A list of exhibitions I visited. 2024-10-13 Cézanne - Renoir - Regards croisés Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland 4.75 I was more touched by Renoir's paintings. I really like his more ethereal approach and choice of background, dream-like colors. Cézanne - Renoir - Regards croisés.jpg 2024-07-08 Permanent exhibition Jüdisches Museum, Berlin, Germany 5.0 My 3^rd time there (probably). I really like the different spaces/rooms before climbing the stairs. Jüdisches Museum.jpg 2024-07-06 Permanent exhibition Museum für Kommunikation, Berlin, Germany 5.0 An impressive building. Very nice museum, suitable for children as well as adults. Museum für Kommunikation.jpg 2024-07-05 Permanent exhibition Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany 5.0 My 2^nd time there (probably). I've probably visited the gardens a 3^rd time as well. The rooms inside the Palace are impressive, especially in the New Wing. Schloss Charlottenburg.jpg 2024-07-04 Permanent exhibition Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany 5.0 My 3^rd time there (probably). A lot of things to see. The bust of Nefertiti is of course the most well-known item in that museum. Neues Museum.jpg 2024-03-29 Anker et l'enfance Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland 4.75 The first exhibition at Fondation Pierre Gianadda since Léonard Gianadda died (is it the last one he organized himself?). I had not seen the previous Anker exhibition. I really liked this one. Anker et l'enfance.jpg 2024-03-09 Nicolas de Staël Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne, Switzerland 4.75 A good exhibition. I didn't know Nicolas de Staël's work before. I liked some of his landscapes. His Poires and Mouettes as well. Nicolas de Staël.jpg 2024-03-03 Immersion. The Origins: 1949-1969 Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, MCBA, Lausanne, Switzerland 5.0 A very successful exhibition which drew a lot of people. We had to wait in line for two hours to get in. Overall, it was a very fun exhibition, including for children. Immersion. The Origins- 1949-1969.jpg 2024-01-20 Robot Espace des inventions, Lausanne, Switzerland 4.5 My first time at the Espace des inventions, with our 5-year-old son, along with some friends of ours and their children. A really nice place for children. And for adults as well! We had the opportunity to see a small demo of a Boston Dynamics dog. Quite impressive. Robot.png 2023-12-29 Les Années Fauves Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland 4.25 Same comment as for the last exhibition we saw at Fondation Pierre Gianadda. Les Années Fauves.jpg 2023-11-19 Dialogue entre une pieuvre et un presse-agrumes. Space is the place. Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts (MUDAC), Lausanne, Switzerland 5.0 I really like this museum and its exhibitions. It certainly won't be the last time we go there. It's like a trip (to a parallel world). Dialogue entre une pieuvre et un presse-agrumes.jpg 2023-11-11 Permanent exhibition. Chemins de fer du Kaeserberg, Granges-Paccot, Switzerland 4.75 One man's dream. It took him 17 years to realize this railway model. Really impressive. Chemins de fer du Kaeserberg.jpg 2023-09-30 Vuillard et l’art du Japon Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne, Switzerland 4.25 A well-done exhibition, as always, but Vuillard's paintings failed to move me much. Vuillard et l’art du Japon.jpg 2023-07-20 Dove Allouche - Tableau Périodique Musée de Bagnes, Le Châble, Switzerland 3.0 Exhibition located in Fionnay, around the Bassin de Compensation. Very repetitive. Dove Allouche - Tableau Périodique.jpg 2023-04-18 Permanent exhibition. Nalini Malani: My Reality is Different. National Gallery, London, UK 5.5 Now that's my kind of museum! Beautiful rooms. Fantastic paintings. As often, I was particularly impressed by the rooms dedicated to impressionism. National Gallery.jpg 2023-04-16 Permanent exhibition British Museum, London, UK 4.5 This was an overwhelming experience. There were too many visitors, so that was not pleasant at all. The number of items on display is completely incredible. You don't really know where to focus your attention. This was a visit that really made me realize that I prefer art museums and paintings in particular. British Museum.jpg 2023-04-14 Permanent exhibition Tate Modern, London, UK 4.5 I don't understand modern art, but I like the experience of walking in a huge, impressive building and regularly getting in a state of incomprehension, surprise, or amusement. Tate Modern.jpg 2023-02-26 A Chair and You Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts (MUDAC), Lausanne, Switzerland 5.0 I didn't expect this exhibition to be that impressive. It's just... chairs. A lot of them. But with lights and shadows. And sounds. And music. Very playful. And the museum itself is beautiful. A Chair and You.png 2023-02-25 Léon Spilliaert. Avec la mer du Nord... Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne, Switzerland 4.5 Same comment as for Achille Laugé exhibition. I especially liked Spilliaert's sea landscapes. Beautiful colors. Léon Spilliaert - Avec la mer du Nord.jpg 2022-10-30 Achille Laugé Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne, Switzerland 4.5 Yet another painter I had never heard of. Some beautiful paintings. Achille Laugé.png 2022-10-16 Pauline Julier - Meadow Musée de Bagnes, Le Châble, Switzerland 4.5 Exhibition located in Fionnay, around the Bassin de Compensation. An intriguing set of photos taken between Chile and Mars, among others. Pauline Julier - Meadow.jpg 2022-09-17 Permanent exhibition Basel Paper Mill, Basel, Switzerland 5.0 A relatively small museum, ideal for children and adults alike. It's informative and entertaining at the same time, with quite a lot of items on display. Basel Paper Mill.jpg 2022-08-09 Permanent exhibition. Antoine de Saint Exupéry, Un Petit Prince parmi les Hommes. L'Envol des Pionniers, Toulouse, France 5.0 It's important to understand and remember that sending a letter accross the world, less than a century ago, was something completely crazy and difficult. At least sometimes. Courageous people risked their lives. Now, of course, you just send an email or a WhatsApp message, but there's less adventure in the process. Antoine de Saint Exupéry, Un Petit Prince parmi les Hommes.jpg 2022-08-08 Permanent exhibition Cité de l'Espace, Toulouse, France 5.25 We've only seen a small part of the Cité de l'Espace, as it's quite big. The presentation of the Mars rovers was particularly well done. Also the part about the new Moon missions, explaining how human beings will be able to live on the Moon, etc., was interesting for adults, as well as for our 4-year-old son. We live exciting times and the exhibit managed to convey that. Cité de l'Espace.jpg 2022-08-07 Permanent exhibition Halle de la Machine, Toulouse, France 5.5 We already visited Les Machines de l'Île and the Grand Éléphant in Nantes in 2020. That was already a fantastic experience. The Minotaur is breathtaking as well and we had the opportunity to see the Dragon Horse before it's going back to China. That was an incredible experience. Halle de la Machine.jpg 2022-05-27 Permanent exhibition (incl. Encountering Böcklin) Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland 5.0 We only had the time to visit the permanent exhibition, including a section dedicated to Böcklin, which I really liked. The last time we visited the museum, in 2010, the Neubau building didn't exist (it was inaugurated in 2016). I also really liked the "20^th century / classic modernism" part of the Hauptbau. Kunstmuseum Basel.jpg 2022-05-26 Plastic: Remaking Our World Vitra Campus, Weil am Rhein, Germany 4.75 An impressive campus/site. The temporary exhibition was well done, starting with factual information, then more depressing facts (pollution, microplastics, etc.), and then positive themes (algae-based plastic, ocean/river cleaning, etc.). Plastic - Remaking Our World.jpg 2022-05-25 Passages – Landscape, Figure and Abstraction. Gerhard Richter: "Mood". Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland 4.25 I really like some of the artists presented (Braque, Cézanne, Ernst, Giacometti, van Gogh, Miró, etc.), but too many of the paintings fell into the "single-color-or-single-line" category for my taste. We'll probably come back to the Fondation Beyeler, but we'll choose the exhibition a bit more carefully. Passages – Landscape, Figure and Abstraction.jpg 2022-04-29 After Nature Humboldt Forum, Berlin, Germany 4.25 We probably didn't have enough time to fully experience the exhibition, so we were a bit underwhelmed. After Nature.jpg 2022-04-27 Berlin Global Humboldt Forum, Berlin, Germany 5.0 An experimental/interactive exhibition. Many things to see/read. Quite thought-provoking as well. Berlin Global.jpg 2022-04-27 Paul Gauguin - Why Are You Angry? Permanent exhibition. Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany 5.0 A museum like I like them. Three floors. Huge rooms. Many paintings. I especially liked the room dedicated to Caspar David Friedrich. I first visited it in 2009. The Paul Gauguin exhibition was thought-provoking. Paul Gauguin - Why Are You Angry.jpg 2022-04-25 Asisi Panorama Berlin Asisi Panorama, Berlin, Germany 4.75 In theory, it was just a huge picture in a room, so I was ready to be underwhelmed, but it was actually a captivating experience. Asisi Panorama Berlin.jpg 2022-03-19 Jean Dubuffet Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland 4.25 The exhibition itself was pretty good, I guess, but I was not particularly touched/moved by the paintings. Jean Dubuffet.jpg 2022-01-05 Womanhouse 2021 Le Manoir de la Ville de Martigny, Martigny, Switzerland 4.0 We watched a good part of Maso et Miso vont en bateau. The original TV show, Encore un jour et l'année de la femme, ouf ! C'est fini, would probably be unthinkable nowadays and this is a good thing. We also spent 10-15 minutes listening to an interview with an anonymous woman. This is the kind of exhibitions that ask quite a lot of effort from the visitor. Womanhouse 2021.jpg 2021-12-12 Van Gogh Alive Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland 4.5 This might seem like a cliché, but I love Van Gogh. I've seen his paintings in Amsterdam and in various museums around the world. Seing them in a "multimedia experience" (whatever that means in 2021) is not the same as seing paintings on the walls of a museum, but it's nevertheless a good way to discover them. Everything was not perfect (the sound, in particular, could have been better), but this form of experimental museology is probably the way to go. In my opinion, art is best experienced in a dedicated physical space, but there are various ways to do it. Technology can help and I hope to see other similar experiences in the future. Van Gogh Alive.jpg 2021-11-13 Caillebotte - Impressionniste et moderne Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland 4.75 A painter I didn't know. We spent more time on his most well-known paintings, among which Le Pont de l'Europe and Les raboteurs de parquet, but I liked his landscape paintings as well, such as Avenue de la Villa des Fleurs à Trouville, maybe because I saw the Hans Emmenegger exhibition a couple of weeks before. Caillebotte - Impressionniste et moderne.jpg 2021-10-28 Hans Emmenegger Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne, Switzerland 4.5 I wasn't familiar with Hans Emmenegger at all. I really liked his paintings of forest interiors. And it can seem weird, but his paintings of snow melting were also intriguing. I guess when you're a good painter, you can paint anything and still trigger strong emotions in the viewer. Hans Emmenegger.jpg 2021-10-24 Francis Alÿs. As Long as I'm Walking Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, MCBA, Lausanne, Switzerland 4.75 I was ready to be completely confused, but I enjoyed this exhibition, thanks to our guide. It has a link with meditation (walking meditation, at least). I especially liked Reel-Unreel. I think most if not all videos I saw are available online, but it's different to see them in a special context such as a museum. You give them more attention. Francis Alÿs - As Long as I'm Walking.jpg 2021-08-06 Permanent exhibition / Le chanoine Bourban et les premières églises d'Agaune Abbaye de Saint-Maurice d'Agaune, Saint-Maurice, Switzerland 4.5 I first visited the abbey in 2002. The archaeological site was "brand new" at the time. Le chanoine Bourban et les premières églises d'Agaune.jpg 2021-07-22 Permanent exhibition Abbey of Saint Gall, St. Gallen, Switzerland 4.75 Including the Abbey Library of Saint Gall (Stiftsbibliothek) and the Cathedral (Stiftskirche St. Gallus und Otmar). Abbey of Saint Gall.jpg 2021-07-07 Permanent exhibition Verkehrshaus, Lucerne, Switzerland 5.0 A fantastic museum for children. I remember being very excited about it the first time I visited it (in the late 1980s?). Verkehrshaus.jpg 2021-07-06 Paul Klee - I Want to Know Nothing / Giant=Creation - The World of Adolf Wölfli. Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland 4.75 I was particularly intrigued by the temporary exhibition about Adolf Wölfli. This was a fascinating trip into his obsessed mind. Zentrum Paul Klee.jpg 2021-05-23 Permanent exhibition Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, MCBA, Lausanne, Switzerland 4.5 No temporary exhibitions that day. We'll have to visit it again someday. The building itself is pretty nice. Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, MCBA.jpg 2021-05-21 Permanent exhibition Barryland - Musée et Chiens du Saint Bernard, Martigny, Switzerland 3.5 It could be better and they're working on it (24-million project, apparently). Barryland - Musée et Chiens du Saint Bernard.jpg 2020-09-20 Permanent exhibition Spielzeug Welten Museum, Basel, Switzerland 5.0 I honestly didn't expect to enjoy this museum as much as I did. We mainly went there because (thanks?) to our 2-year old son. This was a brief magical return to childhood. Spielzeug Welten Museum.jpg 2020-08-03 Permanent exhibition / Hent Port musée, Douarnenez, France 4.5 Not necessarily my cup of tea, but quite well done. Includes a paintings section. Port musée.jpg 2020-02-20 Mondes (im)parfaits Maison d'Ailleurs, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland 5.0 Very nice exhibition around Les Cités obscures by François Schuiten and Benoît Peeter. It was the first time I visited the Maison d'Ailleurs, an impressive little museum (the library is gorgeous). Now I really need to (re)read all the Cités obscures series! Mondes (im)parfaits.jpg 2019-11-09 Rodin - Giacometti Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland 5.0 "Exposition organisée par le Musée Rodin et la Fondation Giacometti". I really liked this exhibition, as I'm already a "fan" of Giacometti. The parallels/comparisons with Rodin made it clear that no artist exists in a vacuum. Rodin – Giacometti.jpg 2019-07-31 Permanent exhibition Narvik War Museum, Narvik, Norway 4.75 I'm not a fan of history museums, but this one is pretty good. Especially the (more artistic/experimental) end of the exhibition. Narvik War Museum.jpg 2019-07-25 Permanent exhibition World Heritage Rock Art Centre - Alta Museum, Alta, Norway 5.25 We spent a lot of time outside. The rock carvings (there are thousands of them) are really impressive. It's crazy to think that some of those carvings are more than 6000 years old. Alta Museum.jpg 2019-07-22 Permanent exhibition Polarmuseet, Tromsø, Norway 4.25 Hunting is definitely not my cup of tea, but it's part of Norway's culture/history, so I guess that museum, objectively, is good. I cannot say I was fascinated by what I saw/read, though. Polarmuseet.jpg 2019-07-20 Vigeland installation Frognerparken, Oslo, Norway 5.0 This is a park including the Vigeland installation, which consists of hundreds (?) of sculptures, in a kind of outdoor museum. The sculptures are sometimes funny, sometimes shocking, and almost always weird. I really liked it. Frognerparken.jpg 2019-07-19 Permanent exhibition Frammuseet, Oslo, Norway 5.0 I think I already visited that museum in 2002, but I'm not sure. Two huge ships and a lot of text/information. A really impressive museum. Frammuseet.jpg 2019-07-19 Permanent exhibition Viking Ship Museum, Oslo, Norway 5.0 Three burial ships (well showcased) and many artefacts. Viking Ship Museum.jpg 2019-02-09 Trésors impressionnistes - La Collection Ordrupgaard Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland 4.5 "Degas, Cézanne, Monet, Renoir, Gauguin, Matisse..." Trésors impressionnistes - La Collection Ordrupgaard.jpg 2018-12-22 David Lynch - Fire in City Musée Alexis Forel, Morges, Switzerland 4.5 A way better exhibition than the one in Sion. The museum itself is bigger. We're still talking about lithographs, but there were more of them and they were more interesting. One original lithography stone was also exposed and the same video about the Idem presses in Paris was shown. David Lynch - Fire in City - Dreams - A Tribute to Fellini.jpg 2018-11-11 David Lynch - Dreams - A Tribute to Fellini Maison du Diable, Sion, Switzerland 3.5 It's hard to rate such a small exhibition. It's basically ten lithographs (edition 12 our of 30), one original lithography stone, a small video by David Lynch about the lithography process in Paris, a couple of pictures of David Lynch working on lithography stones (or metal plates?), and the David Lynch: The Art Life documentary, which I had already seen in 2017. I was probably the only visitor that day. David Lynch - Fire in City - Dreams - A Tribute to Fellini.jpg 2018-08-02 Julian Charrière - An