Kunstmuseum Basel

Basel
Switzerland
Kunstmuseum Basel | main building
Kunstmuseum Basel | main building
Kunstmuseum Basel | main building
Art
Public Art Collection Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel invites visitors to embark on a journey through the history of art from the 15th century until the present day at its three venues. Masterpieces of the collection, worldclass special exhibitions and programmes offer multi-layered approaches to art.
Kunstmuseum Basel | Gegenwart is closed until 10.5.2025 due to exhibition setup.

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Kunstmuseum Basel

St. Alban-Graben 16/20; Kunstmuseum Basel | Gegenwart St. Alban-Rheinweg 60
4010
Basel
Switzerland
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Open all year from
Tuesday: 10:00-18:00
Wednesday: 10:00-20:00
Thursday - Sunday: 10:00-18:00

Kunstmuseum Basel | Gegenwart is closed until 10.5.2025 due to exhibition setup.
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Kleinbasel unter den Regenbogen, Maria la Roche, 1921, Tête abstraite: soir, Alexej von Jawlensky, 1927
Exhibition
Pairings
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Selected objects from the private Im Obersteg Foundation are juxtaposed with paintings, sculptures and photographic works from the museum's own collection in around twenty exhibitions. Paarlauf shows ...

Medardo Rosso, Bambino malato, 1895, Museo Medardo Rosso, Barzio, Photo: mumok / Markus Wörgötter
Exhibition
Medardo Rosso
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Sculptor, photographer, and master of artful staging, rival to Auguste Rodin and role model for countless artists: Medardo Rosso (1858–1928) revolutionized sculpture around 1900. Despite his wide ...

South German master, 15. Century, The Saints Augustine and Wolfgang (inner side); the Sacred Feeding of the Hermit Onuphrius (outer side), ca. 1490, Photo: Max Ehrengruber
Exhibition
Verso
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Have you ever wondered what might be hidden on the back of a painting? In Verso, the flipside of artworks from the 14th to the 18th centuries will be on view, offering a chance to see the concealed ...

VALIE EXPORT, Syntagma, 1983, Kunstmuseum Basel, Acquisition, © VALIE EXPORT / 2024, ProLitteris, Zurich
Exhibition
Open Relationship
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How can we understand the complexities of our present through the art of the recent past? In its Gegenwart building, Kunstmuseum Basel presents artworks from its spectacular contemporary collection as ...

Cassidy Toner, "I have a fetish for being judged, so get me off", 2021, Courtesy of the artist and Philipp Zollinger, Photo: sgomento zurigo Cassidy Toner Manor Art Prize 2025 HAUPTBAU / 22.08.2025–11.01.2026 / Curator: Alice Wilke
Exhibition
Cassidy Toner
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Dealing with aspects of failure may be the fundamental motif in the works of the Basel based US artist Cassidy Toner (b. 1992), in the spirit of Samuel Beckett's motto Try again. Fail better. Often ...

Tony Oursler, Fantasmino, 2017, Collection of Tony Oursler, Courtesy of Tony Oursler, Photo: Andrea Guermani
Exhibition
Ghosts
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Ghosts are everywhere: in fiction, popular culture, and historic scientific inquiry. Whether friendly or threatening, spooky or harmless, they are an expression of a society's desire to grapple with ...