Agenda

In the exhibition (Odem), Irene Bisang (1981) combines the museum’s collection, historical objects and her ideas as an artist.

The presentation shows a dense network of associative links, and the artist playfully interweaves works from the collection with her own oeuvre.

Using the historical collection as a basis, she mirrors the past in the present, creating a cosmos of images from yesterday to today.

A collection of figures meets Christian symbols, fantasy creatures populate still lifes, pictorial inventions of being, becoming and perishing meet humorous staging.

The exhibition (Bergliebe. 100 Jahre SAC Baselland) takes visitors on tours of the high mountains, lets them listen to hut stories and experience the feelings at the top.

The climbing wall in the exhibition area gives the opportunity to climb the mountain. The most important climbing skills and knot tying are explained, from the figure of eight to the mast throw.

One hundred years of the Schweizerische Alpen-Club (SAC) Baselland is a story full of passion, risk and love for the mountains.

Expressionism was more than just an art movement around 1900. it was an attitude to life, a protest against the bourgeoisie of the era.

Expressionist artists significantly changed modernism. In Switzerland, too, a radically new pictorial language developed before the First World War, parallel to trends throughout Europe.

Instead of painting oriented on reality, strongly subjective forms of design now took over. Colors and forms virtually exploded and pulverized all familiar styles and their rules.

These progressive tendencies found different expressions in different places in the country.

They joined together to form short-lived artist collectives such as “Der Moderne Bund” in Lucerne in 1911 and the Basel group “Rot-Blau” in the 1920s. The exhibition presents the various artists and the impetuous impact of their work.

Stained glass: its profusion of motifs and radiant luminosity have captivated viewers for centuries.

The Swiss National Museum owns one of the world’s largest collections of stained glassworks.

The exhibition (Colours revealed by light. Stained glass from the 13th to the 21st century) in the Hall of Fame showcases the art of stained glasswork in Switzerland in all its richly hued facets, from its origins in the Middle Ages through the Renaissance to the modern stained glass art of the present day.

Photos and old tools from the Halter stained glass studio in Bern give an insight into the elaborate technique involved in this handcraft, which has remained almost unchanged for around 800 years.

500 years ago, Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543) created the Dead Christ in the Tomb (Der Tote Christus im Grab), which has been part of the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, now the Kunstmuseum, since its foundation in 1662.

300 years later, in 1821, the Russian writer Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostojevsky (1882-1881) was born. The painting by Holbein makes a memorable appearance in his novel The Idiot, which is based on a visit by the writer to the Basel Art Museum.

On the occasion of this double anniversary, the museum is organising a presentation on the Dead Christ in the Tomb.

New scientific findings on the painting will be made public for the first time. Historical photographs and texts as well as quotations from Dostojevsky’s novel The Idiot will complement the small exhibition.

The exhibition (Schweizer Medienkunst) presents works by the winners of the Pax Art Awards 2020. The three Swiss artists address themes that are as diverse as they are essential.

From fictional worlds created in digital space to reflections on identity and self-expression in social media and playful but critical engagement with digital datasets,

Their different perspectives on poignant questions about society and technology investigate further-reaching connotations and future development.

For nearly thirty years, Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993) has been hiding from the outside world, protected from paparazzi’s and the limelight in her beautiful house settled in Tolochenaz (canton of Vaud).

Bought in 1965, this home was her haven of peace and its name “La Paisible” made perfect sense. Within those walls, she raised her children, designed a wonderfulion Bo garden and her many friends.

The exposition (Audrey Hepburn in Switzerland : a lifelong love affair…) shows the Swiss life of this actress, her love for flowers (especially for roses), her immersion into local life and her philanthropic involvement for UNICEF.

The exhibition focuses on women and their (historical) place in society. The exhibition also shows the long road to women’s suffrage in Switzerland (1971) and in the canton of Obwalden in particular.

Five different women from Obwalden, Gweerigi Fraiwä (independent Women) are introduced: a writer, the first female doctor, a poet, a scientist and a social security pioneer.

Also on display are works of art by Nicole Buchmann (1987). Her photo series “Spinnereien” illustrate the long road to women’s suffrage in Obwalden: the progress and the setbacks.

On several purple panels, the history of marginalised women (Unerhörte Weiblichkeit) can be seen and heard.

Between 26 June and 12 September 2021, Kirchner Park in Davos displays Not Vital’s ceramic sculpture HEAD.

The sculpture, created in 2016, belongs to a group of works that the artist dedicates to portraits.

The artworks dispense with clear facial features and are characterised by a high degree of abstraction.

The visual language is characterised by poetic humour, sublime symbolism and surreal, individual mythology.

Through the polished and shiny surfaces, the environment is reflected and transformed in the artwork. In this way, the viewers become a part of the sculpture.

This play with reflections is reminiscent of Not Vital’s chrome steel portrait of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, which has been on display at the museum since 2019.

The big boat trip (Ahoy! 25 years of Moving Art) started last weekend. The converted cargo ship MS Evolutie casts off its lines and started its three-month journey down the Rhine.

It will drop anchor at relevant stations of Tinguely’s artistic career and offers an exhibition in the ship’s hull, a spectacular fountain sculpture on deck, creative workshops, as well as a great performance programme.

Follow the voyage on www.mtahoy.com. On the website you will find information about the route and the daily event schedule at the individual stops.

Furthermore, you can find detailed information about the events and workshops. The ship will return to Basel in time for the museum’s anniversary celebration at the end of September.