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Basel, Switzerland
Fondation Beyeler
Jenny Holzer
Dates: 1 Nov 09 - 24 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Baselstrasse 101 Basel CH-4125
Tel: +41 (0)61 645 97 00 Website
US artist Jenny Holzer’s text works are so prolific she even has a regular Twitter feed, posting in uppercase (as with her other text works). The exhibition of her works at Fondation Beyeler shows pieces from various phases of her career, and she has been closely involved in its presentation. The show was first displayed at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, last year, and its basic structure remains the same, but some works have been added here, including early paintings and painted signs. The show includes text works from the late 1970s onwards and objects from the early 1980s to the present. The majority of works are LED installations, shown alongside new paintings and sculptural works that are not well known in Europe. “Another topic of the exhibition is the presentation of these works in the exceptional museum space created by Renzo Piano,” said curator Philippe Büttner. “Great art will meet great architecture.”
The exhibition will extend beyond the gallery, said Büttner: “Together with the artist we are planning a number of projections onto different buildings and sites in Basel and Zurich.” Among these is a projection onto the historic Basel City Hall.
Holzer is also curating her own room within the Fondation Beyeler. “We have invited the artist to select works from our collection to be shown in two rooms just beside the first room of her exhibition,” said Büttner, adding that a work of hers may be displayed within the collection. “This special presentation will establish a link between the Beyeler collection and the Holzer exhibition. The artist has a very rich knowledge of the history of art and it is an important opportunity and challenge for her to get into a dialogue with works by former great artists of our time,” he said.
Monument, 2008
Galerie Beyeler
Jean Dubuffet
Dates: 20 Oct 09 - 9 Jan 10
Categories: Modern (1900-1945)
Address: Bäumleingasse 9 Basel CH-4051
Tel: +41 61 206 97 00 Website
Galerie Carzaniga
Gruppe 33
Dates: 24 Oct 09 - 28 Nov 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Gemsberg 8 Basel 4051
Tel: +41 61 264 30 30 Website
Galerie Gisèle Linder
Jordan Tinker
Dates: 20 Oct 09 - 21 Nov 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Elisabethenstrasse 54 Basel CH 4051
Tel: +41 (0)61 2728377 Website
Galerie von Bartha
John Wood, Paul Harrison
Dates: 13 Nov 09 - 23 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Schertlingasse 16 Basel CH-4051
Tel: +41 (0)61 271 63 84 Website
Kunstmuseum Basel
Master Drawings
Dates: 3 Oct 09 - 17 Jan 10
Categories: Old Master
Address: St Alban-Graben 16 Basel CH-4010
Tel: +41 (0)61 206 62 62 Website
From Dürer to Gober: 101 Masterpieces from the Kupferstichkabinett
Dates: 3 Oct 09 - 24 Jan 10
Categories: Old Master
Modern (1900-1945)
Post-War (1945-70)
Contemporary (1970-present)
1800-1900 (Impressionism, etc)
Address: St Alban-Graben 16 Basel CH-4010
Tel: +41 (0)61 206 62 62 Website
Frans Francken II: The Adoration of the Magi
Dates: 14 Nov 09 - 28 Feb 10
Categories: Old Master
Address: St Alban-Graben 16 Basel CH-4010
Tel: +41 (0)61 206 62 62 Website
This exhibition focuses on the newly restored Adoration of the Magi by Frans II Francken (1581-1642). The work, bequeathed to the museum in 2004, required restoration due to the risk of damage from nails used to secure the painting. This show heralds its return to the collection after the restoration work, where it sits alongside works from Francken’s Antwerp contemporaries to put the work in context. Although Francken created many altarpieces and panels, it is for his smaller cabinet works that he is most celebrated and this Adoration together with 12 lesser-known pieces loaned by private collectors exemplifies his characteristic attention to detail. According to curator Bodo Brinkmann, the Kunstmuseum’s curator of old master paintings, these lesser-known works are perfect examples of the work that gave Francken such a reputation as a “gifted story-teller”. A recently discovered panel by Francken is also included in the show. Belshazzar’s Feast, around 1610, has been loaned by the Hermann Beyeler Collection and according to Brinkmann the panel provides ample evidence as to why the “elite of connoisseurs and art collectors have never ceased to admire Francken’s work”
Adoration of the Magi
Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Monica Bonvicini / Tom Burr
Dates: 5 Sep 09 - 3 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: St Alban-Rheinweg 60 Basel CH-4010
Tel: +41 (0)61 206 62 62 Website
Museum Jean Tinguely
Paul Wiedmer: Fire and Iron
Dates: 16 Sep 09 - 24 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Paul Sacher-Anglage 1 Basel CH-3255
Tel: +41 (0)61 681 93 20 Website
Robert Rauschenberg: Jean Tinguely Collaborations
Dates: 14 Oct 09 - 17 Jan 10
Categories: Post-War (1945-70)
Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Paul Sacher-Anglage 1 Basel CH-3255
Tel: +41 (0)61 681 93 20 Website
Robert Rauschenberg: Gluts
Dates: 14 Oct 09 - 17 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Post-War (1945-70)
Address: Paul Sacher-Anglage 1 Basel CH-3255
Tel: +41 (0)61 681 93 20 Website
Tony Wuethrich Galerie
Markus Gadient: Changes
Dates: 15 Nov 09 - 30 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Vogesenstrasse 29 Basel 4056
Tel: +41 (0)61 321 91 92 Website
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