Kunsthalle Basel

Art
Basel
Switzerland
Kunsthalle Basel is dedicated to exhibiting, discussing, and reflecting on the art of the present, and it has been so ever since its founding in 1872. It is renowned for its audacious and varied program as well as for its engagement with artists, often before they are widely known. Curious visitors of all ages are welcome to its spectacular display spaces for thought-provoking exhibitions and events.

Temporary exhibitions

Wong Ping, installation view, Golden Shower, Kunsthalle Basel, 2019. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel. Courtesy of the artist and Edouard Malingue Gallery.

Wong Ping

Golden Shower
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Hong Kong-based artist Wong Ping (* 1984) makes captivating, colorful animations and installations that seem playful and light, but actually portray our contemporary urban condition with wry, dark humor.
Geumhyung Jeong, Performance view, CPR Practice, 2013. Photo: ZTS/Christian Altorfer

Geumhyung Jeong

Homemade RC Toy
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At once tender and unsettling, the performances of Geumhyung Jeong (*1980) are studies in the erotics of technical animism. For her first solo exhibition in Switzerland, the South Korean artist and choreographer creates a new performance accompanied by a related film and sculptures that use DIY toy...
Dora Budor, Installationsansicht, Ephemerol, Ramiken Crucible, New York, 2016. Foto: Dario Lasagni

Dora Budor

I am Gong
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For her first institutional solo exhibition in Europe, Dora Budor (*1984) investigates the architectural history of Kunsthalle Basel and its surroundings in order to use sound, dust, and environmental data from dissonant temporalities to create an evolving “score” for her exhibition. Inspired in...
Raphael Linsi, installation view, Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt, Le vent nous portera…, Kunsthalle Basel, 2018. Foto: Moritz Schermbach.

Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt

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Basel-Stadt art credit (Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt) presents works by artists who were awarded the individual artist’s direct grant by the commission of Basel-Stadt art credit in 2018. Opening Sun, August 18, 2019, 11 am
Alex Baczynski-Jenkins, Performance, Until a thousand roses bloom, 2018, Foksal Gallery Foundation. Photo: Spyros Rennt

Alex Baczynski-Jenkins

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The Polish-British artist and choreographer Alex Baczynski-Jenkins (*1987) deploys micro-gestures, dance, and minimal sets to trace desire, alienation, and collectivity. His practice is specifically concerned with the mediation and politics of queer desire, staging affect and intimacy through live...

Events

Wong Ping

Artist Talk with Wong Ping, in English

On 28/04/2019
In the framework of his solo exhibition Golden Shower, Wong Ping talks about his working process, the video animations, and the installations, moderated by Elena Filipovic, in English. Starts at 3 pm
Geumhyung Jeong, performance view, CPR Practice, 2013. Photo: ZTS/Christian Altorfer

Public opening for the exhibition of Geumhyung Jeong

Homemade RC Toy
On 02/05/2019
Starts at 7 pm South Korean artist and choreographer Geumhyung Jeong (* 1980) presents a bewitching, new performance, and related film and sculptures, that use do-it-yourself toy technologies to rethink the boundaries between desire and control, human and machine, animate and inanimate.

Public opening for the exhibition Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt 2018

On 18/08/2019
starts at 11 am The show presents a selection of works by the artists who were awarded the individual artist’s direct grant by the Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt in 2018.
Kaari Upson, studio view. Photo: Rick Hager.

Public opening for the exhibition “Go Back the Way You Came” of Kaari Upson

On 29/08/2019
Starts at 7 pm A strange, gripping new body of work by US-American artist Kaari Upson (* 1972), including sculpture, video, and installation, draws us into an abyss of the artist’s fantasies surrounding home, family, and selfhood.
Joanna Piotrowska, Untitled, 2014

Public opening for the exhibition of Joanna Piotrowska

On 24/10/2019
Starts at 7 pm With tenderness and uncanny precision, the black-and-white photographs and films of the Polish artist Joanna Piotrowska (* 1985) capture the everyday drama of human relations.
Kunsthalle Basel
Kunsthalle Basel
Kunsthalle Basel
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Opening hours
Open all year
Monday: Closed
Tuesday - Wednesday: 11:00-18:00
Thursday: 11:00-20:30
Friday: 11:00-18:00
Saturday - Sunday: 11:00-17:00
Closed on
Extended opening hours during Art Basel Week

Mo, 10.6.2019: 10 am - 8 pm
Tue, 11.6.2019: 10 am - 8 pm
Wed, 12.6.2019: 10 am - 10 pm
Thu, 13.6.2019: 10 am - 8 pm
Fr, 14.6.2019: 10 am - 8 pm
Sa, 15.6.2019: 10 am - 8 pm
Sun, 16.6.2019: 10 am - 8 pm
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Kunsthalle Basel
Steinenberg 7
4051
Basel
Switzerland
+41 61 206 99 00
http://www.kunsthallebasel.ch
info@kunsthallebasel.ch
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