All in: All Art. All Life.

12 November 2025 – 10 Mai 2026

From November 2025 to May 2026, the Musée Visionnaire will dedicate a group exhibition to the radical merging of life and art. The exhibition presents individuals who shape their existence uncompromisingly as total works of art – locally, internationally, living and deceased.

At the center are Dora Koster, Emil Manser, and Polina Raiko: three people whose creative work cannot be separated from their life stories. Koster – wild, untamed, deeply social – was a striking figure in Zurich’s Niederdorf district: performer, poet, musician, and chronicler of the margins. Her works and estate (held by the Zurich Central Library) form a core element of the exhibition, accompanied by readings and guided tours.

Polina Raiko transformed her entire house in Ukraine into a work of art – a poetic counter-world, destroyed by war but preserved in images. Emil Manser was Lucerne’s philosophical sandwich man – his public presence is brought to life through documentary formats.

The project is complemented by living artists such as Lea/n Rüegg, whose performative works interweave language, body, and ritual, and Erwin Schatzmann, whose “Morgenland” in Winterthur can be visited via shuttle – a lived universe of art. Also featured are Christoph Köpfli and Elon Liberman, who transform everyday life into sound and light.

All in stands for uncompromising presence – for art that is not taken down, but remains – in life, in public space, in everyday experience.