BASEL – Switzerland’s capital of art and culture.

Carnival Fountain by Jean Tinguely

Basel, the venerable old city on the bend in the Rhine, is rich in unique places of interest. With the highest densi-

ty of museums in Europe – some 40 museums in all – four world-famous museums in particular stand out and need fear

no comparison internationally. But Basel is also always well worth a visit for its superbly preserved, idyllic old town, its

outstanding examples of modern architecture by such names as Frank Gehry, Mario Botta and Herzog & de Meuron,

its cosmopolitan flair and international feel as the border city to Germany and France. Basel is the Swiss culture capital

and a world apart. No tour of Switzerland is complete without it.

For more information: www.basel.com, artanddesign@basel.com or +41 (0)61 268 68 68.

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Exterior view of Fondation Beyeler, developed by Renzo Piano Photo: Mark Niedermann

Mittlere Brücke and Basel Cathedral

MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY MASTERPIECES.From Monet, Cézanne, Van Gogh by way of Picasso, Matisse, Klee, Giacometti to Warhol and Bacon as well as Ethnographic art

from Africa, Alaska and Oceania: with some 250 masterpieces in all, the renowned Beyeler Collection’s main focus is on 20th

century art belonging to the category of Classic Modernism. Inaugurated in 1997 and set in an idyllic park, the museum was

designed by the star architect Renzo Piano. The Fondation Beyeler owes its special appeal to its combination of a major coll-

ection, fascinating architecture, beautiful natural surroundings and temporary exhibitions that match the highest international

standards.

www.fondationbeyeler.ch

TIP: From the Café and Restaurant you can enjoy the view of the Berower Park with sculptures by Alexander Calder, Ellsworth Kelly, and Thomas Schütte. Visit our Art Shop for artist editions, catalogues and gifts, also online: www.shop.fondationbeyeler.ch

Paul Gauguin, Parau api, 1892, What news? Quelles nouvelles? Oil on canvas, 67 x 91 cm, Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, photograph by Jürgen Karpinski

Peter Doig 23.11.2014 – 22.03.2015

Paul Gauguin 08.02. – 28.06.2015

Marlene Dumas 31.05. – 06.09.2015

Kazimir Malevich 04.10.2015 – 17.01.2016

Museum für GegenwartskunstPhoto: Julian Salinas

Badhysli Breite

Museum für GegenwartskunstPhoto: Julian Salinas

MASTERWORKS ON THE MOVE.The Kunstmuseum Basel, home to one of the world’s oldest and most significant public art collections, has big plans: in 2016,

we will inaugurate the new building designed by Christ & Gantenbein architects and the renovated main building. For the

necessary rehabilitation works, the Kunstmuseum Basel’s main building will close its doors for a year beginning in February

2015. Extensive selections from the holdings of the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel will be on display in the Museum für

Gegenwartskunst and in the Museum der Kulturen Basel during this period.

www.kunstmuseumbasel.ch

TIP: The holdings of the Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation, which are usually integrated into the presentations of selections from the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel at the Kunstmuseum Basel, are on display at the Schaulager in Münchenstein from 13.06.2015.

Museum für Gegenwartskunst (free admission starting in February 2015)

One Million Years. System and Symptom 11.10.2014 – 06.04.2015

Cézanne to Richter. Masterpieces of the Kunstmuseum Basel 14.02.2015 – 21.02.2016

Martin Boyce 25.04. – 16.08.2015

Frank Stella. Paintings & Drawings 09.05. – 30.08.2015

Von Bildern. Strategien der Aneignung 29.08.2015 – 10.01.2016

Cy Twombly. Painting & Sculpture 12.09.2015 – 31.01.2016

Museum der Kulturen BaselHolbein. Cranach. Grünewald. Masterpieces from the Kunstmuseum Basel 11.04.2015 – 28.02.2016

Museum Tinguely with Schwimmwasserplastik by Jean Tinguely at the Solitude Park (view from the west) © 2013, Museum Tinguely, photo: Andres Pardey

Live music festival “Im Fluss” on a raft near Mittlere Brücke

EXPERIENCING ART.The Museum Tinguely, built directly on the Rhine to plans by Ticinese architect Mario Botta, houses the largest collection of

works by Jean Tinguely (1925 – 1991), one of the most innovative and most important Swiss artists of the 20th century. The

permanent exhibition presents an overview of four decades of his creative activity, from the artist’s early beginnings in the 50s

with motorised reliefs, through to the large-scale sculptures and mechanical sculptures of the 1980s. Regular special exhibi-

tions showcase a broad spectrum of artists and themes based on Tinguely’s ideas, presenting those that inspired him such as

Marcel Duchamp and Kurt Schwitters, contemporaries such as Arman, Niki de Saint Phalle, Yves Klein and also current trends.

www.tinguely.ch

TIP: Enjoy an idyllic walk along the Rhine followed by a visit to the museum. The museum bistro "Chez Jeannot" is worth visiting for its views alone.

Jean Tinguely, Grosse Méta-Maxi-Maxi-Utopia, 1987 © 2015 ProLitteris, Museum Tinguely, photo: Bettina Matthiessen

Belle Haleine – The scent of art 11.02. – 17.05.2015

HAROON MIRZA: HRM199LTD 10.06. – 06.09.2015

Ben Vautier: Is everything art? 21.10.2015 – January 2016

Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, developed by Frank Gehry, 1989Photo: Thomas Dix

Basel exhibition centre, developed by Herzog & de MeuronCourtesy of Art Basel

ARCHITECTuRE AND DESIGN IN THE SPOTLIGHT.The Vitra Design Museum ranks among the world’s most important museums of design and architecture. The expressively shaped

museum building was designed by Frank Gehry. Regularly changing exhibitions provide insights into the diversity and signifi-

cance of design, while also incorporating related fields such as architecture and art. The collection concentrates on industrially

manufactured objects such as furniture and lighting from 1850 to the present day. At the Vitra Campus, the exhibitions are

complemented by a varying programme of events, tours and workshops. The touring exhibitions are shown in museums through

the world.

www.design-museum.de

TIP: At the Vitra Campus, take an architectural tour of the various buildings by world-famous architects such as Frank Gehry, Álvaro Siza, Zaha Hadid, Herzog & de Meuron, SANAA und Tadao Ando.

"Konstantin Grcic – Panorama", room 2, "Work Space" Photo: Vitra Design Museum, Mark Niedermann

Alvar Aalto – Second Nature 27.09.2014 – 01.03.2015

Source Material, Vitra Design Museum Gallery 24.10.2014 – 08.02.2015

Architecture of Independence – African Modernism, Vitra Design Museum Gallery 20.02. – 31.05.2015

Making Africa – A Continent of Contemporary Design 14.03. – 13.09.2015

Bauhaus : Design 26.09.2015 – 28.02.2016

Basel Tourism Art & Design Museums Basel, Aeschenvorstadt 36, CH-4010 BaselTel. +41 (0)61 268 68 68, artanddesign@basel.com, www.basel.com

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