Invitation to Disappear Musée de Bagnes, Le Châble, Switzerland 4.0 Exhibition located a the top of the Mauvoisin Dam. "Charrière's new work traces the historical and geographical path between Mount Tambora in Indonesia, which erupted in 1815, and the Alps. It follows the entangled threads of climate devastation, monocultural farming, and an imaginary in which apocalyptic ecological threats find poetic utterance in the aesthetic of the sublime." Yes: the sublime; Charrière's photos are simply beautiful. There's a link between the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora and the 1818 Giétro Glacier catastrophe, which makes those photos even more poignant. Julian Charrière - An Invitation to Disappear.jpg 2018-07-20 Soulages Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland 4.0 Mainly black paintings. I understand the concept and why it's an interesting one, but it fails to trigger any discernible emotion in me, one way or the other. Soulages.jpg 2018-04-28 Toulouse-Lautrec - A la Belle Epoque - French Cancans Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland 4.5 Posters and prints are not particularly my cup of tea, but it was a nice exhibition nevertheless. There was also a section with drawings/prints by Pablo Picasso, which I liked. Toulouse-Lautrec - A la Belle Epoque - French Cancans.png 2017-10-20 Permanent exhibition / Items: Is Fashion Modern? / Max Ernst: Beyond Painting The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA 4.75 I forgot to comment on this museum, so I'm reviewing it six months later. I enjoyed it less than expected. It's definitely not a bad museum, far from it, but after visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art a few days before, I guess it was a bit of a letdown. Max Ernst - Beyond Painting.jpg 2017-10-19 Permanent exhibition Frick Collection, New York, USA 4.5 We spent a bit more than an hour and a half in this museum. It was more impressive than the Richard H. Driehaus Museum in Chicago, but somewhat similar (rich person's house with expensive art, furniture, and decorative objects). The collection itself (paintings) was moderately interesting, but the audio guide was very well done and I enjoyed the visit. Some of the paintings were from famous artists (Degas, Manet, Monet), but most of them were from artists that were unknown to me. Frick Collection.jpg 2017-10-17 Permanent exhibition / The Theater of Disappearance / Rodin at The Met Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA 5.5 We started with the highlights tour. The guide was really nice and her explanations were really easy to understand (i.e. not too technical). One hour and seven pieces of art later, we started a proper tour of a rather small subset of the museum. We went to the Roof Garden (The Theater of Disappearance special exhibit), the Greek and Roman Art section (statues, etc.), the Modern and Contemporary Art section, the 19^th- and Early 20^th-Century European Paintings and Sculpture section, and, finally, the European Paintings, 1250-1800 section (a lot more quickly, just before the museum closed). More than six hours in this fantastic museum was still not enough to see everything. Definitely one of the best museums I've ever visited. Rodin at The Met.jpg 2017-10-14 Permanent exhibition National WWII Museum, New Orleans, USA 5.0 I really liked this museum, even though, as I already wrote for the Yūshūkan War Memorial Museum entry, I'm not a fan of history. It contains a good mix of texts, documents, and videos. It presents an American point of view, of course, but it's probably way less controversial than the Yūshūkan War Memorial Museum. Some of the topics were more sensitive (racism, treatment of the minority groups, and, in particular, of the Japanese Americans, etc.), but presented in a transparent way. