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Neubau / 02.09.2023–21.01.2024

Matisse, Derain and Friends

The Paris Avantgarde 1904–1908
Neubau / 02.09.2023–21.01.2024

Matisse, Derain and Friends

The Paris Avantgarde 1904–1908
Gegenwart / 26.10.2023–07.04.2024

Carrie Mae Weems

The Evidence of Things Not Seen
Gegenwart / 26.10.2023–07.04.2024

Carrie Mae Weems

The Evidence of Things Not Seen
Neubau / 30.09.2023–04.02.2024

Jasper Johns – The artist as collector

From Cezanne to de Kooning
Neubau / 30.09.2023–04.02.2024

Jasper Johns – The artist as collector

From Cezanne to de Kooning
HAUPTBAU, NEUBAU, GEGENWART / 01.09.–31.12.2023

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HAUPTBAU, NEUBAU, GEGENWART / 01.09.–31.12.2023

Events

Workshops, Guided Tours, Concerts, Talks and more
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Limited Editions by Jenny Holzer
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Editions

Limited Editions by Jenny Holzer
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HAUPTBAU & NEUBAU: 10AM–6PM
GEGENWART: 11AM–6PM
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Event Highlights

Thu 7 Dec

Inspired by Carrie Mae Weems

Gegenwart, 17–17.45 Uhr. Kosten: CHF 5. Führung zu aktuellen weiblichen Positionen. Mit der Kunstvermittlerin Aicha Revellat.
Fri 8 Dec

Belle Époque – three chamber music evenings

As part of the exhibition «Matisse, Derain and Friends», musicians from the Basel Symphony Orchestra will perform three chamber concerts at the Kunstmuseum Basel, Neubau. Get your tickets for the first concert on November 24 featuring music by Chausson and Ravel.
Thu 14 Dec

Dryck Flader trifft moderne Kunst

Hauptbau, 5 p.m.–5.45 p.m., cost: CHF 5. Dryck Flader interrogates the interplay of architecture, artworks and the everyday, taking apart the logic of the art museum with irony and wit.
Sun 7 Jan

Matisse meets Montessori - The Great Sunday Studio

Neubau event foyer, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Get inspired by Matisse, Derain, and Friends and get creative in our foyer.
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Wed: 5–8pm
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Fri 8 Dec

Belle Epoque

NEUBAU
19:15–20:15

Belle Epoque 3: «La dernière Valse» with Christina Landshamer (Soprano). Works by Erik Satie, Reynaldo Hahn, George Gershwin, and others.

Belle Epoque: A chamber concert evening with musicians from the Basel Symphony Orchestra and an introduction by Hans-Georg Hofmann, Artistic Director of the Basel Symphony Orchestra.

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Sat 9 Dec

NEUBAU
14:00–15:00

SOLD OUT! Guided tour of the exhibition «Matisse, Derain and Friends. The Paris Avantgarde 1904–1908»

Guided tour in German. Cost: Admission + CHF 5

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Sun 10 Dec

HAUPTBAU
14:00–15:00

Guided tour of the exhibition «Bernard Buffet Existentialist and Popular Artist»

Cost: Admission + CHF 5

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Tue 12 Dec

RENDEZ-VOUS AM MITTAG

HAUPTBAU EG
12:30–13:00

Rendez-vous at noon: «Kreis 48 – a group of artists from Basel»

With the curator Jasper Warzecha. Cost: Admission

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Wed 13 Dec

HAUPTBAU Atelier
17:00–20:00

Join-in Wednesday

Here you can experiment, help create, and exchange ideas with others. Every Wednesday for young adults 14 years and older. Free of charge and without registration.

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NEUBAU
18:30–19:30

Booked! Guided tour of the exhibition «Matisse, Derain and Friends. The Paris Avantgarde 1904–1908»

Guided tour in German. Cost: Admission + CHF 5

With scientific collaborator Elena Degen

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Wed 10am–8pm
Mon closed

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Tues–Sun 11am–6pm
Monday closed

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