Evening event at the Museum Tinguely Basel 22/04/2026
On Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at 6:30 pm, the Museum Tinguely, in collaboration with the Museums-PASS-Musées invites you to an exclusive event on the special exhibition "Carl Cheng: Nature Never Loses".
The exhibition Nature Never Loses highlights six decades of the visionary oeuvre of artist Carl Cheng, born in San Francisco in 1942, which refuses to be categorized. He lives and works in Santa Monica, studied fine art and industrial design and began his artistic career in the 1960s against a backdrop of political unrest, an interdisciplinary art scene, a booming space and aviation industry after the war and a rapidly changing landscape.
Cheng's life's work is being presented in its most comprehensive form to date, now in Basel after stops in the USA and the Netherlands. The exhibition was created in close collaboration with the artist and includes a large amount of previously unpublished archive material as well as artworks from his personal collection.
You can look forward to an exclusive guided tour (in German or French) through the exhibition followed by an aperitif in the museum bistro Chez Jeannot.
Programme
18:00-18:20 Reception for participants at the Museum Tinguely
18:30-19:30 Guided tours of the special exhibition
19:30-21:00 Aperitif at the Café Chez Jeannot
Read the information below carefully and do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions
Image below: Installation view: Carl Cheng: Nature Never Loses at Museum Tinguely, Basel, 2025 Title: Anthropocene Landscape #1 Artist:in & Contributor: Carl Cheng Date of creation: 2006 Material/technique: Printed circuit boards and rivets on aluminum Copyright: © Carl Cheng Creditline: Courtesy the artist and Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles Photo credit: 2025-26 Museum Tinguely, Basel; Matthias Willi
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Registration is required in order to participate. Only holders of a Museums-PASS-Musées may register. Accompanying persons will not be admitted.
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You will receive a confirmation email and are automatically registered for the guided tour and the aperitif.
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Check in advance whether your Museums-PASS-Musées on 22.04.2026 is still valid and that you have set up a user account.
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We reserve the right to cancel this free event or reduce the program if demand is low. Cancellation of the event, for whatever reason, does not constitute grounds for compensation or reimbursement for the registered participants, nor for any costs incurred by the registered holder in this connection.
Conditions of participation:
Participants must be over 18 years of age.
It is not possible to participate with a free, monthly or transferable pass.
