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In a significant act of cultural restitution, three Swiss museums have officially returned 18 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. The artifacts were looted by British colonial troops in 1897 and had been in Swiss collections for years.
The Musée Artistes Femmes (MAF), Switzerland's first museum exclusively dedicated to showcasing the work of women artists, has opened in Lausanne, addressing the historical underrepresentation of female artists in cultural institutions.
Following a slump, the global art market grew 4% to $59.6 billion, according to the latest Art Market Report from Art Basel and UBS. The recovery was led by a 30% increase in sales of art valued over $10 million and a growing role for art fairs.
The Kunstmuseum Basel is launching a new exhibition, 'The First Homosexuals', which traces the artistic formation of new sexual, gender, and identity images since the term 'homosexual' was first used in 1869. The exhibition features around 80 works exploring coded representations and the evolution of depicting sexuality in art.
Swiss Post honors a major sporting event and a cultural milestone with new special edition stamps. One celebrates the upcoming Ice Hockey World Championships with a unique transparent design, while another commemorates artist Alberto Giacometti.
The Swiss National Bank has announced that Lausanne-based creative studio Emphase has won the competition to design the tenth series of Swiss banknotes. The new designs are based on the concept of "Switzerland and its altitudes."
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