This autumn, three exhibitions invite us to reconsider colour, material and collage. In Pully and Lausanne, Cuno Amiet, Edouard Chapallaz and Ted Joans trace three very different paths — painting, ceramics and visual experimentation — while sharing the same freedom towards their chosen media. These are the dates to add to your cultural diary.
Cuno Amiet: the seasons as a laboratory of colour
At the Musée d’art de Pully, Cuno Amiet — The Four Seasons explores the Swiss painter’s work through a theme as simple as it is inexhaustible: the passage of time through the landscape.
For Amiet, nature is never a neutral backdrop. A garden, a tree or a field of snow becomes a testing ground in which colour builds space, sets the temperature of a scene and turns a fleeting impression into a lasting sensation. The exhibition follows this research through the seasons, from sunlight and dense vegetation to the silence of winter.
It brings together the qualities that make Amiet’s painting immediately recognisable: a free brushstroke, bold chromatic relationships and an ability to turn a familiar subject into an almost inward experience.
À voir : Musée d’art de Pully, jusqu’au 10 janvier 2027.
Adresse : Chemin Davel 2, 1009 Pully.
En savoir plus : https://www.museedartdepully.ch/fr/expositions/par-annee/id-27101-cuno-amiet/
Edouard Chapallaz: the precision of material
At mudac, **Edouard Chapallaz — Swiss Ceramicist** returns the spotlight to one of the leading figures of twentieth-century Swiss and European ceramics. Installed in Le carré, the exhibition draws on an exceptional group of works from the museum’s collection and spans nearly seven decades of practice.
A master of stoneware and glazes, Chapallaz created work of remarkable restraint. Nothing appears superfluous: volumes are balanced, surfaces quietly vibrate and fire remains a visible partner in the process. Beneath this sobriety lies a constant search for the “perfect form”, rooted in earth, landscape and the ceramic traditions he studied.
This is an exhibition to experience slowly. It reminds us that an object can be sculpture, function and a way of inhabiting the world all at once.
**On view:** mudac, until 31 January 2027.
**Address:** Place de la Gare 17, 1003 Lausanne.
**More information:** https://mudac.ch/expositions/edouard-chapallaz/
## Ted Joans: a body of work in motion
The MCBA presents Ted Joans — Black Flower, the first monographic exhibition dedicated to the American artist. A poet, jazz critic, draughtsman, collage artist and experimental filmmaker, Joans (1928–2003) developed a body of work that defies categorisation.
Across two floors, the exhibition brings together drawings, collages, films, manuscripts and sound documents. Around 400 objects reveal a trajectory where Surrealism meets jazz, Black Power and Pan-Africanism. Collage becomes both a formal and a political device: a way of circulating images, languages and histories while challenging Eurocentric narratives.
The Super 8 *Teducation Films*, collaborations and archives give the exhibition an almost musical rhythm. What emerges is a mind moving across continents and disciplines with humour, energy and critical force.
On view: MCBA, until 28 February 2027.
Address: Place de la Gare 16, 1003 Lausanne.
Opening hours: Tuesday–Wednesday 10 am–6 pm; Thursday 10 am–8 pm; Friday–Sunday 10 am–6 pm; closed on Mondays.
Find out more: https://www.mcba.ch/expositions/ted-joans/
Why see them together?
Together, the three exhibitions form a compelling journey through twentieth-century art. Amiet makes colour resonate, Chapallaz gives material an almost meditative presence, and Joans sets images in motion to the rhythms of jazz and political thought. Three ways to renew the gaze — and three excellent reasons to plan a cultural itinerary between Pully and Lausanne.