Graphic Arts Weekend 2022
Sunday, November 13, 2022, 10 am – 6 pm
Join us for the opening of the exhibition The Acid Lab, which focuses on the use of acid in printmaking! This exhibit launches The Graphic Lab project, a new exhibition series at the Kupferstichkabinett.
Program
10.30 a.m. Anita Haldemann and Marion Heisterberg welcome you at the Hauptbau, 1. OG
Short tours
Meeting point: Hauptbau, EG, Cost: Free with entry, Length: 30 Minutes each
11 a.m. "The Iron Age ": The early years of etching around 1500, featuring Daniel Hopfer, Albrecht Dürer and Urs Graf → with Ariane Mensger
11.45 a.m. Etched through a resin veil: The aquatint technique → with Marion Heisterberg
2 p.m. Strong Water: Tales from an artist’s printmaking praxis → with Franziska Schiratzki
2.45 p.m. Creases, stamps, and adhesive: How a print winds up in a pass-partout → with the paper restoration team
3.30 p.m. Traces of a friendship: Cézanne’s etchings → with Fabienne Ruppen
4.15 p.m. A connoisseur collects: Curt Glaser and prints → with Judith Rauser
5 p.m. Etched revolution: Käthe Kollwitz’ Peasant War cycle → with Amanda Kopp
Drawing in the collection
Get inspired by the art works, the spaces or the museum’s visitors! 2–4 p.m., Hauptbau, 1. OG, free, no prior knowledge necessary
Let’s make prints
Open workshop on printmaking techniques, color, form, and material 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Hauptbau, studio training, free
Take a look at the programs offered by our partners:
Graphic Arts Weekend is supported by Freunde des Kunstmuseums Basel
The Acid Lab is made possible with support from the Getty Foundation through The Paper Project Initiative.
Mit Unterstützung der:
GUIDED TOUR
HAUPTBAU
13:00–13:30
Wochenende der Graphik. Kopie oder Fälschung? Der Fall Dürer – Raimondi
In German: Mit Assistenzkuratorin Silvia Massa. Kosten: Eintritt
GUIDED TOUR
HAUPTBAU
13:45–14:15
Wochenende der Graphik. Aus 1 mach 2: Übertragungsspuren in italienischen Altmeisterzeichnungen
In German: Mit dem Team der Papierrestaurierung und Assistenzkuratorin Silvia Massa. Kosten: Eintritt
GUIDED TOUR
HAUPTBAU
14:30–15:00
Wochenende der Graphik. Variation in Farbe: Farbholzschnitte von Alice Bailly
In German: Mit der wissenschaftlichen Assistentin Amanda Kopp. Kosten: Eintritt
GUIDED TOUR
HAUPTBAU
15:15–15:45
Wochenende der Graphik. Zufall mit System: Druckgraphische Serien von Vera Molnár
In German: Mit der Assistenzkuratorin Fabienne Ruppen. Kosten: Eintritt
GUIDED TOUR
HAUPTBAU
16:00–16:30
Wochenende der Graphik. Von der Reproduktion zum Unikat: Ciprian Mureşans Zeichnung "The Kunstmuseum Basel Collection in Alphabetical Order, Artists with the Letter A", 2025
In German: Mit der Leiterin des Kupferstichkabinett Anita Haldemann. Kosten: Eintritt
