After a delicious homemade pesto accompanied by a glass of prosecco we set off to Lugano's LAC cultural center. Inaugurated in September 2015 LAC (Lugano Arte e Cultura) is devoted to visual arts, to music and the performing arts.
The Gottfried Keller Foundation is one of the important collections of Swiss art. The foundation was established in 1890 by Lydia Welti-Escher and was later entrusted to the Confederation for the purpose of procuring important works of visual art for Switzerland.
The LAC exhibition focused primarily on nineteenth- and twentieth-century paintings, with significant incursions into the previous centuries, documenting the production of some of Switzerland's greatest artists such as Hodler, Segantini and Giacometti.
Situated in a breathtaking position overlooking the lake, LAC expresses its mission as a comprehensive cultural venue open to residents and visitors alike, providing a showcase for artists and serving as a place where the public can enjoy and learn about the arts.
The view from inside the LAC looking onto Monte Bré
Die Teufelsbrücke, a classic by Caspar Wolf
Death by Giovanni Segantini
The Chosen One by Ferdinand Hodler
La Luronne by Francois Barraud
Portrait of daughter Hedwig by Max Buri
My favourite: a detail from Equestrian fantasy with pink lady by Alice Bailly
The spectacular view from the LAC
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