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#FlashbackFriday to last week’s performance by the phenomenal Evita Koné & her band!

A big thank you to @montreuxjazzartistsfoundation @swissculturalfund and everyone involved in bringing this rising talent to London - definitely one to watch! by @crossculturech

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3 days ago

Thank you to the artists, writers, partners and friends who joined us to celebrate 25 years of the Embassy’s hidden gem – our garage artworks.

In 2000 and 2001, young artists practicing a new, emerging artform were invited to leave their mark on the space. The only condition? The project needed to include both British and Swiss artists.

Preserved in its original setting, the graffiti-covered garage remains a rare snapshot of a formative moment in graffiti culture.

To mark the anniversary, several of the original graffiti writers and artists returned (Chu, Snug, Gosb), alongside a new arrival (Byer), creating new works in response to the space and its legacy today. There is no celebration without music and we are still buzzing after amazing performances by Miss B, YolanDa Brown OBE, Evita Koné, Kety Fusco and Lakiko.

And with the original spirit of collaboration in mind, it was a pleasure to work with the Montreux Jazz Artists Foundation, Pro Helvetia and Presence Switzerland on the “Garage Sessions”, three nights of events celebrating UK-Swiss excellence across visual art, music and culture.

The story continues.

Artists
🎨 @chu3d, @snugoneart, Gosb and Byer for the new artworks; Wolfgang Amadeus-Brülhart for commissioning the artists 25 years ago ; Rafael Schacter (@approvedbypablo) and Dave Stuart from @shoreditchstreetarttours for the commentary
🎶@beatriceventurini1966 @yolandabrown @evitakone @ketyfusco @_lakiko_ @laurentnicoudpiano

Programming partners
🙌 @montreuxjazzartistsfoundation @aboutswitzerland @prohelvetia @swissculturalfund

Partners
Thank you to our Principal Partner @zurichinsurance, Partners @vzug, @roche_schweiz, @Switzerland Tourism, @januzzi_smith and Swiss International Air Lines @flyswiss ; and the Principal Partner of the Swiss Cultural Fund UK – Union Bancaire Privée @ubp_group

Photo by @harrypsef by @crossculturech

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7 days ago

London, thank you. 🇬🇧

A beautiful night bringing BOHÈME to London, surrounded by extraordinary street art by @banksy, Chu, Snug and other artists, in the incredible underground garage of the Swiss Embassy, a hidden treasure of art and history.

Huge thanks to @crossculturech, @swissculturalfund, @montreuxjazzartistsfoundation, the Embassy of Switzerland and everyone who made this evening possible and to everyone who came, listened and shared the moment with us.

A special thank you to @salvilondon @salviharpsofficial for providing me with this incredible Electra harp! I’m truly grateful for your support!

See you soon, London. 🖤

Wearing @durazzi_milano @atrium_durazzi

Photo credits
Live photo: @harrypsef
Other photos: @michele.pennetta
Video: @clelia.jennifer taken in London UK by @crossculturech

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8 days ago

“With this risk-taking we now have something really special. For me it also reflected a bit on Switzerland. Sometimes we are considered boring or conservative. But we are also very vocal for new ideas, and this shows we are a very innovative country”, says the Swiss Ambassador to the UK, Dominique Paravicini.

25 years ago, young graffiti artists were given carte blanche to create works in the Embassy garage. We celebrated in art and music this legacy. Stay tuned for more insights into the Swiss Embassy Garage Sessions.

Thanks to Byer, Chu, Gosb and Snug for the stunning new artworks.

For now, dive into the article signed by Ellie McDonald for The Times and The Sunday Times.

Read more: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/london/article/banksy-swiss-embassy-london-car-park-art-v3rlgvmrg

📷© Harry Pseftoudis by @crossculturech

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8 days ago

on Thursday 8th October at 6 – 8pm Auto Italia will host Edelweiss Pirates, a collaborative workshop and installation series with artists Brutus Labiche and Ajahee Sekkm-Miles.

Responding to the rise of far-right rhetoric and the increasing use of national symbols to promote exclusionary ideas of identity and belonging, this session invites participants to reclaim and reinterpret national symbols through collage. Using UK tabloids, personal archives and the Auto Italia archive, participants will rework images and texts to create new interpretations of national symbols and narrative that question how national identity is represented.

The project takes its name from the Edelweiss Pirates, informal youth groups who resisted the rigidity of Nazi ideology. Their refusal to conform, and their creation of their own rituals and forms of belonging, provides a starting point for the workshop, which considers how identity can be challenged and reimagined.

Edelweiss Pirates is an ongoing series in which each workshop becomes a temporary installation and contributes to a growing transnational archive. These workshops explore how identity is lived, constructed and redefined across communities and borders.

Originally developed in Switzerland, this will be the first Edelweiss Pirates workshop in the UK.