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were, I think, presented in a sufficiently detailed way (it's difficult to say what a "neutral" point of view would look like...). I realized I really don't know much about the Pacific War (I didn't even know Australia was bombed during the war...). We spent three hours in the museum, but it was not enough. Unfortunately, we had to go a bit faster through the "Road to Tokyo" and "Road to Berlin" exhibits. National WWII Museum.jpg 2017-10-11 Permanent exhibition Richard H. Driehaus Museum, Chicago, USA 4.0 My rating is a bit harsh, but I was expecting more. This is basically a house that belonged to a rich banker, acquired by Driehaus, that now hosts the Driehaus Collection. A lot of furniture and posters. The first floor was the most impressive. It's expensive for what it is. Richard H. Driehaus Museum.jpg 2017-10-10 Permanent exhibition / Tarsila do Amaral: Inventing Modern Art in Brazil Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA 5.5 One of the highlights of our trip to Chicago. This is my type of museum. Huge. Beautiful paintings everywhere. I especially liked the 19^th- and 20^th-century sections. Of course, we haven't had the time to visit the whole museum. The restaurant (Terzo Piano) was also excellent and a welcome pause during our 6-hour visit. Tarsila do Amaral - Inventing Modern Art in Brazil.jpg 2017-10-05 Chefs-d'oeuvre de la collection Bührle - Manet, Cézanne, Monet, Van Gogh... Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne, Switzerland 4.5 A lot of well-known painters. A lot of good paintings. A couple of excellent ones (Van Gogh's "Semeur, soleil couchant", among others). Chefs-d'oeuvre de la collection Bührle - Manet, Cézanne, Monet, Van Gogh.jpg 2017-09-17 Claudio Moser - I come from the other side Musée de Bagnes, Le Châble, Switzerland 3.0 Exhibition located a the top of the Mauvoisin Dam. Let's just say that I'm not a fan and that I regularly said to myself: "Hey, I could have taken that photograph." It's not bad, though. Claudio Moser - I come from the other side.jpg 2017-09-09 Cézanne - Le chant de la terre Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland 4.75 I was not impressed by the still life section, but some of the landscapes were gorgeous. The baigneuses/baigneurs section (covering about 30 years) was nice. I liked the portraits, too. Cézanne - Le chant de la terre.jpg 2017-07-22 Permanent exhibition Chaplin's World, Vevey, Switzerland 5.0 A very nice museum, for children and adults. The omnipresence of wax figures gives the place a special touch. They're sometimes almost disturbing, especially when you don't realize right away that they're not visitors. There is a nice balance between the texts to read, the movies to watch, and the movie sets to visit. The Champ de Ban Estate Manor is also interesting. The bathroom with Einstein in front of the mirror is a funny experience. It's a symbol of the whole museum/manor, in a way. Chaplin's World.jpg 2017-06-10 Hodler Monet Munch. Peindre l'impossible. Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland 4.75 A lot of landscapes, particularly mountains by Hodler. Maybe a bit too much for my taste, even though some of them are excellent. Some familiar views around Lake Geneva. A couple of fantastic paintings by Monet and Munch. Hodler Monet Munch - Peindre l'impossible.jpg 2017-04-21 Permanent exhibition Kyoto International Manga Museum, Kyoto, Japan 4.75 It looks like a huge library with about 300'000 manga books, magazines, and other items. As a complete neophyte when it comes to mangas, I found it a little disconcerting (this time in a bad way). The central room had a lot of explanations that were interesting and fun to read, though. Kyoto International Manga Museum.jpg 2017-04-21 Postwar German Posters for Films / Permanent exhibition National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan 4.5 The permanent exhibition was a bit disappointing (too small), but the Postwar German Posters for Films exhibition was interesting (although it could have been better structured). Postwar German Posters for Films.jpg 2017-04-15 Many small exhibitions Design Festa Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 4.5 Not really a museum, but a gallery, with 15-20 small rooms / temporary exhibitions, most of them by students or artists trying to get known. I was not particularly impressed by the paintings, drawings, etc. in themselves, but going into a small room, where the artist is present, looking at her/his art in front of her/him, and repeating the experience many times is a disconcerting experience (in a good way, if that makes sense). Design Festa Gallery.jpg 2017-04-15 Permanent exhibition Nezu Museum, Tokyo, Japan 4.5 Not a bad museum, but definitely not my cup of tea (a heterogeneous collection of paintings, ceramics, textiles, etc.). The garden is absolutely beautiful, though. Nezu Museum.jpg 2017-04-15 All Aboard! The Cat Bus to the Ghibli Forest / Permanent exhibition Ghibli