Curator-guided tour

Events
Switzerland
On 26/02/2023
The Cosey exhibition brings together not only the most important works by this artist from western Switzerland, but also a number of objects that are exotic to us and to which he has assigned a role in his stories. The guided tour with curator Anette Gehrig reveals the fascinating links between these objects from the Museum der Kulturen collection and Cosey’s meaningful oeuvre.

Temporary exhibitions

«The Spirit», Sonntagsbeilage, 31.12.1950 © Will Eisner Studio, Inc.

Will Eisner

Graphic Novel Godfather
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Will Eisner (1917–2005) is considered one of the founding fathers of modern comics. Born to poor European immigrants, this artist, writer, ‘inventor’ of the graphic novel, theorist and producer grew up in New York. In 1939, he created The Spirit, his famous series about a gangster hunter, followed...
© Hécatombe, 2022

HÉCATOMBE Collectives

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The Genevan collective HÉCATOMBE: three men and three women dedicated to drawing and its narrative possibilities. Since 2004, their shared and experimental mission has been to keep the book-design process in their own hands – from the beginning and the content, through to the end and the material....
© Chris Ware, «Building Stories», 2012

Chris Ware

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Developed in collaboration with Chris Ware (b. 1967), this retrospective presents the work of this American author and artist in all its richness, for the first time in the German-speaking world. Models and sculptures complement originals from his multi-award-winning books Jimmy Corrigan, Building...
© Blutch, «John Wayne après Giraud», 2021

Blutch

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The author, illustrator and painter Blutch (b. 1967) from Strasbourg has a hugely diverse oeuvre to his name and is seen as one of the most important representatives of the new French comic. The retrospective at Cartoonmuseum Basel brings together originals from albums, as well as paintings,...
© Cartoonmuseum Basel, 2022
Suitable for families
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Dates
On 26/02/2023
Sunday: 14:00-15:00
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