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.
March
GUIDED TOUR
HAUPTBAU
12:30–13:00
Rendez-vous am Mittag: «Paarlauf»
In German. Mit der Kuratorin Géraldine Meyer. Kostenlose Teilnahme.
GUIDED TOUR
NEUBAU
10:15–12:00
Mittwoch-Matinée: Blick auf die Rückseiten
FULLY BOOKED
In German. Ein Ausstellungsrundgang durch die Wechselausstellung «Verso» mit Einblicken zu den üblicherweise verdeckten Rückseiten von Kunstwerken des 14. bis 18. Jahrhunderts. Kosten: CHF 10 / bis 16 Jahre: CHF 5. Beschränkte Platzzahl.
GUIDED TOUR
NEUBAU
15:00–16:00
Führung in der Ausstellung «Verso. Geschichten von Rückseiten»
In German. Kosten: Eintritt + CHF 7
VERNISSAGE
HAUPTBAU
18:00–20:00
Children's vernissage "Medardo Rosso. Inventing Modern Sculpture": Freshly hatched and set in stone
In this children's vernissage, we draw inspiration from the sculptures of artist Medardo Rosso. Age: 4–12 years. Participation free of charge. In collaboration with Freunde des Kunstmuseums Basel.
VERNISSAGE
NEUBAU
18:30–21:00
Vernissage: "Medardo Rosso. Inventing Modern Sculpture"
You are invited to the opening of the exhibition "Medardo Rosso. Inventing Modern Sculpture". Participation free of charge
GUIDED TOUR
NEUBAU
14:00–15:00
Kuratorinnenführung in der Ausstellung «Medardo Rosso. Die Erfindung der modernen Skulptur»
In German. Mit der Kuratorin Heike Eipeldauer. Kosten: Eintritt + CHF 7
April
GUIDED TOUR
NEUBAU
18:30–19:30
Guided curator's tour of the exhibition "Medardo Rosso. Inventing Modern Sculpture"
With the curator Elena Filipovic. Cost: Entry + CHF 7
GUIDED TOUR
NEUBAU
16:30–18:00
Lehrer:innen Einführung zur Sonderausstellung «Medardo Rosso. Die Erfindung der modernen Skulptur»
Ein dialogischer Ausstellungsrundgang mit pädagogischem Fokus.
In German. Ein dialogischer Ausstellungsrundgang mit pädagogischem Fokus. Wir bieten regelmässig Einführungen zu unseren Sonderausstellungen an, um Anknüpfungspunkte zu Lehrinhalten aufzuzeigen. Kosten: CHF 15 (inkl. Eintritt)
