Art & Science offers a retrospective view of this singular oeuvre, with an exhibition at the eac., accompanied by parallel presentations in Brugg and Biel, Switzerland.