Art in Time makes its Gstaad debut through a personal collaboration between Studio Naegeli and Karl-Friedrich Scheufele.

Why Switzerland’s most influential longevity voice returns to Gstaad each autumn

LOOKING UP - to the sound of summer! There are summers when little seems to change in Gstaad. The mountains remain where they have always been, the cows return to the alpine pastures, and the familiar rhythm of village life resumes as guests arrive for the season.

I’ve never been a skier. I admire the elegance, the speed, but I’ve long accepted that my winter excitement lives elsewhere. While the slopes are in full swing, something else quietly takes over the village: art. Gallery doors open, exhibitions overlap, conversations stretch longer, and ...

January arrives quietly, carrying both ambition and vulnerability. We make resolutions, to sleep better, move more, eat differently, slow down, while already knowing how fragile these promises can be. The real question is no longer what we want to change, but whether we are willing, and able, to sustain ...

The Fantasy Worlds of Elisabeth Bottesi and Emmanuel Fornage at Musée du Pays-d’Enhaut & Swiss Paper Cutting Centre in Château-d’Oex

A great Scottish choir brings the English choral tradition to Château-d'Œx

Festival vibes return to the slopes of Saanenmöser: on 27 and 28 March, the Slopesound Festival enters its third edition — this year with new locations and a line-up that spans genres and generations.

A GROWING FIXTURE IN THE VILLAGE CALENDAR

This winter, Siegfried Contemporary brings together works by Robert Coutelas, Meuser, Rosemarie Trockel and Machteld Rullens in an exhibition that focuses on one central question: what happens when artists rethink the materials we consider ordinary, functional – even industrial?

In her striking exhibition Night Wild at the Hotel Bernerhof, photographer Zana Briski reveals how she works without a camera, collaborating instead with bears and skunks. The result is a series of large-format, life-sized photograms of wild animals, created in their natural habitat.

Last week, during the ART GSTAAD weekend, Alexandre de Betak transformed a Saanen barn into a luminous space.

THENCE BY DIRECT ROYAL DESCENT TO THE PRESENT DAY

Flaviano Salzani at Galerie Paltenghi in Château-d’Oex.

Next weekend, a small but significant selection of Danish Golden Age paintings will be shown at Phillips’ booth at the Gstaad Art Fair. For me, as a Dane, it is more unusual to experience seeing a large part of my own cultural heritage surface far from home, all at once.

Gagosian presents its first exhibition dedicated to Irving Penn, surveying a career that quietly reshaped fashion photography, portraiture, and still life. Spanning works from the late 1940s to the early 2000s, the exhibition brings together iconic images originally published in Vogue alongside less ...

Nahmad Contemporary has quietly developed one of the most intriguing exhibition programmes in the Alps, one that understands how historical weight and contemporary perspective can sharpen each other. This winter, at Tarmak22, the gallery presents Picasso | Painter and Model, a tightly focused exhibition ...

This summer marks a defining moment for the Gstaad Menuhin Festival. Daniel Hope steps into his first season as Artistic Director, succeeding Christoph Müller after 25 years at the helm – a handover that naturally carries high expectations. Rather than asking what audiences should be excited ...

Do not miss the Mario Testino expo at Patricia Low Contemporary - only until tomorrow, 14th February!

As part of the Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, the young pianist Mao Fujita enthralled a full church in Rougemont with a demanding programme drawn from the Romantic repertoire. It was one of those rare evenings that resonate long after the final note has faded. The programme brought together works by Beethoven, ...

At Patricia Low Contemporary, Mario Testino presented a Swiss selection, curated by Simon de Pury, from his ongoing project "A Beautiful World" – a series shaped by his desire for creative freedom after decades in fashion photography.

When the Saanenland resonates with violins

MAZE / ART GSTAAD 2026 A curated constellation of art, design and exceptional objects

This winter, Hindergässli presents “Selected Maquettes”, a showcase of works by the renowned British sculptor Henry Moore. His maquettes, often serving as studies for his monumental sculptures, reveal his masterful exploration of form, material, and space.

In the packed church of Saanen, audiences of the Gstaad New Year Music Festival were treated to a phenomenal concert just three days before the end of the year. World star Plácido Domingo appeared alongside coloratura soprano Christina Poulitsi and pianist James Vaughan.