“The Figurative Pollock” which opened at the Kunstmuseum in Basel this weekend explores a lesser-known aspect of the legendary Abstract Expressionist’s oeuvre: his figurative paintings. “When you’re ...

With 40 museums packed into its 37 square kilometres, Basel is a mecca for art lovers all year round. The Kunstmuseum Basel is one of the world’s oldest museums, with origins dating back to the 17th ...

Annette Schönholzer has been appointed administrative director of the Kunstmuseum Basel. She will take up her role in January 2017. According to Josef Helfenstein, head of Kunstmuseum Basel, ...

The shapeless, the formless and the undefined took center stage in artistic inquiry in the 20th and 21st Centuries. Paradoxically, what was perhaps the most structured, hyper-regulated and surveilled ...

Roméo Mivekannin, Le modèle noir, d’après Félix Vallotton, 2019. © 2024, ProLitteris, Zurich Courtesy of Jochen Zeitz Collection Photo credit: Laurent Belet ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Basel's leading cultural destination, the Kunstmuseum, has seen several moves and expansions ...

Kept under lock-and-key in her studio for 28 years, 600 drawings, collages, studies and writings from Kara Walker’s personal archives are due to go on show at the Kunstmuseum Basel this summer. The ...

Glowing bricks in a frieze measuring 3 m in height transform the new expansion to the Kunstmuseum Basel into a work of art in itself. LED bands set into the hollow spaces of the brickwork allow lines ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Basel’s Kunstmuseum is an omnivorous building that draws architectural influences from Rome, Venice, Hamburg and, ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Even today, when many artists multitask as skilfully as the busiest working mother, Theaster Gates is a master ...