Museum, Tokyo, Japan 5.0 This is a museum for children and adults. Many, many small things to see (drawings, in particular, books, photos, etc.). Isao Takahata's personal photos from his trip to Switzerland in the 70s were quite funny. The museum is not too big and probably always almost full, so some rooms were very crowded and definitely less pleasant to visit. I was a bit disappointed to learn that not all of Miyazaki's short movies are shown at the same time (only one is shown at a given period and they're rotated regularly). I guess I'll have to settle for the bad-quality bootlegs that you can find online... All Aboard! The Cat Bus to the Ghibli Forest.jpg 2017-04-14 Permanent exhibition Ukiyo-e Ōta Memorial Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan 5.0 A rather small museum with a selection of ukiyo-e prints/paintings from a 12'000-piece collection. Some of them are serious. Some of them are funny. The styles, subjects, etc. are quite different. So a nice and quick visit. Ukiyo-e Ōta Memorial Museum of Art.jpg 2017-04-11 Marcel Breuer's Furniture: Improvement for good / Permanent exhibition National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan 5.0 Smaller than expected, but, overall, I really liked this museum. Lots of paintings, sculptures, video installations, etc. We had fun watching Hideo, It’s Me, Mama by Mako Idemitsu, but didn't have enough time to watch it until the end, unfortunately. Marcel Breuer's Furniture - Improvement for good.jpg 2017-04-11 Permanent exhibition Yūshūkan War Memorial Museum, Tokyo, Japan 4.5 I'm not a fan of history (and ashamed of admitting it) and even less interested in military/war museums. Objectively, it looks like an interesting museum, with a lot of texts to read - some of them quite controversial (i.e. revisionist), apparently - and some impressive military artefacts (planes, etc.). Yūshūkan War Memorial Museum.jpg 2017-04-09 The Art of Disney - The Magic of Animation / Permanent exhibition National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan), Tokyo, Japan 5.0 The permanent exhibition is well done, but probably more interesting for children. The special exhibition (The Art of Disney - The Magic of Animation) was particularly well done - although not very "Japanese". The Art of Disney - The Magic of Animation.jpg 2017-02-19 Permanent exhibition Nest, Vevey, Switzerland 3.5 We visited this museum to see if it would be suitable for a school trip. It's very well done, but, at the end of the day, it's a museum dedicated to one of the largest food companies in the world. Nest.jpg 2017-01-03 Hieronymus Bosch and His Pictorial World in the 16th and 17th century / Permanent exhibition Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany 5.25 I absolutely love this kind of museums: lots of rooms, lots of paintings. I could stay entire days there. Hieronymus Bosch is one of my favorite painters. His style is so unique. Not many original paintings of his, but several copies. I unfortunately missed the exhibition at the Het Noordbrabants Museum in 2016, which would have been a lot better, obviously. Hieronymus Bosch and His Pictorial World in the 16th and 17th century.png 2017-01-02 The Heritage of the Old Kings. Ctesiphon and the Persian Sources of Islamic Art / Permanent exhibition Pergamonmuseum, Berlin, Germany 5.0 I don't know why, but I didn't appreciate this museum as much as I should have. I already visited it in 2009. The architectural reconstructions are impressive, but I was less impressed by the rest of the museum (and the temporary exhibition in particular - lots of texts to read, I was probably too tired...). The Heritage of the Old Kings.jpg 2017-01-01 All about GOLEM! / Eran Shakine. A Muslim, a Christian and a Jew / Permanent exhibition Jüdisches Museum, Berlin, Germany 5.0 I didn't know anything about the golem concept, so that temporary exhibition was instructive. The A Muslim, a Christian and a Jew exhibition was fun and easy to appreciate. We didn't spend a lot of time in the permanent exhibition part, as we already visited that museum in 2009. An important museum. Architecturally unique. All about GOLEM!.jpg Eran Shakine. A Muslim, a Christian and a Jew.jpg 2016-12-30 Permanent exhibition / Things to Come Museum für Film und Fernsehen, Berlin, Germany 5.0 The temporary exhibition about science-fiction movies was really well done. The rest of the museum is also really worth a