Kunstmuseum Basel

Dealing with aspects of failure may be the fundamental motif in the works of the Basel based US artist Cassidy Toner (b. 1992), in the spirit of Samuel Beckett's motto Try again. Fail better. Often ...

Have you ever wondered what might be hidden on the back of a painting? In Verso, the flipside of artworks from the 14th to the 18th centuries will be on view, offering a chance to see the concealed ...

Ghosts are everywhere: in fiction, popular culture, and historic scientific inquiry. Whether friendly or threatening, spooky or harmless, they are an expression of a society's desire to grapple with ...

Discover the origins of queer identities with a groundbreaking exhibition on the birth of the term “homosexual.” The exhibition The First Homosexuals explores the early emergence and visibility of ...

Immerse yourself in the radiant worlds of color of Helen Frankenthaler (1928 - 2011) and discover a pioneer of modern abstract painting. With around 60 paintings and works on paper, the exhibition ...

Imagine a museum that becomes a living, breathing city. The first survey exhibition by Chinese artist Cao Fei in Switzerland merges impressive installations and video worlds into an immersive ...

The Kunstmuseum Basel is showing prints from all creative phases of the US Pop Art legend Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997). Thanks to a generous donation from the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, which is now ...

Encounter works by Cézanne, Matisse, Van Gogh, Amiet, Bailly, Giacometti, and Hodler—in the first major exhibition devoted to Swiss collector Gertrud Dübi-Müller (1888–1980). A trailblazing figure ...

How can contemporary art help us understand our present? The Kunstmuseum Basel raises this question with a presentation throughout the entire buidling Gegenwart: On display are works from the museum's ...