This free event will take place at Auto Italia. To book, follow @autoitalialondon or email info@artworkassociation.org

©️ @autoitalialondon @brutuslabiche @0nishine by @crossculturech

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12 days ago

The Middle Absent

by Ilyas Kassam and Amanda Camenisch

*Exhibition*: 1-3 October, 12:00 - 18:00

The exhibition brings together one of Kassam’s large-scale calligraphic paintings and two of Camenisch’s sculptures. At the heart of the exhibition is the idea of remembering: a way of allowing something held in experience to find form through the act of making.

*Live Sound Activation*: 3 October, 2pm - 3pm

A one-off, live improvisatory score by Robert Stillman which responds to the artworks, the themes and the space that surround them.

Venue: Swiss Church London, 79 Endell St, WC2H 9DY

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@amandacamenisch @ilyaskassam @swisschurchlondon @robertstillman_ by @crossculturech

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19 days ago

Sonica Glasgow 2026 is now on, featuring three works by Swiss creatives working across interdisciplinary arts, sound and technology.

At Pollok House, Geneva-based Ban Lei’s 153 Returning Birds (24 September–4 October) invites visitors to “play” a flock of responsive birds, creating a gentle, evolving constellation of sound.

At Tramway, Robert Maqueda & Structurals’ Air (2 October) brings drum machines to life without direct contact, using air, light and movement to blur the boundaries between performer, instrument and machine.

Also at Tramway, Marie Delprat and Tom Lane’s I Dreamt of Fire (4 October) transforms the waiting room into an unsettling audiovisual environment of electronic sound, surveillance screens and anticipation.

© Emmanuelle Bayart
© Robert Maqueda
© Tom Lane by @crossculturech

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19 days ago

The digital life of sand ⏳

In "your golf course made my GPU", currently on show at the V&A, Zürich-based artist Sam Ghantous traces the hidden connections between computing, material resources, geography and time.

Tonight, as part of *V&A Friday Late: Awakenings*, this installation is augmented through a live audio performance drawing on real-world signals from earthquakes, desert winds, sand dredging operations, microchip stocks and global radio transmissions.

📍 Architecture, Room 127, Level 3
🕖 Live performances at 19:00 & 20:00
⏱ 30 minutes

On view at the V&A South Kensington until 18 October.

Curated by Kristian Volsing. Produced by Katya Spiers
© 📷 @samtous
@vamuseum by @crossculturech

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a month ago

Ruth Gordon’s Ballet Gala HOLIDAYS
Saturday 12 September 2026 | Swiss Church London – West End

For this year’s gala, Ruth Gordon and her troupe bring out the lighter, more mischievous side of ballet and classical music.

The programme features music by Richard Strauss, Rimsky-Korsakov, Jules Massenet, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Georges Bizet. Expect beautifully performed dance, live classical music, wit, elegance and a few surprises along the way.

Doors 6pm. Show 6.30pm. Refreshments before and after. Delightfully entertaining throughout!

Registrations – via @SwissChurchLondon eventbrite page.

Ticket sales and donations will all go towards the Arts at the Swiss Church. by @crossculturech

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a month ago

Last night in Edinburgh, Switzerland and Scotland came together through opera.

We were delighted to celebrate the UK premiere of Zurich Opera House’s acclaimed production of Verdi’s A Masked Ball at the Edinburgh International Festival.

Bringing together artists, cultural leaders and supporters from both countries, the evening highlighted the power of international collaboration and artistic exchange. The production is part of the Festival’s 2026 programme and marks a special collaboration between one of Europe’s leading opera houses and one of the world’s greatest arts festivals.

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate the artists, creative teams and partnerships that make moments like this possible.

With special thanks to UBS, Edelweiss, Ferring and the Swiss Cultural Fund UK for helping make this special occasion possible.

Verdi’s A Masked Ball is on 27 & 29–30 August with two stellar casts, conducting by the wonderful @gianandreanoseda, and a narrative laced with desire, treachery and political peril.

📸 Jess Shurte/Edinburgh International Festival & Embassy of Switzerland

@operzuerich @edintfest @adelethomasdirects @gianandreanoseda @scostello929 @daliborjenis @elenastikhina @yuliamatochkina @tenorslizauskas @rebecaolverasoprano @steffanlloydowen @bmsbass @stanislav_vorobyev_zh @tenorslizauskas @martinzysset @chor_operzuerich @klaasjandegroot

@ubs @edelweissair @ferringpharmaceuticals @swissculturalfunduk by @crossculturech

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2 months ago

There’s still time to catch up with @leo.mahrcomedy and @jonjonbenben at the @edfringe!!! by @crossculturech

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2 months ago

Zatokrev will be in the UK on the 20 & 21 August 2026 touring their new album "...Bring Mirrors To The Surface". Formed in Basel in 2002, expect ambitious, impulsive, extreme doom/death post metal with some esoteric folk influences.

19:00 - 22:00 Thursday 20 August, The Black Heart, London
13:00 - 14:00 Friday 21 August, Main Stage - ArcTanGent Festival, Bristol

For tickets and more info go their website: www.zatokrev.com

photo - ©Matthias Willi

@zatokrevband @arctangentfestival @ourblackheart by @crossculturech

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