Five Must-See Exhibitions in Swiss Ticino for 2019

In 2019, the Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana (MASI) Lugano dominates the exhibition scene in Canton Ticino, highlighting two centuries of Swiss art. The museum presents three major shows: 'Hodler – Segantini – Giacometti. Capolavori della Fondazione Gottfried Keller' (March 24–July 28), reuniting masterpieces from the Gottfried Keller Foundation after 60 years, including Ferdinand Hodler's 'Abend am Genfersee' and Giovanni Segantini's 'Trittico delle Alpi'; a dedicated Segantini exhibition 'Sublime. Luce e paesaggio intorno a Giovanni Segantini' (August 25–November 10); and a surrealism survey organized with Aargauer Kunsthaus featuring Hans Arp, Alberto Giacometti, Paul Klee, and Meret Oppenheim. The Fondazione Gabriele e Anna Braglia in Lugano presents 'Da Kandinsky a Nolde – le Collezioni Braglia & Johenning' (March 28–June 29), showcasing 70 German Expressionist works from the Braglia and Johenning collections, the latter shown publicly for the first time. At m.a.x. museo in Chiasso, 'Franco Grignani (1908-1999). Polisensorialità fra arte, grafica e fotografia' (February 17–September 15) explores the artist's cross-disciplinary work between art, design, and photography with archival materials.