30 Apr 2020
#52 Museums and sustainability
How sustainable is a closed museum? A contribution by director Josef Helfenstein.
28 Apr 2020
#50 Chagall's "Jew in Green"
Karl Im Obersteg was one of the most important early Chagall collectors in the West and contributed significantly to Basel's attachment to the artist. Their story is told in the catalogue to the exhibition "Picasso, Chagall, Jawlensky".
23 Apr 2020
#44 Artworks in the bzBasel
The series "Kunst in der bz" is a joint project of the newspaper bzBasel with the Kunstmuseum Basel and Kunsthaus Baselland. Today, Franziska Furter has been invited by us to present her work "Korona 2020".
21 Apr 2020
#42 Gerhard Richter's Motorboat
Masterpieces from our collection, in a nutshell: this is what our practical collection guide offers. Among the numerous works described is Gerhard Richter's "Motorboat".
07 Apr 2020
#24 Luminous Figures
Hans Holbein the Younger was not only one of the most important painters of the Renaissance, he also created numerous preparatory drawings for stained glass. More information can be found in the catalogue of the exhibition "Lichtgestalten".
24 Mar 2020
#9 Alexej von Jawlensky's "Abstract Head"
The story of the lifelong friendship between collector Karl Im Obersteg and Alexej von Jawlensky is just one of the stories that is told in the catalogue to the exhibition "Picasso, Chagall, Jawlensky".
