Fondation Beyeler

Riehen
Switzerland
Fondation Beyeler
Fondation Beyeler
Art
Modern and Contemporary Masterpieces
The museum in Riehen near Basel is internationally renowned for its high-calibre exhibitions, its outstanding collection of modern and contemporary art, as well as its ambitious programme of events. The museum building was designed by Renzo Piano in the idyllic setting of a park with venerable trees and water lily ponds. It boasts a unique location in the heart of a local recreation area, looking out onto fields, pastures and vineyards close to the foothills of the Black Forest. In collaboration with Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, the Fondation Beyeler is constructing a new museum building in the adjoining park, thus further enhancing the harmonious interplay of art, architecture and nature.

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Address

Fondation Beyeler

Baselstrasse 101
4125
Riehen
Switzerland
Opening hours
Open all year from
Monday - Tuesday: 10:00-18:00
Wednesday: 10:00-20:00
Thursday: 10:00-18:00
Friday: 10:00-22:00
Saturday - Sunday: 10:00-18:00

Closed on
Contact and additional information
+41 61 645 97 00

Currently in this museum

Musiker:innen des Tonhalle-Orchesters Zürich
Event

Charles Baudelaire not only influenced Matisse, but many other artists from different genres. In collaboration with musicians of the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, we invite you on a musical journey with ...

Friday Beyeler: Bodybuilding vs. building a body with annabelle
Event

In the "Bodybuilding" section, the Swiss magazine annabelle focuses on the female body - photographed naked, unretouched but aesthetically pleasing - and allows the subjects to talk about their ...

Henri Matisse, Acanthes (Akanthus), 1953 Mit Gouache bemalte und ausgeschnittene Papiere auf  Papier auf Leinwand, 311,7 x 351,8 cm, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Sammlung Beyeler, © Succession H. Matisse / 2024, ProLitteris, Zürich Foto: Robert Bayer
Event

Serena Bucalo-Mussely, director of the collections of the Musée Yves Saint Laurent in Paris, and Aymeric Jeudy, director of the Musée Matisse in Nice, talk about Matisse’s influence on the legendary ...

Thomas Schütte
Event

Thomas Schütte's work is always about people. His works are heavy and light, but they also show damage, power relations, fears, dependencies, evil, weird and beautiful figures. Thomas Schütte is ...

Ausstellungsraum "Matisse - Einladung zur Reise"
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Early risers can experience the museum in the stillness of morning and start the day with a guided meditation. In partnership with Sutra House: www.sutra-house.com Doors open at 8:45 am Admission: CHF ...

eikones X Friday Beyeler
Event

Escapism refers to the flight from reality into illusions or pleasures. The intensely colorful works of Henri Matisse and his dreamy motifs also serve as an impetus for many to embark on a mental ...

Denise Langenegger
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SRF reporter Denise Langenegger talks about Matisse’s travels. Admission: CHF 7 plus museum admission Attendees can view the exhibition before the event.

Mark Niedermann
Event

To celebrate the major Matisse exhibition, Stéphane Guégan, curator at the Musée d’Orsay and organiser of many other important exhibitions including Manet/Degas in 2023, will be talking about Matisse ...

Friday Beyeler: Wie die Blätter wachsen
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This "Friday Beyeler", artists David Karl Max and Michael Ray-Von invite plant scientist Sibylle Lustenberger to explore the fascinating ways plants take form. Enjoy a relaxed evening out at the ...

Carsten Höller
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Carsten Höller (*1961, Brussels) draws on his scientific training in his work as an artist, focusing particularly on the nature of human relationships. Doubt and uncertainty are recurring themes in ...

Friday Beyeler: Voices of the Silent
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The relationship between the artist and his model is complex. Henri Matisse's oeuvre contains many female nudes, which often appear captured and objectified by the artist's gaze. How could they be ...

Hackathon
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For an entire weekend, young people between the ages of 15 and 25 from a variety of professions and with a wide range of interests will gather at the Fondation Beyeler and work together in ...

Alex Frei Yogi
Event

Early risers can experience the museum in the stillness of morning and start the day with a guided meditation. Alex has been teaching yoga and meditation for over 18 years. She has completed a 2-year ...

Thomas Schütte Walser's Wife, 2011. Lackfarbe auf Aluminium und Stahlsockel, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel © 2024, ProLitteris, Zurich Foto: Robert Bayer
Exhibition
Riehen
,
Switzerland

Inspired by Friedrich Schiller’s famous quote from 1795, "Art is a daughter of freedom", the new collection showcase offers a thematic journey through the exhibition spaces and reveals new, surprising ...

HENRI MATISSE, GRAND NU COUCHÉ (NU ROSE), 1935 Huile sur toile, 66,4 x 93,3 cm The Baltimore Museum of Art: The Cone Collection, fondé par le Dr. Claribel Cone et Miss Etta Cone, Baltimore, Maryland (BMA 1950.258) © Succession Henri Matisse / 2023, ProLitteris, Zurich Photo: © The Baltimore Museum of Art: The Cone Collection / Mitro Hood
Exhibition
Riehen
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Switzerland

In autumn 2024, the Fondation Beyeler will hold the first Henri Matisse retrospective in the German-speaking world in almost 20 years. Featuring over 70 works from major European and American museums ...

Zugrauch in nordischer Landschaft
Exhibition
Riehen
,
Switzerland

At the beginning of the year, the Fondation Beyeler will present the group show «Northern Lights», focussing on around 80 landscape paintings by artists from Scandinavia and Canada created between ...

Max Ernst, The Fireside Angel (The  Triumph of Surrealism), 1937, Oil on canvas, 114 x 146 cm, Collection Hersaint, © 2024, ProLitteris, Zurich
Exhibition
Riehen
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Switzerland

In a world premiere, the Fondation Beyeler is showing Surrealist masterpieces from the Hersaint Collection for the first time. The exhibition includes around 50 key works by artists such as Salvador ...