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Fernand Léger’s Painting “Le passage à niveau” to be Restored

With the support of the BNP Paribas Switzerland Foundation, the Fondation Beyeler is restoring a key painting in the collection, “Le passage à niveau “by Fernand Léger (1912). The aim of the restoration project, in addition to scholarly research, is to stabilize the work’s complex and fragile substance.
“Le passage à niveau” in the Context of [...]

Rediscovery of a Venetian masterpiece

It took five months to restore Veronese’s masterpiece at the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire [...]

Preserve and promote cultural heritage

The BNP Paribas Foundation has been a trailblazer in actions to promote awareness of and preserve the heritage of museums. For 25 years it has been a loyal and widely recognized patron of museums, regularly funding restoration of works. The Foundation also supports the publication of museum catalogues to heighten awareness of the wealth of [...]

Restoring the sculptures of Aristide Maillol

From April to November, six of the French sculptor’s bronze sculptures and a clay statuette will be fully restored and prepared for a new presentation. [...]

Unique and United

Founded in June 2010, ProRaris is the umbrella organization for all associations related to rare diseases across Switzerland. [...]

Swiss Solidarity for Haiti

A violent 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on the night of the 12th and 13th of January 2010, More than 120,000 victims were counted. Hundreds of thousands of people aere affected and need aid. Swiss Solidarity started a donation that same morning and on the 21st of January organised a national day of solidarity, and [...]

Oberer Tennis Camp – BNP Paribas: A winning team!

Thanks to the quality training and strong human and ethical values, Oberer Tennis Camp has become a reference point for all young tennis enthusiasts.

Stéphane Oberer, the former director of the Swiss Tennis Federation and former captain of the Swiss Davis Cup team, created the camp for children between the 8 and 18 years old. [...]

“Petals and the Garden of Nymph Ancolie” recaptures its original colours

The famous mural by Max Ernst “Petals and the Garden of the Nymph Ancolie”, which for many years adorned the walls of the Dancing Mascotte, a nightclub in Zurich’s Corso Theatre, underwent restoration in the latter part of 2008.
BNP Foundation in Switzerland is proud to have offered its support for this restoration project, which [...]

A day to overcome our prejudices

BNP Paribas Foundation in Switzerland, organized an all-day event devoted to the “Helping Hand” program. The event took place in on March 9th, in the auditorium la Corrateriere in Geneva, and had three main objectives:
•To acknowledge the work of the employees already taking part in the “Helping Hand” for whom volunteering has become a [...]