Drawing attention to the collection, ensuring its preservation and cultivating its contemporary relevance: this is the MBAL’s mission, its pride and its challenge. The collection was built up in 1862 by a group of enthusiasts, long before the museum was founded, and brings together some 5,000 works by Swiss and international artists from the 17th century to the present day.
The museum team unveils the behind-the-scenes of this collection and its complex management through a wide selection of objects, presented according to six keywords inspired by an imaginary archiving software, with all its limitations and mysteries.
Three contemporary artists – Plonk et Replonk-Bébert, Ufuoma Essi, and Virginie Delannoy – have been invited to create surprising encounters between the works in the collection and to reflect on the stories that unfold within a museum setting.
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