Seeing precedes speaking. We explore the Kunstmuseum by
engaging with questions and create first encounters with artworks
in the collection. Thereby getting an overview of the different styles
in modern art. We examine the particularities of impressionism,
cubism, expressionism and try to get to the bottom of the tendency
to abstraction. Special focus lies on the differences and
characteristics of the individual epochs as well as the motives of
their representatives.

120 minutes (workshop and guided tour)

Humans and animals – How did the relationship evolve over the
course of time? How do we as humans influence animals and their
habitat? We take these and other questions with us into the
collection’s animal kingdom. We compare the animal motifs in the
original artworks and continue our exploration of the topic
creatively in the studio.

120 minutes (workshop and guided tour)

One of the biggest challenges facing the younger generation is
dealing with climate change. How do we want to live? What do we
need and are able to live without in the future? What forms of
consumption and mindfulness contribute to a smaller ecological
footprint? We will discuss these and other questions against the
backdrop of the Kunstmuseum's collection, which provides us with
an overview of the changing living conditions for humans and
nature.

120 minutes (workshop and guided tour)

What is the effect of purple next to orange? Does a yellow circle
always represent the sun? Can we really become green with envy?
This Workshop is all about colors and shapes: We are getting to
know artists with experimental approaches, that put things to paper
in ways that differ vastly from how we find them in nature. What
can we still recognize? Together we explore the world of colors and
its impact.

120 minutes (workshop and guided tour)

If pictures and sculptures could make noises, how would they
sound? We choose individual artworks and discuss what sensuous
associations they evoke. Afterwards we focus our hearing: How
could images be made into sound? When I listen within is there a
deep bass or a shrill whistle? How does the perception of the
artwork change with different rhythms? In the studio we experiment
with instruments and other sound bodies and create soundscapes
for the pictures.

120 minutes (workshop and guided tour)

One of the biggest challenges facing the younger generation is
dealing with climate change. How do we want to live? What do we
need and are able to live without in the future? What forms of
consumption and mindfulness contribute to a smaller ecological
footprint? We will discuss these and other questions against the
backdrop of the Kunstmuseum's collection, which provides us with
an overview of the changing living conditions for humans and
nature.

120 minutes (workshop and guided tour)

In how far can we look at artworks independently from their 000creators? How strongly does my biography shape my identity? Can I refuse external ascriptions? After a tour of the collection focusing on artist’s biographies, we will discuss questions about life’s work, societal change, and its influence on our own stories. The conversation will revolve around topics such as authorship, genius cult and collective work methods. Based on the biographies of Pablo Picasso, Rosmarie Trockel, Andrea Zittel and Hans Holbein the Younger, we will approach the topic of Curriculum Vitae and discuss its position in today’s society.

120 minutes (workshop and guided tour)

Why have artists been interested in the portrayal of people for
centuries? Who are the pictured people, how do they appear and
were they content with this depiction? Portraits raise questions of
staging, social function, and identity. We will go back in time 500
years and investigate portrait painting, discuss different ways of
representing the self and others, as well as changes in style
through the epochs.
Considering the popularity of the selfie on social media,
self-promotion seems to be more prevalent than ever before. What
is important to me in that regard? What kind of image of myself do I
want to convey? What is part of the “perfect” self-representation?
What roles do selfies and self-portraits play in daily life and in art?

120 minutes (workshop and guided tour)

What comes first: The content or the aesthetic vision of an
artwork? The main focus of this workshop is to explore conceptual
art, the meaning and idea of which are more important than its
physical form. In doing so, we want to discuss what this type of art
does to our understanding of the “original”. Who is the originator of
an artwork, if it is produced by other people in a workshop?
Following this, we will experiment with conceptual approaches in
the studio, where we will try to find their appropriate form.

120 minutes (workshop and guided tour)

Fashion is a means of expressing oneself. If we intend to or not,
with the clothing we wear, we communicate something about us.
We mark our belonging or distinguish ourselves from others. This
workshop looks at the museum’s collection with a special focus on
the representation of fashion and appearance. How would being
dressed in velvet and silk change our image of the depicted
person? How would we evaluate their appearance if they were
wearing a trouser suit, jeans, or a mini skirt? We want to discuss
the impact of fashion as well as the danger to pigeonhole the
person in front of us prematurely. How can we detach ourselves
from other people’s views and attributions, play with them and
appropriate them?

