Exhibitions and events at Basilea

An exhibition on homosexuality at the Kunstmuseum Basel, with about 100 works from the 19th and 20th centuries

From March 7 to August 2, 2026, the Kunstmuseum Basel is hosting the exhibition The First Homosexuals. The Birth of New Identities, 1869-1939, which grew out of a project conceived by Alphawood Exhibitions and initially presented at Wrightwood 659 in...
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For the first time in its history, Fondation Beyeler dedicates a monographic exhibition to Paul Cézanne

For the first time in its history, the Fondation Beyeler in Basel is devoting a monographic exhibition to Paul Cézanne, a pioneer of modern art and a central figure in its collection. Open to the public from Jan. 25 to May 25, 2026, the exhibi...
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Yayoi Kusama's first Swiss museum retrospective in 2025 at Fondation Beyeler

In the fall of 2025, Fondation Beyeler will be the first museum in Switzerland to host a major retrospective devoted to Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama (Matsumoto, 1929). Organized in close collaboration with the artist and her studio, the exhibition wi...
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A major exhibition dedicated to ghosts is coming to the Kunstmuseum Basel

From September 20, 2025 to March 8, 2026, the Kunstmuseum Basel is hosting a major exhibition dedicated to ghosts. With more than 160 works and objects created over the past 250 years, Ghosts. Visualizing the Supernatural, curated by Eva Reifert, exp...
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The Kunstmuseum Basel dedicates a major exhibition to Medardo Rosso. He will be in dialogue with more than 60 artists

From March 29 to August 10, 2025, the Kunstmuseum Basel will host the exhibition Medardo Rosso. The Invention of Modern Sculpture, curated by Heike Eipeldauer and Elena Filipovic. Twenty years after the first and last retrospective in Switzerland dev...
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At Fondation Beyeler a retrospective devoted to Henri Matisse, from early works to cutouts

From Sept. 22, 2024 to Jan. 26, 2025, the Fondation Beyeler in Basel presents the first retrospective devoted to Henri Matisse in Switzerland and German-speaking countries ever held in the past two decades. The exhibition, titled Matisse - Invitation...
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Basel, Hauser & Wirth opens new gallery with solo exhibition on Vilhelm Hammershøi

Hauser & Wirth 's new gallery in Basel, at Luftgässlein 4, will open with the first retrospective in Switzerland of Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershøi, which can be visited from June 1 to July 13, 2024: Vilhelm Hammershøi. Silen...
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Basquiat's Modena paintings reunited for the first time at Fondation Beyeler

Not everyone knows that the first European exhibition of Jean Michel-Basquiat (New York, 1960 - 1988) was held in Italy and to be precise in Modena, at Galleria Mazzoli, a sign that our country has always been, even in recent times, at the center of ...
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