Issues of Our Time: An evening with Teju Cole on his new novel "Tremor"
A cooperation between Kunstmuseum Basel and the Literaturhaus Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel | Neubau
Monday, June 24, 2024
7.30–8 p.m.
Tickets via Literaturhaus Basel
Teju Cole is a novelist, essayist, and photographer. Cole is currently the Gore Vidal Professor of the Practice of Creative Writing at Harvard and a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine. His most recent book is a novel entitled Tremor (2023), named book of the year is being published in German now. In this novel, Cole dives deep into the colonial history of the USA and uses literary means to investigate how it leaves its mark to this day.
In the event series Issues of Our Time, important thinkers from various disciplines take a stand on pressing contemporary issues and shed light on critical contexts that are driving today’s societies.
May
GEGENWART
18:00–20:00
Children's vernissage: "When We See Us"
In cooperation with the Friends of the Kunstmuseum Basel. Yesterday today was still tomorrow. The exhibition "When We See Us" is full of pictures that show people in their everyday lives. How do you spend your time when you're not at the museum? What is your favorite day of the year and what makes it so special? What stresses you out and when can you really relax? What bores you and what do you enjoy? Togetherwe get creative and discover the magic of everyday life. Age: 4–12 years. Free participation without registration.
Treffpunkt: Studio Gegenwart
VERNISSAGE
GEGENWART
18:30–20:00
Opening: «When We See Us»
We warmly invite you to the vernissage of "When We See Us. A Century of Black Figuration in Painting". Discover a multifaceted special exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Basel | Gegenwart, where we present Black figurative painting from Africa and the African diaspora since the 1920s. The event will begin with welcoming remarks by the Director of the Kunstmuseum Basel, Elena Filipovic, the Government Council of the Canton of Basel-Stadt and the Executive Director & Chief Curator Koyo Kouoh and will end with a shared aperitif. Free participation without registration.
Treffpunkt: Kunstmuseum Basel | Gegenwart St. Alban-Rheinweg 60
CURATOR'S TOUR
GEGENWART
15:00–16:00
Curator's tour «When We See Us»
With the curators Maja Wismer and Tandazani Dhlakama. Cost: admission + CHF 5.
15:00–21:00
Eröffnungstag «When We See Us»
Lancierung des Studio Gegenwart
Eröffnen Sie mit uns die Ausstellung «When We See Us» und das neue Studio Gegenwart! Erleben Sie das OKRA Collective mit seiner Installtion «Everyday Blackness» sowie weitere Programmpunkte und Interviews. Live-Übertragung von Radio X. Die Veranstaltungen sind kostenlos, die Platzanzahl begrenzt.
CONVERSATION
11:15–12:45
Sunday Artist Talk
Artist Esiri Erheriene-Essi (Amsterdam) and Kambui Olujimi (New York) in conversation with curator Tandazani Dhlakama
Artists of the exhibition consider the function and significance of painting and art in the Pan-African context as well as the artistic and social challenges with which they currently see themselves confronted. Costs: CHF 10/5
FÜHRUNG
GEGENWART
15:00–16:00
Visite guidée de l'exposition « When We See Us. Un siècle de peinture figurative panafricaine ».
CANCELLED
In French. Coût : entrée + CHF 5.
