Cantonale Berne Jura 2025/2026
This year’s edition of the intercantonal Christmas exhibition Cantonale Berne Jura showcases contemporary, refreshing, uncompromising, magnificent, ingeniously simple and intoxicatingly complex works. The theme of the exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Thun is ‘Fluidity’. This refers to everything that flows, streams or is liquid. The prime example is, of course, water. In recent years, the term and the characteristics associated with it have also found their way into other areas of life – including metaphorically – such as gender, digital imagery and human, animal or plant identity. All these areas and more are linked by the positions on display.
The Cantonale Berne Jura was launched in 2011 and is dedicated to intercantonal cooperation. Spread across eleven art institutions, the Cantonale forms a meaningful platform for contemporary art of supra-regional importance and presents a broad spectrum of artistic positions.
The artists: Jost von Allmen, Interlaken; Claudia Breitschmid, Zurich; Livio Casanova, Kehrsatz; Martin Chramosta, Zurich/Vienna; Johanna Lena Dobrusskin, Wünnewil; Noemi Eichenberger, Biel; Garance Finger, Porrentruy; Rebekka Friedli, Berne; Lulu & Whiskey, Berne; Sara Gassmann, Berne; Flurina Hack, Berne; Mireille Henry, Bassecourt; Maya Hottarek, Biel; Flo Kaufmann, Wyssachen; Fabio Luks, Basel; Mingjun Luo, Biel; Yannik Mosimann, Berne; Corinne Odermatt, Biel; Janosch Perler, Biel; Carolina Piasecki, Thun; Pedro Rodrigues, Berne; Philipp Schaerer, Steffisburg; Marietta Schenk, Biel; Muzi-Matilde Soldati, Biel; Monika Stalder, Zurich; Hansueli Urwyler, Interlaken; Corinne Vogel, Oberdiessbach; Wolfgang Zät, Berne; Anita Zumbühl, Berne.
Dec
7 p.m.: Welcome by Katharina Ali-Oesch (Head of Education, Sport and Culture) and Helen Hirsch (Director)
Followed by drinks and music
Creative tour of the exhibition opening with Yvonne Nydegger (art educator)
For children aged 5 and above, unaccompanied
Free of charge
Exploring the exhibition through drawing
For anyone aged 10 and above who enjoys sketching. Workshop with Julia Rosenberg and Urban Sketchers Thun
Free admission for artists
Tour of the exhibition with educational ideas for class visits with Gabriele Moshammer (art educator)
Registration requested (kunstmuseum@thun.ch)
Jan
The ‘Circuit’ art tour connects the eleven art institutions of the Cantonale Berne Jura and enables an in-depth exploration of the art on display. The tour offers educational programmes in both German and French, developed by curators, artists and art educators especially for this event.
The Circuit art bus makes it easy for visitors to travel, taking them comfortably from art gallery to art museum and back again. The bus tour takes place on two different routes – the Kunstmuseum Thun is on Circuit 1.
MEETING POINT
10:00 a.m. Kunsthalle Bern
11:30 a.m. Kunsthaus Steffisburg
12:45 p.m. Kunstmuseum Thun / with lunch
2:45 p.m. Kunsthaus Interlaken
4:45 p.m. Stadtgalerie Bern
END OF PROGRAMME
The ‘Circuit’ art tour connects the eleven art institutions of the Cantonale Berne Jura and enables an in-depth exploration of the art on display. The tour offers educational programmes in both German and French, developed by curators, artists and art educators especially for this event.
The Circuit art bus makes it easy for visitors to travel, taking them comfortably from art gallery to art museum and back again. The bus tour takes place on two different routes – the Kunstmuseum Thun is on Circuit 1.
MEETING POINT
10:00 a.m. Kunsthalle Bern
11:30 a.m. Kunsthaus Steffisburg
12:45 p.m. Kunstmuseum Thun / with lunch
2:45 p.m. Kunsthaus Interlaken
4:45 p.m. Stadtgalerie Bern
END OF PROGRAMME
Short, accessible art appreciation session in the current exhibition. Followed by lunch (vegetarian) together in the café.
With Adrien Rihs (art educator)
Options: Tour only: admission to the museum / Tour & lunch: admission + CHF 15 (including vegetarian snack with iced tea)
Advance sales via online ticket shop
Creative workshop for children aged 5 and above (unaccompanied children welcome). Led by Adrien Rihs (art educator)
Cost: CHF 5 + admission
Advance tickets available via the online ticket shop
Exhibition visit and creative workshop with Matthias Foff (art educator)
For everyone aged 15 and over
Cost: CHF 10 + admission (Kulturlegi / IV card: CHF 5)
Advance sales via online ticket shop
Enjoy your evening at the museum. The first drink from Café Thunerhof costs an additional CHF 5, which entitles you to discounted admission to the exhibition. During Museum Beer, the slideshow Apropos ‘Mehlspur’ will be shown. Christian Helmle’s photos document the 1982 artist action of the same name, to which Carolina Piasecki’s work ‘Mehlspur’ (Flour Trail), presented in the exhibition, refers.
