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Jewels fetch near-record CHF37 million in Geneva

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:10:57 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The annual Sotheby‘s sale of “Magnificent Jewels” was an extraordinary event Tuesday evening 17 November in Geneva, reassuring investors that the jewelry market is alive and well, with sales close to the impressive CHF40 million of May 2009: CHF37 million, with sales spread across several lots. In May, one blue diamond [...]

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Michelin boosts Lake Geneva dining, puts Tokyo over Paris

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:05:12 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Update 18 November Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Anne-Sophie Pic, head chef at the Beau-Rivage Palace Hotel in Lausanne, has been given a prestigious second star by French-based Michelin Red Guides, whose new guide to Switzerland comes out 19 November. The Beau-Rivage is one of only thirteen 2-star restaurants in Switzerland. Pic leads the way for [...]

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“Murs” photo exhibit opens in Geneva on Berlin anniversary

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:36:58 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Pont de la Machine in the centre of Geneva, not far from the Mont Blanc bridge, will for the next three months offer visitors the irony of a bridge as a showcase for walls that divide humanity. “Murs”, an extraordinary exhibit of large-scale photos of barriers taken by some of [...]

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Graubuenden chef Caminada named Swiss chef of the year 2010 – second time

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:03:03 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – GaultMillau has awarded its coveted title of Swiss chef of the year 2010 to Andreas Caminada, the second time the chef has been given this distinction. Caminada tends the stoves at Schloss Schauenstein in Fuerstenau, Graubuenden, which has 19 points. He won the title in 2008 as well. GaultMillau includes 816 [...]

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Cinéma Verité’s Geneva film festival marries Millennium Goals, action

Jared Bloch — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:38:57 +0000

GenevaLunch.com by Jared Bloch Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Cinéma Verité Film Festival has, since 2007, pushed audiences to explore the connection between socially conscious filmmaking and social action. The foundation behind the festival offers a combination of documentary and feature film screening and public debate.The 6-8 October screenings this year, held in Geneva and in [...]

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Lausanne’s once derailed museum project to have new life in old train engine house

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:33:09 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Lausanne will have a new Beaux Arts (fine arts) museum, to be housed in the CFF engine house, next to the main train station. The building itself has nearly 9,000m2 of space and sits on a plot that is some 24,000m2. The museum is expected to open in 2014. The site [...]

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New Interpol stolen art public database a success, say Swiss

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:59:41 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The Swiss government said in a statement Monday that Switzerland is well represented among the 400 approved users of Interpol’s new secure online stolen art database. More than 800 searches were made in the first few weeks, with approved users including police, museum curators, collectors and gallery owners, although the database [...]

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Portrait of the artist as an old man, Hans Erni at 100

Ellen Wallace — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:12:55 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Lucerne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Articulate, still handsome, far more interested in debating the state of the world than in basking in the recognition that has at last come to him: this is Hans Erni at the ripe age of 100. Visitors tend to walk up to him, awestruck by his age, and walk away from [...]

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Music in the air this summer

Sean Ecker — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:14:33 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Lake Geneva region, Switzerland – Starting today, 5 June, various towns at both ends of Lake Geneva, in-between and beyond are offering a variety of musical styles, mostly free of charge. Check out the Events section on GenevaLunch.com for details. 5-7 June: Sine Nomine classical music festival, Lausanne, Vaud 7 June: Jazz at the Place [...]