Olivier Kaeser

President and expert for the Performing Arts (French-speaking Switzerland)

Expert for the Performing Arts (French-speaking Switzerland)

Olivier Kaeser – Fondation Nestlé pour l’Art

Art historian graduated from the University of Geneva, Olivier Kaeser co-founded and co-directed – with Jean-Paul Felley – attitudes, an independent art structure active in Geneva and elsewhere between 1994 and 2012, which was supported by the Fondation Nestlé pour l’Art. From the end of 2008 to the end of 2018, he co-directed the Centre Culturel Suisse in Paris, the French branch of Pro Helvetia – Swiss Foundation for Culture. Since 2019, he has been an independent curator, directs Arta Sperto (www.artasperto.ch), a multidisciplinary artistic structure with no fixed location, and holds mandates, in particular as the editor-in-chief of the Grand Théâtre Magazine in Geneva. Olivier Kaeser joined the Foundation Council in 2013, as an expert for the Performing Arts in French-speaking Switzerland, then also as president in 2015.