10 févr. 2021
Die Idee der Zentralperspektive setzte sich bis zum Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts als allgemein gültiges Konzept für die Malerei durch. Der Bildrahmen gibt dabei den Blick auf das Motiv frei. Dieses zeigt auf der Leinwand möglichst realistisch die Illusion einer gesehenen Wirklichkeit. Der Kubismus stellt dieses Konzept in Frage.
06 août 2020
Iconoclasm describes the deliberate destruction of images or monuments, whether for political, ideological (generally religious) or aesthetic reasons. We have known comparable actions since ancient times and they continue to the present day.
15 juin 2020
Auguste Rodin's "Burghers of Calais" welcome visitors in the Kunstmuseums inner courtyard. However, during the artist's lifetime, their depiction did not in any way enrapture those who commissioned the work.
01 juin 2020
The role of women in the oeuvre of the Swiss painter Johann Heinrich Füssli is controversially discussed. One of the paintings giving rise to this debate is part of the collection of the Kunstmuseum Basel.
18 mai 2020
There are numerous objects in the Kunstmuseum Basel that can be perceived as controversial, depending on one's point of view. These include works with oriental motifs.
02 mai 2020
There are numerous objects in the Kunstmuseum Basel that can be perceived as controversial, depending on one's point of view. Some are even censored, such as works by Paul Camenisch from Basel.
16 avr. 2020
There are numerous objects in the Kunstmuseum Basel that can be perceived as controversial, depending on one's point of view. These include, for example, the works of "Degenerate Art" from the acquisitions of 1939.
03 avr. 2020
There are numerous objects in the Kunstmuseum Basel that can be perceived as controversial, depending on one's point of view. Among them are Jean-François de Troy and Cindy Sherman.
27 mars 2020
There are numerous objects in the Kunstmuseum Basel that can be perceived as controversial, depending on one's point of view. One of them is Lucas Cranach's painting "The Judgement of Paris".