Cartoonmuseum Basel

Basel
Switzerland
Cartoonmuseum Basel
Art
The Cartoon Museum Basel is the only museum in Switzerland devoted exclusively to satirical art – ranging from the caricature to the comic. Thanks to its important collection of almost 3,400 original works and its curated, thematic and/or monographic exhibitions of original art, it has gained the position of a competence centre for the art of the satirical drawing.


The Cartoon Museum documents, communicates, promotes and explores the satirical drawing through alternating audience-friendly exhibitions of an international standard, which publicly present its collection in inspiring surroundings and stimulate and promote interest in this art among a wider public. Equal attention is devoted to classical as to contemporary works. Through an up-to-the-minute choice of theme and the inclusion of related areas such as comic, illustration and animation, the museum seeks out topical trends and so works with an eye to the next generation of visitors and artists. For this purpose it also networks with other international museums, institutions and personalities who devote their energies to the same or related themes.

47.55457, 7.596419

Address

Cartoonmuseum Basel

St. Alban-Vorstadt 28
4052
Basel
Switzerland
Opening hours
Open all year from
Tuesday - Sunday: 11:00-17:00

Closed on
Contact and additional information
+41 61 226 33 60

Currently in this museum

Man and woman walking in snowy landscape; buildings in the backround
Event

The master is back! Gerhard Glück’s Basel-based fans have had to wait more than 25 years for his cryptic paintings to return to Cartoonmuseum Basel. In 2024, this artist, who was born in 1944 in Bad ...

3 Personen riechen an verschiedenen Rohren
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Gerhard Glück is a cartoonist who paints. With a lush palette, old-masterly brushstrokes and subtle humour, he portrays simple people and well-behaved animals who are unexpectedly confronted with ...

Kind malt auf weisse Wand
Event

“You won’t believe what happened to me yesterday!...” In this workshop, we capture a situation from day-to-day life that made us laugh. Our illustrators help to turn a funny experience into a drawn ...

Man and woman walking in snowy landscape; buildings in the backround
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Gerhard Glück's lovingly humorous paintings have been appearing in major newspapers and magazines since the 1970s. This consistency runs counter to the trend of caricature being given less and less ...

Riesiger Ball liegt auf Staffelei vor zersprungenem Fenster
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An evening for people who like to draw. Two models recreate situations from Gerhard Glück’s cartoons. As Gerhard Glück’s characters have to endure a lot, which often involves their whole bodies ...

Einsame Gestalt mit Pinguin Bild in der Arktis
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Gerhard Glück is a cartoonist who paints. With a lush palette, old-masterly brushstrokes and subtle humour, he portrays simple people and well-behaved animals who are unexpectedly confronted with ...

Mann in Anzug hängt seinen Kop in Fluss
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Gerhard Glück is a cartoonist who paints. With a lush palette, old-masterly brushstrokes and subtle humour, he portrays simple people and well-behaved animals who are unexpectedly confronted with ...

Hund sitzt an Tisch mit Bierglas, wird beobachtet von zwei Personen im Hintergrund
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Gerhard Glück’s characters are often denied simple pleasures because life takes an unexpected turn and the absurd is waiting around the corner. On Museums Night at Cartoonmuseum Basel though ...

Mann mit Virtual Reality Brille in blau gefliestem Raum
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Puns, sarcasm or absurd humour - funny picture comments flash in our faces every day on social media. Bring observations from your world to the workshop and produce your own little memes, moving or ...

Hans-Jürgen giesst seine virtuellen Kakteen einmal in der Woche
Exhibition
Basel
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Switzerland

The master is back! Gerhard Glück's fans in Basel had to be patient for over 25 years before his enigmatic paintings returned to the Cartoon Museum. The artist, who was born in Bad Vilbel in 1944 ...

© Thomas Ott «Les Millionaires» 1996
Exhibition
Basel
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Switzerland

Thomas Ott (*10.6.1966, Zurich) is the most internationally renowned Swiss-German comic author. His mezzotint works combine a black-heavy, film-oriented visual language with dark, nightmarish stories ...

Selbstportrait aus der Vogelperspektive
Exhibition
Basel
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Switzerland

The comic author Alison Bechdel (*10.9.1960, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, USA) became known to a wide audience through her graphic novel and "New York Times" bestseller "Fun Home. A Family of Drawn" ...

Politiker am Tisch
Exhibition
Basel
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Switzerland

Christophe Blain (*10.8.1970, Gennevilliers, France) is one of France's most renowned comic authors and an exceptionally versatile artist who masters all tonalities between sparse, quick ink drawing ...