Collect, collect, collect! What do you collect?
Weekend of Graphics 2023, 11./12.11.2023
What makes a collection a collection? At this year's Graphic Weekend, druckwerk, Kupferstichkabinett, and Basler Papiermühle invite you to discuss collecting and to print your own collectibles on paper. We will explore both historical and still growing collections and inquire about their characteristics and origins. We will print motifs that may mark the beginning of a wonderful collection of your own. Additionally, we invite you to design a stamp or bookplate to label the treasures of your collection.
druckwerk Basel
1–5 PM
Poster:
Start your poster collection –
print your own limited edition poster
on the large-format Vandercook press.
Exlibris:
Set your name in type and
then print a set of
personalized exlibris. Take
them home to mark your
favorite books.
Classify & Catalog:
Organize a random group
of found objects according to your own
criteria. Arrange this
collection and print it on
an A3 sheet.
Basler Papiermühle
1–4.45 PM
Post-it – a collection of thoughts:
What makes a collection?
Why do people collect? And what is
actually collected?
An exchange of thoughts with all
visitors on site.
From our collection:
Print a very special
design from our treasury full of
wondrous, historical templates.
Personal touch:
Create your own collection stamp in relief printing and receive
an individual certificate for your
(future) collection.
In addition, you can make paper, print a calendar, marble paper, and
write with a pen and ink.
Sunday 12.11 Program:
druckwerk Basel
11 AM – 5 PM
Same program as Saturday
Basler Papiermühle
11 AM – 4.45 PM
Same program as Saturday
Program Sunday, 12.11
Kupferstichkabinett Kunstmuseum Basel
Short guided tours
Duration: 30 minutes each
Meeting point: Kunstmuseum Basel, Foyer Hauptbau, EG or Foyer Neubau, EG
Using our current exhibitions as examples, gain insights into four different collections of works on paper and learn from our paper conservators how to best display drawings and prints in your own home.
Hauptbau:
10.30 a.m.
Collecting - and then what?
Proper preservation of artworks on paper
With the paper conservation team
11.15 a.m.
The traces of the collector.
Works from the Museum Faesch
With Ariane Mensger
12 p.m.
Turning and twisting Picasso.
A drawing from the Baumgartner donation
With Amanda Kopp
1.45 p.m.
Collecting - and then what?
Proper preservation of artworks on paper
With the paper conservation team
Neubau:
2.30 p.m.
Favorite works Part I
Anita Haldemann (Head of Kupferstichkabinett) and Susanne A. Kudielka (Personal Curator) discuss print graphics by Jasper Johns from the Kupferstichkabinett.
3.15 p.m.
Favorite works Part II
Renée Levi (Artist) and Sibylle Ryser (Graphic Designer) discuss their favorite works from the Jasper Johns collection.
4 p.m.
Favorite works Part III
Dominique Jehle (Artist, Vice President of Friends of Kunstmuseum Basel) and Samuel Werenfels (Friend of Kupferstichkabinett and Print Graphic Artist) discuss their favorite works from the Jasper Johns collection.
Find out about the program of our partners:
Tickets
All events are free and included with admission. A ticket is valid for one day in all three institutions. Basler Papiermühle and Druckwerk also offer a ferry crossing.
Sponsors
Graphic Weekend is supported by:
Freunde des Kunstmuseum Basel
