Lina Petraviciute

This season, 171 Gallery in Luzern welcomes Swiss artist Timo Vogel to its program with Personages, his debut exhibition with the gallery. Bringing together works from different phases of Vogel's practice, the exhibition offers a comprehensive yet non-linear exploration of an artistic universe shaped by ambiguity, psychological nuance, and an enduring fascination with identity. Rather than tracing a chronological development, Personages unfolds as a constellation of images, figures, and...

June has been a month of transitions across Lucerne's contemporary art scene, with several exhibitions reaching their final days while new projects prepare to open their doors. Earlier this month, on June 5, 171 Gallery closed Surface, Structure, Form: The Poetics of Materials, a group exhibition featuring Therese Weber, Keiko Kimoto, Reinalds Sanguino, and Hugo Fontela. Bringing together distinct artistic practices united by an interest in materiality, texture, and process, the exhibition...

The closing event of SAVE YOUR TEARS at B74 – Raum für Kunst offered something increasingly rare in contemporary art spaces: an atmosphere free from pressure, hierarchy, and over-explanation. Instead of formal speeches and carefully staged rituals, the exhibition came to an end organically — with music, food, drinks, conversation, and even a serious ping-pong match replacing the traditional finissage. The exhibition brought together five artists who collectively challenged the idea that art...