Hand lettering is artistic writing with beautifully drawn and designed letters, be it for quotes, lettering, on boards and posters, in shop windows or even on menu cards. Based on your handwriting, you can create your own typefaces using decorations, textures or shadows.

Matias Spescha (1925 - 2008) was a Swiss painter, sculptor and graphic artist. In the early 1960s, Spescha devoted himself intensively to the exploration of abstract forms, influenced by Informel and Abstract Expressionism. In 1970, he shifted his focus to the creation of sculptures and the design of walls and rooms. Until his death, his works were characterized by a formal proximity to American Minimal Art and left a lasting impression on the art scene.

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Tour de Suisse

Every two months on Wednesday afternoons, from 2 – 4 p.m.
Language: Romansh (sursilvan)
Cost: CHF 10.00
Registration: required

For 6 to 12-year-old children, the experiences and conversations around the works and exhibitions they look at are an enrichment of their mother tongue. After visiting the exhibition, the work in the studio also offers the creative implementation of the discoveries and experiences. With art educator Sarah Clavadetscher.

The exhibition by Diego Giacometti (1902-1985) is designed as a large and comprehensive retrospective dedicated to an artist who skilfully moved between applied works and free art.
If Diego Giacometti has always been presented in relation to his famous brother Alberto ("Diego steps out of the shadows"; "The Other Giacometti"), the exhibition claims to pay tribute to the artist's work as an independent work. What is known is that Diego Giacometti's success story only begins after Alberto's death. The exhibition makes it clear that his artistic beginnings lie much earlier. For the first time, works by the artist can be shown that were previously largely unknown and laid the basis for later work.
The exhibition extends over both buildings of the Bündner Kunstmuseum and takes into account the different perspectives of this work in its layout: In the Villa Planta, a former private house, the objects appear as furniture in the context of the Graubünden art collection with works by his father Giovanni Giacometti and his brother Alberto Giacometti; in the extension building, on the other hand, the focus is on the work process and numerous models are on display. In addition, the exhibition provides a comprehensive insight into Diego Giacometti's wealth of forms and motifs, which forms the basis of his artistic work.

The exhibition was created in close collaboration with the "Musée des arts décoratifs" in Paris. The artist Vaclav Pozarek (*1940), who has already appeared several times with innovative and specific forms of presentation, has been won over for the design of the exhibition.

Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Time: 14:00 – 16:00

For children in the age group of 6 to 8 years and from 9 to 12 years, the art educators have developed an offer that arouses curiosity for works of art and, combined with play and design, leads to their own creations. With the art educator Rahel Guidon.

Registration is required, phone +41 81 257 28 72 or kunstvermittlung@bkm.gr.ch.

INTRODUCTIONS TO THE TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS

Diego Giacometti
wednesday, 25 june, 2025
4–5 p.m. for secondary level II with guest speaker Stephan Kunz, curator of the exhibition

Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Time: 14:00 – 16:00

For children in the age group of 6 to 8 years and from 9 to 12 years, the art educators have developed an offer that arouses curiosity for works of art and, combined with play and design, leads to their own creations. With the art educator Rahel Guidon.

Registration is required, phone +41 81 257 28 72 or kunstvermittlung@bkm.gr.ch.

INTRODUCTIONS TO THE TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS

Diego Giacometti
wednesday, 25 june, 2025
17.00–18.30 for kindergarten to lower secondary level

Spend Mother's Day with your loved ones at the Safiental Embassy with an extended breakfast. You will be spoiled with homemade delicacies and specialties from the Safiental.