Events
Guided Tour: Exhibition Insights
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Artist Talk: Gaspare O. Melcher with Beat Stutzer
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Exhibitions
March 15 – November 16, 2025
100 YEARS MATIAS SPESCHA
To mark the 100th anniversary of Matias Spescha’s birth (1925-2008), Trun Cultura is offering three major exhibitions in honor of the internationally renowned artist. Over the course of the year, three important contemporary artists from Grison will each present their own encounter with the multifaceted work of Matias Spescha.
In their exhibitions, Gaspare O. Melcher, Corsin Fontana and Not Vital present past and current works, which they bring together with selected works by Matias Spescha – from paintings and sculptures to drawings and prints. For all three artists, the older and already successful artist was a formative figure in their youth: as an artist, as a pioneer or as a friend. This homage shows that they hold his work in high esteem until today. Each of the three exhibitions focuses on a specific aspect of Matias Spescha’s extensive oeuvre.
Casa Carigiet: Interior Reconstruction
The birth home of the brothers Alois and Zarli Carigiet, was badly damaged in a desastrous fire in 2019. It was saved from demolition jointly by Trun Cultura and the Heritage Department. In an initial phase it was dried out with an emergency scaffolding and roof. Thanks to a generous contribution from the municipality of Trun, a wooden roof was placed on the fortified remaining walls. Its unstable condition requires flexible planning. The current construction phase will stabilize the interior and will be completed by summer 2025.
In summer, a section of the building will be opened to the public for the first time, from 2 August to 28 September 2025. Yet unseen original works by Alois Carigiet will be on display in collaboration with his family estate.
Interior design study by gasser,derungs architects
Trun Cultura: a Vision
The map of Trun displays the individual cultural sites in the village. The buildings marked in brown form the TRUN CULTURA ensemble.
Legend
1. Museum Sursilvan Cuort Ligia Grischa
2. Casa Carigiet
3. Casa Desax
4. Spazi d’art Matias Spescha
5. St. Ann Chapel with Garden of Honor
6. Scala Trun
7. Walk-in sculpture OGNA
8. Sculpture Tail along the Rhine river
Our heart beats for Trun – for its eminent artists, writers and musicians, but also for its historically unique buildings. Nationally and internationally renowned names such as Alois and Zarli Carigiet, Matias and Hendri Spescha as well as many others are to be made accessible to a wide audience. They will be put in justaposition to current issues and contextualized in the rich cultural tapestry of the region.
TRUN CULTURA encompasses the SPAZI D’ART MATIAS SPESCHA, a large art space opened in 2023, the walk-in sculpture OGNA, which has been open to the public since 2013, the CASA CARIGIET, which is currently under reconstruction, and the CASA DESAX, which is being transformed into a guest and literature house.
Trun Cultura’s objective is to create a holistic, combined group of diverse cultural institutions within walking distance, promising a unique cultural experience in the mountain village Trun.