Another highlight: Egon Schiele’s Seated Woman, Back View, 1917 (Photograph: Graphische Sammlung ETH Zurich)
Another highlight: Egon Schiele's Seated Woman, Back View, 1917 (Photograph: Graphische Sammlung ETH Zurich) Over the coming months, ETH Zurich will be taking a particularly close look at Ticino. The University's Graphische Sammlung is not only presenting a new exhibition on artistic activity in and around the canton of Ticino but also opening a unique exhibition at Masi in Lugano. Christiane Baumgartner Ultramarine 2017 color woodcut (Photograph: Graphische Sammlung ETH Zurich) People from northern Switzerland love Ticino. Particularly in recent days, the country has become painfully aware of what it's like when one of the main transport routes to the Italian-speaking canton is cut off. Ticino is associated with romantic images of nature, grottos and countryfolk of a much cheerier disposition than those north of the Alps - in short, , a sort of Italian lifestyle with a Swiss flavour. It's no wonder that, over the centuries, a whole series of artists have fallen under the canton's spell. For their part, the people of Ticino are known for having a voracious interest in a wide variety of art forms.
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