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Fondation Beyeler

Modern and Contemporary Masterpieces
Fondation Beyeler
Fondation Beyeler
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.
Address

Fondation Beyeler

Baselstrasse 101
4125
Riehen
Switzerland
+41 61 645 97 00
Opening hours
Open all year
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

47.587114, 7.650828

Friday Beyeler
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Friday Beyeler: Augen-Blicke (Eye-gazing)

"Friday Beyeler" allows you to start the weekend with a relaxed visit to the museum after work. The museum remains open until 9 p.m. and the restaurant until 10 p.m. Unless otherwise stated, "Friday ...

Event
Ansicht des Gartens der Fondation Beyeler
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SPRING FESTIVAL

With the Spring Festival, the Fondation Beyeler heralds the start of the season for all the events and art experiences that can be enjoyed in the museum and in the blossoming park during the warmer ...

Event
Friday Beyeler: Waldbaden / Shinrin-Yoku: The Art of Connection and Regeneration
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Friday Beyeler: Waldbaden / Shinrin-Yoku: The Art of Connection and Regeneration

Experience the art of mindfulness-based closeness to nature in Iselin-Weber Park. Meeting point: at the fountain in front of the villa The evening will be held in German and English. Led by Nadine ...

Event
Friday Beyeler: Phyto Futures – Forms of Being Alive
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Friday Beyeler: Phyto Futures – Forms of Being Alive

What does it mean to be alive? What forms can life take? As part of Friday Beyeler, artist and scientist Monica Ursina Jäger brings together various voices from art, nature and science to reflect on ...

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Friday Beyeler: I couldn`t help but wander
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Friday Beyeler: I couldn`t help but wander

A garden is always an attempt at taming. With a great deal of self-imposed work, flora is brought into a form - often into a form that is intended to have the appearance of chance. The garden is a ...

Event
 Jeff Wall Milk, 1984 Transparency in lightbox, 187 x 229 cm Collection FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims © Jeff Wall
Riehen
Jeff Wall

The Fondation Beyeler devotes a comprehensive solo show to Canadian artist Jeff Wall (*1946). It will be the first such exhibition of his work in Switzerland in two decades. Since the late 1970s, Wall ...

Exhibition
PHILIPPE PARRENO, MEMBRANE (MEMBRAN), 2023 Kybernetische Struktur mit sensomotorischen Fähigkeiten und generativer Sprachverarbeitung Courtesy der Künstler © Philippe Parreno
Riehen
Summer exhibition

For the first time in the more than 25-year history of the Fondation Beyeler, the entire museum and the surrounding park will become the setting for an experimental presentation of contemporary art ...

Exhibition
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
Riehen
Matisse

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 ...

Exhibition