Feb
Guided tour of the exhibition with Yvonne Nydegger (art educator)
Admission includes guided tour
Enjoy your evening at the museum. The first drink from Café Thunerhof costs an additional CHF 5, which entitles you to discounted admission to the exhibition. During Museum Beer, the slideshow Apropos ‘Mehlspur’ will be shown. Christian Helmle’s photos document the 1982 artist action of the same name, to which Carolina Piasecki’s work ‘Mehlspur’ (Flour Trail), presented in the exhibition, refers.
Artist talk with Bernese artist Rebekka Friedli. Moderator: Cornelius Krell (curator).
The artist talk will take place as part of Museum Beer (5–8 p.m.). This means that the first after-work drink costs an additional CHF 5, which entitles you to discounted admission to the exhibition. There is also a special offer at Café Thunerhof.
Short talks with artists Luo Mingjun (starting at 6.15 p.m., in French) and Jost von Allmen (starting at 6.40 p.m., in German) in the exhibition. Moderator: Helen Hirsch (Director).
The artist talk will take place as part of Museum Beer (5–8 p.m.). This means that the first after-work drink costs an additional CHF 5, which entitles you to discounted admission to the exhibition. There is also a special offer at Café Thunerhof.
Exhibition visit and creative workshop with Adrien Rihs (art educator)
For everyone aged 15 and over
Cost: CHF 10 + admission (Kulturlegi / IV card: CHF 5)
Advance sales via online ticket shop
Short, accessible art appreciation session in the current exhibition. Followed by lunch (vegetarian) together in the café.
With Adrien Rihs (art educator)
Options: Tour only: admission to the museum / Tour & lunch: admission + CHF 15 (including vegetarian snack with iced tea)
Advance sales via online ticket shop
Enjoy your evening at the museum. The first drink from Café Thunerhof costs an additional CHF 5, which entitles you to discounted admission to the exhibition. During Museum Beer, the slideshow Apropos ‘Mehlspur’ will be shown. Christian Helmle’s photos document the 1982 artist action of the same name, to which Carolina Piasecki’s work ‘Mehlspur’ (Flour Trail), presented in the exhibition, refers.
Tour of the exhibition with Cornelius Krell (curator) and Janet Fiebelkorn (sign language interpreter)
Admission includes tour
The tour takes place as part of Museumsbier (5–8 p.m.). This means that the first after-work drink costs a small extra charge of CHF 5, which entitles you to discounted admission to the exhibition. Café Thunerhof also has a special offer.
Short talks with artists Luo Mingjun (starting at 6.15 p.m., in French) and Jost von Allmen (starting at 6.40 p.m., in German) in the exhibition. Moderator: Helen Hirsch (Director).
The artist talk will take place as part of Museum Beer (5–8 p.m.). This means that the first after-work drink costs an additional CHF 5, which entitles you to discounted admission to the exhibition. There is also a special offer at Café Thunerhof.
Enjoy your evening at the museum. The first drink from Café Thunerhof costs an additional CHF 5, which entitles you to discounted admission to the exhibition. During Museum Beer, the slideshow Apropos ‘Mehlspur’ will be shown. Christian Helmle’s photos document the 1982 artist action of the same name, to which Carolina Piasecki’s work ‘Mehlspur’ (Flour Trail), presented in the exhibition, refers.
Short talks with artists Luo Mingjun (starting at 6.15 p.m., in French) and Jost von Allmen (starting at 6.40 p.m., in German) in the exhibition. Moderator: Helen Hirsch (Director).
The artist talk will take place as part of Museum Beer (5–8 p.m.). This means that the first after-work drink costs an additional CHF 5, which entitles you to discounted admission to the exhibition. There is also a special offer at Café Thunerhof.
Enjoy your evening at the museum. The first drink from Café Thunerhof costs an additional CHF 5, which entitles you to discounted admission to the exhibition. During Museum Beer, the slideshow Apropos ‘Mehlspur’ will be shown. Christian Helmle’s photos document the 1982 artist action of the same name, to which Carolina Piasecki’s work ‘Mehlspur’ (Flour Trail), presented in the exhibition, refers.
Short talks with artists Luo Mingjun (starting at 6.15 p.m., in French) and Jost von Allmen (starting at 6.40 p.m., in German) in the exhibition. Moderator: Helen Hirsch (Director).
The artist talk will take place as part of Museum Beer (5–8 p.m.). This means that the first after-work drink costs an additional CHF 5, which entitles you to discounted admission to the exhibition. There is also a special offer at Café Thunerhof.
Wolfgang Zät talks about his current artist’s book project, which he is realising in collaboration with the publisher Rothe Druck. Individual works reproduced in original prints are on display in the exhibition. Moderator: Cornelius Krell (curator).
The discussion will take place as part of Museum Beer (5–8 p.m.). This means that the first after-work drink from Café Thunerhof comes with a small surcharge of CHF 5, which entitles you to discounted admission to the exhibition.
Creative workshop for children aged 5 and above (unaccompanied children welcome). Led by Yvonne Nydegger (art educator)
Cost: CHF 5 + admission
Advance tickets available via the online ticket shop