Switzerland Guide
Fribourg
Espace Jean Tinguely
The highly recommended Espace Jean Tinguely– Niki de St-Phalle is devoted to the twentieth-century Swiss kinetic artist, who was born in Fribourg, and his wife. Housed in an old transport depot, this museum complements the more famous one in Basel, documenting Tinguely's whimsical but trenchantly purposeful sculptural machines. Old rusty wheels, bits of iron and objets trouvés are all recycled in constructions which use a lot of energy and demonstrate great skill and ingenuity – but which go absolutely nowhere. One of the grandest on display is the Retable de l'Abondance occidentale et du Mercantilisme totalitaire; press the foot button to set things in eccentric but somehow poetic motion.
Address: 2 Rue de Morat
Opening time: Wed– Sun 11am–6pm, Thurs until 8pm
Price: Fr.5
Website: www.fr.ch/mahf