Agenda

Kunsthaus Baselland invited a number of artists with works in the Kunsthaus Centre d’art Pasquart in Biel to show a selection of their works until 15 November. The aim is to pass the time until the reopening of the museums in the canton of Bern and to continue to show art to the public. On display are works by Anna Barriball, Manuel Burgener, Klodin Erb, Livia di Giovanna, Clare Goodwin, Florian Graf, Kapwani Kiwanga, Rannva Kunoy, Rachel Lumsden, Barbara Probst, Markus Raetz and Rémy Zaugg.

The exhibition “(SEXperten – Flotte Bienen und tolle Hechte) deals with reproduction. It is about the evolution and origins of high species diversity. How do animals find a suitable partner? What is attractive to the opposite sex? And who chooses whom when choosing a partner? Moreover, the competition does not sleep. The exhibition provides a fascinating insight into this process. Impressive scenes with stuffed animals and examples illustrate the incredible diversity of this subject about love, but sometimes also cruelty. The male scorpionfly sometimes rapes the female; the female peacock spiders eat their male partners when they are not producing. The male was only born 600 million years ago. Females could do without males for three billion years. Males only exist to pass on characteristics and new genes. “Sex sells”, but is also the survival of the species.

The exhibition is dedicated to Marguerite Burnat-Provins (1872-1952. Born in Arras (France) and educated in Paris, she lived in Vevey and La Tour-de-Peilz (Canton Vaud) between 1896 and 1907. She worked with great skill in a wide range of artistic fields, from drawing and painting to writing and the decorative arts. Her life and work are characterised by her many facets as an artist, journalist, teacher, activist, businesswoman, mistress and gifted speaker. This exhibition shows her artistic achievements, her art and the history of her life.