A vintage Minotti sofa, still in the atelier. Linen woven a century ago. A deep cleaning no visitor will ever see. Before What Remains opens at The mep, Lucerne, a reflection on restoration as accompaniment, and on care as a form of responsibility, not appearance.

What Remains brings together artists from Spain, Japan and Switzerland around a single conviction: that beauty is not a surface effect but a consequence of integrity. Stone, pigment, clay and linen — materials that are deepened, rather than consumed, by time. A curated exhibition by Valeria Viollaz, 7 November – 2 December 2026.