Events during Art Basel
We look forward to welcoming you every day during Art Basel (June 19–22, 2025) from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (On Thu: Hauptbau open from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Neubau open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m). Here is an overview of our current exhibitions and the events this week.
Cecilia Vicuña in her studio in New York, 2021. Photo: William Jess Laird.
The artist as visionary: Cecilia Vicuña in conversation with Elena Filipovic
Fri, June 20, 12 noon-12.30 p.m., Art Basel | Messeplatz 10, Basel
Art Basel Awards Summit kicks off with an intimate conversation between the Chilean poet, activist, and visual artist Cecilia Vicuña and Elena Filipovic, Director of Kunstmuseum Basel. They explore Vicuña’s prescient sculptural and literary practice, as well as her deep commitment to ecofeminism and ancestral knowledge. Marked by radical poetics and political struggle, Vicuña’s life has also been profoundly shaped by exile. In this panel, she discusses the role art and artists can play in a moment of crisis and how they might help chart a new path.
Current Exhibitions
Neubau, St. Alban-Graben 20, 4052 Basel
Medardo Rosso. Inventing Modern Sculpture until August 10, 2025
Verso. Tales from the Other Side until January 4, 2026
Hauptbau, St. Alban-Graben 16, 4051 Basel
Pairings until July 27, 2025
Opening hours Hauptbau and Neubau during Art Basel (June 19–22, 2025):
Mon: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Tue: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Wed: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Thu: Hauptbau 11 a.m.–5:30 p.m.; Neubau 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
Fri: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Sat: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Sun: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
The Kunstmuseum Basel | Gegenwart is currently closed.
June
GUIDED TOUR
NEUBAU
14:00–15:00
Führung in der Ausstellung «Medardo Rosso. Die Erfindung der modernen Skulptur»
In German. Kosten: Eintritt + CHF 7
GUIDED TOUR
NEUBAU
15:00–16:00
Guided tour of the exhibition "Verso. Tales from the Other Side"
Costs: Admission + CHF 7
GUIDED TOUR
NEUBAU
12:30–13:00
Rendez-vous am Mittag: «Medardo Rosso. Die Erfindung der modernen Skulptur»
In German. Mit der Assistenzkuratorin Noemi Scherrer. Kosten: Eintritt
GUIDED TOUR
NEUBAU
14:00–15:00
Führung in der Ausstellung «Medardo Rosso. Die Erfindung der modernen Skulptur»
In German. Kosten: Eintritt + CHF 7
ART BASEL
MESSE BASEL, HALL 1
12:00–12:30
The artist as visionary: Cecilia Vicuña in conversation with Elena Filipovic
Art Basel Awards Summit kicks off with a conversation between the artist Cecilia Vicuña and Elena Filipovic, Director of Kunstmuseum Basel. They explore Vicuña’s prescient sculptural and literary practice, as well as her deep commitment to ecofeminism and ancestral knowledge.
GUIDED TOUR
NEUBAU
14:00–15:00
Führung in der Ausstellung «Medardo Rosso. Die Erfindung der modernen Skulptur»
In German. Kosten: Eintritt + CHF 7
GUIDED TOUR
NEUBAU
14:00–15:00
Visite guidée de l'exposition « Medardo Rosso. L’invention de la sculpture moderne »
In French. Coût: Entrée + CHF 7
GUIDED TOUR
NEUBAU
15:00–16:00
Führung in der Ausstellung «Verso. Geschichten von Rückseiten»
In German. Kosten: Eintritt + CHF 7
GUIDED TOUR
HAUPTBAU
12:30–13:00
Rendez-vous am Mittag: Ernst Ludwig Kirchners «Tanz im Varieté» in der Ausstellung «Paarlauf»
In German. Mit der wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiterin Greta Schweizer. Kostenlose Teilnahme
GUIDED TOUR
NEUBAU
14:00–15:00
Führung in der Ausstellung «Medardo Rosso. Die Erfindung der modernen Skulptur»
In German. Kosten: Eintritt + CHF 7
July
GUIDED TOUR
NEUBAU
14:00–15:00
Führung in der Ausstellung «Medardo Rosso. Die Erfindung der modernen Skulptur»
In German. Kosten: Eintritt + CHF 7
