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Neubau / 29.03.–10.08.2025

Medardo Rosso

Inventing Modern Sculpture
Neubau / 29.03.–10.08.2025

Medardo Rosso

Inventing Modern Sculpture
Neubau / 01.02.2025–04.01.2026

Verso

Tales from the Other Side
Neubau / 01.02.2025–04.01.2026

Verso

Tales from the Other Side
Hauptbau / 17.08.2024–27.07.2025

Pairings
Hauptbau / 17.08.2024–27.07.2025

Pairings
Hauptbau, Neubau / 01.01.–31.12.2025

Highlights of the Collection

Old Masters / Classical Modernism / Contemporary Art / Departement of Prints and Drawings
Hauptbau, Neubau / 01.01.–31.12.2025

Highlights of the Collection

Old Masters / Classical Modernism / Contemporary Art / Departement of Prints and Drawings
Hauptbau, Neubau, Gegenwart / 01.01.–31.12.2025

Provenance Research

Ongoing projects
Hauptbau, Neubau, Gegenwart / 01.01.–31.12.2025

Provenance Research

Ongoing projects
HAUPTBAU, NEUBAU, GEGENWART / 01.01.–31.12.2025

Events

Workshops, Guided Tours, Concerts, Talks and more
HAUPTBAU, NEUBAU, GEGENWART / 01.01.–31.12.2025

Events

Workshops, Guided Tours, Concerts, Talks and more
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HAUPTBAU & NEUBAU: 10AM–6PM
GEGENWART: closed
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Event Highlights

Sun 25 May

Führung in der Ausstellung «Verso. Geschichten von Rückseiten»

3–4 p.m., Neubau. In German. Kosten: Eintritt + CHF 7
Sun 1 Jun

Macht Platz!

10 a.m.–6 p.m., Hauptbau. The art museum makes room for you and adapts to you. Come by to linger and discover. Participation free of charge
Thu 5 Jun

Inspired by her.

5–5.45 p.m., Neubau. In German. Führung zu aktuellen weiblichen Positionen im Kunstmuseum Basel. Kosten: CHF 7
Sat 21 Jun

Buchvernissage: Bernhard Mendes Bürgi. «Ausstellungen 1982 - 2016»

11 a.m.–12.30 p.m., Hauptbau. In german. Im Gespräch mit dem Herausgeber Philipp Kaiser präsentiert der Autor Bernhard Mendes Bürgi seine Publikation «Ausstellungen 1982–2016». Diese konzentriert sich auf das über 30 jährige kuratorische Schaffen von Bernhard Mendes Bürgi, das 1982 im Kunstmuseum Winterthur einsetzt und 2016 im Kunstmuseum Basel endete. Kostenlose Teilnahme, Ticket erforderlich via Ticketlink.
Wed 25 Jun

Issues of our time: «History never ends» Edmund De Waal on collecting and remembering

6.15–7.45 p.m., Neubau. The British artist and writer Edmund de Waal is known for his large-scale installations of porcelain vessels and his best-selling family memoirs. De Waal's art often emerges in response to collections and archives or the history of a particular place. In "Issues of our Time", he reads from his work and speaks about the culture of remembrance. CHF 25/20, Tickets via Literaturhaus
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Sun 25 May

GUIDED TOUR

NEUBAU
14:00–15:00

Visite guidée de l'exposition « Medardo Rosso. L’invention de la sculpture moderne »

In French. Kosten: Eintritt + CHF 7

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GUIDED TOUR

NEUBAU
15:00–16:00

Führung in der Ausstellung «Verso. Geschichten von Rückseiten»

In German. Kosten: Eintritt + CHF 7

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Tue 27 May

GUIDED TOUR

HAUPTBAU
12:30–13:00

Rendez-vous am Mittag: Grosse Kunst

In German. Mit dem Assistenzkurator Jasper Warzecha. Kosten: Eintritt

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Wed 28 May

WORKSHOP

HAUPTBAU
17:00–20:00

Mitmach-Mittwoch: Period, Cycle, and Series

Your museum!

Why did the artist Pablo Picasso switch from his Blue Period to his Rose Period? What makes a series a series? Age: From 14 years. Participation free of charge, no registration

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