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Exhibitions

To curate an exhibition is to make research visible. Every project follows the same pattern: the venue, the dates, my role and a few lines.

Now on

Now on · Curator

2026

Coghuf, peintre du Jura

Retrospective marking fifty years since the artist’s death

Venue
Musée jurassien des Arts, Musée jurassien d’art et d’histoire, Musée de l’Hôtel-Dieu, the Muriaux studio house and a private collection in Le Bémont, Moutier, Delémont, Porrentruy and the Franches-Montagnes
Dates
6 September 2026 – 31 January 2027
Role
Curator

Fifty years after the death of Coghuf (1905–1976), the largest retrospective of the painter since he died: more than 170 works, mostly paintings, shown at the same time in three museums in the Jura and in two places in the Franches-Montagnes open by appointment, the Muriaux studio house and a private collection in Le Bémont.

Each museum has its own chapter: “Coghuf dans la ville, Coghuf politique” in Moutier, “Coghuf sans frontières” in Delémont and “L’ancrage dans le paysage – Coghuf intime et intemporel” in Porrentruy. The catalogue is published by Infolio in French and German (312 pages, 256 colour illustrations).

Cover of the catalogue “Coghuf, peintre du Jura” (Infolio, 2026)

Curated exhibitions

N° 03 · Curator

2024

L’Art de l’Autonomie

Jura 1950-1980

Venue
Former Condor factories, Courfaivre
Dates
1 June – 22 September 2024
Role
Curator

A historical exhibition on the commitment of Jura artists to the struggle for autonomy, produced by the association “aux arts !” alongside the 20th visarte.jura Biennial, in two parts: 1–23 June and 31 August – 22 September 2024.

The show is divided into eleven themes, from the affair of the Franches-Montagnes military training ground to the scandal over Bregnard’s decoration of the canteen of the Bure barracks. With the support of the Collection jurassienne des beaux-arts and the museums of Porrentruy, Delémont and Moutier.

Artists Coghuf, Bregnard, Pablo Cuttat, Jean-François Comment, Joseph Lachat, Arnold Stékoffer, Liuba Kirova, Gérard Tolck, Peter Fürst, Noël Jeanbourquin, Tristan Solier, Yves Voirol

Cover of the catalogue “L’Art de l’Autonomie, Jura 1950-1980” (Infolio, 2024)

N° 02 · Co-curator

2023

Marius Borgeaud. Autour d’un verre

Venue
Espace Graffenried, Aigle
Dates
13 October 2023 – 10 March 2024
Role
Co-curator

For the centenary of the painter’s death, some thirty canvases of interiors where people eat and drink – recognisable cafés in Brittany above all – brought together in coherent groups. Co-curated with Chloé Cordonier for the Association des Amis de Marius Borgeaud and the Espace Graffenried.

With loans from, among others, the Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne, the Musée Jenisch Vevey, the Aargauer Kunsthaus, the Association des Amis du Petit-Palais in Geneva, the Musée d’Art Naïf et des Arts Singuliers in Laval and private collections.

Cover of the catalogue “Marius Borgeaud. Autour d’un verre” (Infolio, 2023)

N° 01 · Curator

2016

Adrien Jutard. Superfaces

Venue
Le Cabanon, University of Lausanne, Lausanne
Dates
March 2016 – 2 June 2016
Role
Curator

Solo exhibition of Adrien Jutard at Le Cabanon, the University of Lausanne’s exhibition space on the ground floor of the Anthropole, conceived and installed in close dialogue with the artist.

The bilingual monograph Superfaces, which I edited, came out at the closing on 2 June 2016, with texts by Maria Brehmer, Amandine Oricheta, Alexandra Ecclesia and myself.