«Grand Palais is an off-space sitting on the edge of Helvetia Platz across the Alpine Museum, the Historical Museum, the Yehudi Menuhin Forum, and Kunsthalle Bern – my home since January 2012. It is a two-room wooden cabin (an exhibition space dedicated to art and a bar devoted to socialising) that sticks out like a sore thumb admidst its brick and mortar institutional neighbours. A multi-colored structure which flaunts its difference with a bombastic name and a garish neon sign. Late at night, I stare at its rainbow halo from my office window with a certain amount of envy.»
(Fabrice Stroun, Direktor Kunsthalle Bern, 2012–2015)
Von 2008–2018 realisierten wir in wechselnder Belegschaft und in verschiedenen Kooperationen Ausstellungen und kulturelle Veranstaltungen im Grand Palais. Seit 2019 sind Etienne Wismer, Deborah Müller und Mathias Kobel für die Programmation und Umsetzung aller Vorhaben im Grand Palais zuständig.