visit. The starting room, with the mirrors, is a lot of fun. Things to Come.png 2016-12-30 Gülsün Karamustafa. Chronographia / Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Hieroglyphics / The Collections Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany 4.75 Contemporary art is sometimes baffling. A good thing I liked to be baffled. I was not always impressed by the temporary exhibitions, but they were not bad either. I like the main hall of the museum. It's huge. And almost empty. Gülsün Karamustafa. Chronographia.jpg Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Hieroglyphics.jpg Hamburger Bahnhof - The Collections.jpg 2016-11-12 Picasso - L’œuvre ultime - Hommage à Jacqueline Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland 5.0 Picasso - L’œuvre ultime - Hommage à Jacqueline.jpg 2016-09-19 Alain Bublex - Une après-midi japonaise Musée de Bagnes, Le Châble, Switzerland 4.25 Exhibition located a the top of the Mauvoisin Dam. 2016-05-15 Signac : une vie au fil de l'eau Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne, Switzerland 4.5 Signac - une vie au fil de l'eau.jpg 2016-05-06 Permanent exhibition Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark 5.0 2016-05-05 Permanent exhibition / Eye Attack / Illumination / Fire Under Snow Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark 5.0 2015-11-07 Permanent exhibition Barryland - Musée et Chiens du Saint Bernard, Martigny, Switzerland 3.25 2015-10-17 Matisse Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland 4.25 2015-09-20 Klee & Kandinsky / Klee in Bern Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland 4.75 2015-08-15 Permanent exhibition UBC Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, BC, Canada 5.0 2015-08-07 Permanent exhibition Haida Gwaii Museum, Skidegate, BC, Canada 5.0 2014-10-26 Permanent exhibition Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, Florence, Italy 4.75 2014-10-25 Permanent exhibition Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy 5.5 2014-09-21 Les mondes de Gotlib Espace Arlaud, Lausanne, Switzerland 4.5 2014-08-31 Renoir Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland 4.75 2014-08-09 Michel Lemieux - Victor Pilon / Permanent exhibition Musée des Beaux-Arts, Montréal, QC, Canada 5.0 2014-07-28 Image x Image / Haïti In Extremis / Pierre Gauvreau. J'espérais vous voir ici / Les maîtres de l'Olympe / Permanent exhibition Musée de la civilisation, Québec, QC, Canada 4.75 2013-10-20 Permanent exhibition National Gallery, Veletržní Palace, Prague, Czech Republic 5.25 2013-10-06 Miró : poésie et lumière Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne, Switzerland 4.5 2013-08-31 Modigliani et l’Ecole de Paris Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland 4.5 2013-05-21 In the Light of Amarna 100 Years of the Nefertiti Discovery Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany 5.0 2013-05-18 Permanent exhibition Berggruen Museum, Berlin, Germany 5.25 2013-03-16 Permanent exhibition Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland 4.75 2012-11-10 Van Gogh, Picasso, Kandinsky... - Collection Merzbacher - Le mythe de la couleur Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland 4.75 2012-09-02 Christian Lutz - Aux dépens du réel Musée de Bagnes, Le Châble, Switzerland 4.0 Exhibition located a the top of the Mauvoisin Dam. 2012-09-02 Sentier du barrage Musée de Bagnes, Le Châble, Switzerland 5.0 Exhibition located in Mauvoisin. 2012-04-25 La chasse aux sorcières dans le Pays de Vaud Château de Chillon, Veytaux, Switzerland La chasse aux sorcières dans le Pays de Vaud.jpg 2011-11-19 Permanent exhibition Collection de l'Art Brut, Lausanne, Switzerland Collection de l'Art Brut.jpg 2011-05-14 De Renoir à Szafran - Parcours d'un collectionneur Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland 4.5 2010-12-05 Andy Warhol. The Early Sixties. Paintings and Drawings 1961-1964. Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland 4.5 2010-08-05 Birth of Impressionism de Young Museum, San Francisco, US 4.5 Birth of Impressionism.jpg 2009-07-18 Permanent exhibition. Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany 5.0 Alte Nationalgalerie.jpg 2002-10-18 Permanent exhibition Abbaye de Saint-Maurice d'Agaune, Saint-Maurice, Switzerland Abbaye de Saint-Maurice d'Agaune.jpg 2002-04-27 Miles Davis Café de la Grenette, Sion, Switzerland 3 original paintings and 8 lithographs.