«Constellations» is the inaugural exhibition of the Fondation Beyeler’s newly expanded ensemble: for the first time, an exhibition unfolds across the new museum building designed by Peter Zumthor (Wyss Museum) alongside the museum building by Renzo Piano (Beyeler Museum), as well as the expanded park and the repurposed historical buildings.
Bringing together around 230 works, the largest exhibition in the museum’s history will foreground the dialogue between art, architecture and nature. Varied spaces, atmospheres and viewpoints will allow visitors to experience encounters with the artworks and nature.
The title references Alexander Calder’s Constellations from 1943, several of which will be shown in the exhibition and will also serve as its leitmotif. «Constellations» is an evolving exhibition. The rooms and work groupings will change on a seasonal basis, giving rise to new constellations.
«Constellations» brings together masterpieces from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries held in the Fondation Beyeler collection, including recent acquisitions and gifts, as well as loans from Swiss and international private collections. The exhibition will feature works by Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Joan Miró, René Magritte, Alberto Giacometti, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, Joan Mitchell, Cy Twombly, Louise Bourgeois, Fujiko Nakaya, Gerhard Richter, Vija Celmins, Marlene Dumas, Robert Gober, Thomas Schütte, Roni Horn, Fischli/Weiss, Elizabeth Peyton, Wolfgang Tillmans, Otobong Nkang and works by around 25 other artists.