120 minutes (workshop and guided tour)

We explore the architecture of the museum together and
investigate the materials used, their surfaces and the role of
lighting in the rooms. Thereby, we aim to mindfully experience the
architecture and the atmosphere it creates and to find experimental
and sensuous approaches to the topic of space.

120 minutes (workshop and guided tour)

One of the biggest challenges facing the younger generation is
dealing with climate change. How do we want to live? What do we
need and are able to live without in the future? What forms of
consumption and mindfulness contribute to a smaller ecological
footprint? We will discuss these and other questions against the
backdrop of the Kunstmuseum's collection, which provides us with
an overview of the changing living conditions for humans and
nature.

120 minutes (workshop and guided tour)

Racism is always linked to the creation and perpetuation of
stereotypes. Even in the visual arts depictions of the “other”,
“foreign” or “exotic” have always existed. Within the framework of
this workshop, we want to explore different types of racism. By
looking at artists, who try to raise awareness through their work,
we can address racism and its impact in the museum.

120 minutes (workshop and guided tour)

In how far can we look at artworks independently from their
creators? How strongly does my biography shape my identity?
Can I refuse external ascriptions? After a tour of the collection
focusing on artist’s biographies, we will discuss questions about
life’s work, societal change, and its influence on our own stories.
The conversation will revolve around topics such as authorship,
genius cult and collective work methods. Based on the biographies
of Pablo Picasso, Rosmarie Trockel, Andrea Zittel and Hans
Holbein the Younger, we will approach the topic of Curriculum Vitae
and discuss its position in today’s society.

120 minutes (workshop and guided tour)

In the collections of most museums, male artists still dominate,
while women and queer creators are vastly underrepresented. At
the same time, the female body – mostly from a male perspective
– is a major subject of visual art.
Representations of gender roles in art from the Middle Ages to the
present form the background for an examination of the topic of
gender inside and outside of art. Together we approach questions
around the binary gender system, ideals of masculinity and
heteronormativity and explore in the workshop what the discussed
artworks trigger in terms of emotions, strangeness, and familiarity.

120 minutes (workshop and guided tour)

How are bodies portrayed in the museum’s collection? Who is
shown in which bodies and what do they stand for? Who decided
how bodies are to be depicted? And why is the vulva almost never
visible, despite the high number of women displayed in the
museum? This workshop investigates body imagery. More
specifically, we try to get to the bottom of the suppression of the
Vulva and the taboo topics associated with it. Together, we
question our art viewing habits and explore how the Kunstmuseum
Basel can provide a space to render the unseen and oppressed
visible.

Why have artists been interested in the portrayal of people for
centuries? Who are the pictured people, how do they appear and
were they content with this depiction? Portraits raise questions of
staging, social function, and identity. We will go back in time 500
years and investigate portrait painting, discuss different ways of
representing the self and others, as well as changes in style
through the epochs.
Considering the popularity of the selfie on social media,
self-promotion seems to be more prevalent than ever before. What
is important to me in that regard? What kind of image of myself do I
want to convey? What is part of the “perfect” self-representation?
What roles do selfies and self-portraits play in daily life and in art?

120 minutes (workshop and guided tour)

What comes first: The content or the aesthetic vision of an
artwork? The main focus of this workshop is to explore conceptual
art, the meaning and idea of which are more important than its
physical form. In doing so, we want to discuss what this type of art
does to our understanding of the “original”. Who is the originator of
an artwork, if it is produced by other people in a workshop?
Following this, we will experiment with conceptual approaches in
the studio, where we will try to find their appropriate form.

120 minutes (workshop and guided tour)

Monuments are omnipresent in public spaces. They are
maintained, overlooked, or vandalized. At the same time, these
replicas regularly get removed by politicians or overthrown by
activists in revolutionary acts. But history can’t simply be erased, it
must be told and contextualized appropriately. Which ideas and
persons do we want to put on a pedestal today, and what could
these statues or monuments look like?

120 minutes (workshop and guided tour)

Showroom – Institution – Place of cultural education – Temple of
art – Playground – Stronghold of knowledge – Open living room.
A museum is an institution not aiming to make profit, open to the
public and serving society and its development. It acquires,
preserves, researches, presents, and mediates. But what happens
behind the scenes? Who is working for the museum? Who decides
what is to be seen? We explore the museum based on these
questions and imagine what the museum would look like if
students were in charge.

