Events during Art Basel

We look forward to welcoming you every day during Art Basel (June 16–22, 2025) from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (On Thu: Hauptbau open from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Neubau open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m). Here is an overview of our current exhibitions and the events this week.

The artist as visionary: Cecilia Vicuña in conversation with Elena Filipovic

Fri, June 20, 12 noon-12.30 p.m., Art Basel | Messeplatz 10, Basel

Art Basel Awards Summit kicks off with an intimate conversation between the Chilean poet, activist, and visual artist Cecilia Vicuña and Elena Filipovic, Director of Kunstmuseum Basel. They explore Vicuña’s prescient sculptural and literary practice, as well as her deep commitment to ecofeminism and ancestral knowledge. Marked by radical poetics and political struggle, Vicuña’s life has also been profoundly shaped by exile. In this panel, she discusses the role art and artists can play in a moment of crisis and how they might help chart a new path.

Current Exhibitions

Neubau, St. Alban-Graben 20, 4052 Basel
Medardo Rosso. Inventing Modern Sculpture until August 10, 2025
Verso. Tales from the Other Side until January 4, 2026

Hauptbau, St. Alban-Graben 16, 4051 Basel
Pairings until July 27, 2025
New collection presentation: Old Masters and 19th Century

Opening hours Hauptbau and Neubau during Art Basel (June 16–22, 2025):
Mon: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Tue: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Wed: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Thu: Hauptbau 11 a.m.–5:30 p.m.; Neubau 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
Fri: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Sat: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Sun: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

The Kunstmuseum Basel | Gegenwart is currently closed.