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"Medardo Rosso": Nairy Baghramian in conversation with Elena Filipovic

Wednesday, April 9 2025, 6.15-7.45 p.m.
Kunstmuseum Basel | Neubau
Participation free of charge, ticket required via ticket link, in German

The Artist Nairy Baghramian in conversation with the curator Elena Filipovic, on the occasion of the special exhibition "Medardo Rosso. Inventing Modern Sculpture"

Nairy Baghramian's artistic work encompasses photography, installation, sculpture and drawing, combining a daring spirit of experimentation, historical acuity and conceptual rigor. Like the sculptor Medardo Rosso (1858–1928), Baghramian skillfully explores the boundaries and transitions between space, form and material, questioning the conventions of sculpture.

In the practice of both Baghramian and Rosso, concrete similarities can be identified, such as their engagement with abstraction and figuration, their preoccupation with spatial staging, their specific approaches to photography in relation to sculpture, and their use of wax as an artistic material. In her sculptural work in particular, Baghramian employs a complex repertoire of techniques, materials, and forms to address the spatial and architectural, but also the social and political conditions of contemporary art.

About Nairy Baghramian

Born in Isfahan, Iran, Baghramian fled post-revolutionary Iran as a teenager and has been living and working in Berlin, Germany, since 1984. She has received numerous awards, including the Nivola Award for Sculpture (2023), the Nasher Prize (2022), and the Arnold Bode Prize (2014). Her most recent solo presentations include a site-specific commission for the façade of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA (2023). She has participated several times in the main exhibition at the Venice Biennale for Art in Italy (2011, 2019), in sculpture projects in Munster, Germany (2007, 2017), and also in documenta 14 in Kassel, Germany, and Athens, Greece (2017).

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Sat 3 May

GUIDED TOUR

NEUBAU
14:00–15:00

Führung in der Ausstellung «Medardo Rosso. Die Erfindung der modernen Skulptur»

In German. Kosten: Eintritt + CHF 7

Sun 4 May

GUIDED TOUR

NEUBAU
14:00–15:00

Guided curator's tour of the exhibition "Medardo Rosso. Inventing Modern Sculpture"

Costs: Admission + CHF 7

Sat 10 May

GUIDED TOUR

NEUBAU
14:00–15:00

Führung in der Ausstellung «Medardo Rosso. Die Erfindung der modernen Skulptur»

In German. Kosten: Eintritt + CHF 7

Tue 13 May

GUIDED TOUR

NEUBAU
12:30–13:00

Rendez-vous am Mittag: «Medardo Rosso. Die Erfindung der modernen Skultpur»

In German. Mit der Assistenzkuratorin Noemi Scherrer. Kosten: Eintritt

Sat 17 May

GUIDED TOUR

NEUBAU
14:00–15:00

Führung in der Ausstellung «Medardo Rosso. Die Erfindung der modernen Skulptur»

In German. Kosten: Eintritt + CHF 7

Tue 20 May

GUIDED TOUR

NEUBAU
12:30–13:00

Rendez-vous am Mittag: «Medardo Rosso. Die Erfindung der modernen Skultpur»

In German. Mit Assistenzkurator:in Len Schaller. Kosten: Eintritt

Wed 21 May

GUIDED TOUR

NEUBAU
18:30–19:30

Kurator:innenführung in der Ausstellung «Medardo Rosso. Die Erfindung der modernen Skulptur»

In German. Mit den Assistenzkurator:innen Len Schaller und Noemi Scherrer. Kosten: Eintritt + CHF 7

Sat 24 May

GUIDED TOUR

NEUBAU
14:00–15:00

Führung in der Ausstellung «Medardo Rosso. Die Erfindung der modernen Skulptur»

In German. Kosten: Eintritt + CHF 7

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

Sat 31 May

GUIDED TOUR

NEUBAU
14:00–15:00

Führung in der Ausstellung «Medardo Rosso. Die Erfindung der modernen Skulptur»

In German. Kosten: Eintritt + CHF 7

Sun 1 Jun

GUIDED TOUR

NEUBAU
14:00–15:00

Guided tour of the exhibition "Medardo Rosso. Inventing Modern Sculpture"

Costs: Admission + CHF 7

Sat 7 Jun

GUIDED TOUR

NEUBAU
14:00–15:00

Führung in der Ausstellung «Medardo Rosso. Die Erfindung der modernen Skulptur»

In German. Kosten: Eintritt + CHF 7

Tue 10 Jun

GUIDED TOUR

NEUBAU
12:30–13:00

Rendez-vous am Mittag: «Medardo Rosso. Die Erfindung der modernen Skultpur»

In German. Mit der Assistenzkuratorin Noemi Scherrer. Kosten: Eintritt

Sat 14 Jun

GUIDED TOUR

NEUBAU
14:00–15:00

Führung in der Ausstellung «Medardo Rosso. Die Erfindung der modernen Skulptur»

In German. Kosten: Eintritt + CHF 7

Sat 21 Jun

GUIDED TOUR

NEUBAU
14:00–15:00

Führung in der Ausstellung «Medardo Rosso. Die Erfindung der modernen Skulptur»

In German. Kosten: Eintritt + CHF 7

Sun 22 Jun

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

Sat 28 Jun

GUIDED TOUR

NEUBAU
14:00–15:00

Führung in der Ausstellung «Medardo Rosso. Die Erfindung der modernen Skulptur»

In German. Kosten: Eintritt + CHF 7