Famous street artists from all around the world gathered in Crans-Montana last week for the first edition of the Vision Art Festival (VAF), a new festival of contemporary art focusing on street art. Gregory Pagès, VAF artistic director, invited artists with distinctive styles and techniques to decorate the walls of the ski lift buildings and […]
Art, Sex and literature – literary encounters at the 2015 Crans-Montana M4
At this year’s M4 Rencontres Littéraires at Crans-Montana, French-speaking writers, historians, actors, Sorbonne professors, filmmakers and critics along with the curator of the Musée D’Orsay in Paris, met at the Hotel Royal in Crans-Montana this year to discuss art, sex and literature. After last year’s edition on the writing of the self, the literary meeting […]
M4 Culture Festival, Crans-Montana
I have just spent a stimulating couple of days at the new M4 culture festival in Crans-Montana (the four M’s stand for Mountain, Music, Museum and More). Providing a wealth of entertainment ranging from photographic exhibitions to classical concerts to contemporary dance, the M4 culture festival attracted a varied crowd and proved to be a […]
Meet the neighbours
Ever felt you’d like to get to know your neighbours, but have never really had the chance? Help is at hand. On Friday 23 May, all around the region, thousands of neighbours will congregate at hundreds of Neighbours’ Day parties. Started in 1999 in France, the aim is to build and strengthen communities and improve […]