120 minutes (workshop and guided tour)

Fashion is a means of expressing oneself. If we intend to or not,
with the clothing we wear, we communicate something about us.
We mark our belonging or distinguish ourselves from others. This
workshop looks at the museum’s collection with a special focus on
the representation of fashion and appearance. How would being
dressed in velvet and silk change our image of the depicted
person? How would we evaluate their appearance if they were
wearing a trouser suit, jeans, or a mini skirt? We want to discuss
the impact of fashion as well as the danger to pigeonhole the
person in front of us prematurely. How can we detach ourselves
from other people’s views and attributions, play with them and
appropriate them?

120 minutes (workshop and guided tour)

We explore the architecture of the museum together and
investigate the materials used, their surfaces and the role of
lighting in the rooms. Thereby, we aim to mindfully experience the
architecture and the atmosphere it creates and to find experimental
and sensuous approaches to the topic of space.

120 minutes (workshop and guided tour)

Nous partons à la découverte des œuvres du musée et les élèves sont invités à parler en français. Ils mettent des mots sur ce qu'ils voient, nomment les couleurs découvertes dans l'image. C'est ainsi qu'ils apprennent la langue en répétant les mots appris à l'école. Les médiateurs incitent aussi les enfants à s’exprimer : À quoi pensent-ils quand ils regardent la couleur bleue? À la mer? Au ciel? En français et en allemand, nous allons discuter de divers sujets de manière vivante.

120 minutes (wokshop et tour)

Ensemble ou par petits groupes, les élèves vont mettre des mots français sur ce qu'ils voient : Combien y a-t-il de personnages, comment sont-ils habillés? À quelle époque vivaient-ils? Que se passe-t-il dans le Tableau? Les personnages sont-ils de face ou de profil? Sont-ils riches ou pauvres? Que font-ils? Où sont-ils?

120 minutes (wokshop et tour)

Focusing on selected portraits, the students will be asked to describe what they see in English in order to review vocabulary they have learnt in school. To encourage lively dialogue, the group can discuss what they think the artists are trying to tell us about the people in the paintings. Although students will be encouraged to work with the English they know, German may also be spoken to allow them to express themselves more freely.
</b>The conversation will be enhanced by games involving the English language to help students to practice their English and consolidate their command of it while picking up some new words along the way. This stage may subsequently be extended back in the classroom.

120 minutes (workshop and tour)

Looking at a set of paintings, the students will be encouraged to use their English to name the colors they see and where these colors are found in the picture as a playful way to review and internalize vocabulary they have learnt at school. Lively discussion will be encouraged by asking them to say what certain colors make them think of—e.g., blue = water—and what colors make us feel—e.g., blue = cold. </b>To help students speak freely, both German and English will be used at this stage.
Through dialogues and games, students will review their vocabulary and learn new English words to describe colors and the things they see in paintings.

120 minutes (workshop and tour)

Die Arbeit mit Schulklassen bildet ein Herzstück der Bildungsarbeit des Kunstmuseum Basel, welche so ihren Bildungsauftrag als öffentliche Institution wahrnimmt. Um Lehrer:innen nicht nur für die Auseinandersetzung mit der Sammlung anzuregen, bieten wir in regelmässigen Abständen auch Einführungen zu unseren Sonderausstellungen an. Dabei werden Anknüpfungspunkte zu Lehrinhalten aufgezeigt, sowohl aus der Kunst- als auch der Sozialgeschichte. Neben klassischen Werkbetrachtungen steht die Vorstellung von didaktischen und pädagogischen Methoden für unterschiedliche Stufen und Alter im Fokus. Dabei sind es vor allem künstlerische, performative oder experimentelle Herangehensweisen, welche das Museum als Bildungsort, sowie auch als sozialen Raum für Schüler:innen erfahrbar machen. Dauer: 90 min, Kosten: 15 CHF

Termine 2023:
30.03. Shirley Jaffe: Form als Experiment
27.04. Andrea Büttner: Der Kern der Verhältnisse
07.09. Matisse, Derain und ihre Freunde : Die Pariser Avantgarde 1904-1908