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P. Staff, «On Venus», Serpentine Galleries, 2019. Installation view. Photo: Hugo Glenndinning. Courtesy P. Staff
Guided Tour

Kunsthalle Basel

Führung der Kuratorin Elena Filipovic auf Englisch

25 June 2023 | 3.00 PM - 4.00 PM

Elena Filipovic führt interessierte Besuchende auf Englisch durch die aktuellen Ausstellungen.

Die Anzahl der Teilnehmenden ist beschränkt, deshalb bitten wir Sie, sich vorab per E-Mail an kunstvermittlung@kunsthallebasel.notexisting@nodomain.comch, telefonisch unter +41612069900 oder direkt am Empfang der Kunsthalle Basel anzumelden. Spontane Besuchende sind herzlich willkommen, sofern es die Anzahl der Teilnehmenden erlaubt.


P. Staff, «On Venus», Serpentine Galleries, 2019. Installation view. Photo: Hugo Glenndinning. Courtesy P. Staff
Museum

Kunsthalle Basel

Opening Hours

Mo Closed  |  Tu 11.00 AM - 6.00 PM  |  We 11.00 AM - 6.00 PM  |  Th 11.00 AM - 8.30 PM  |  Fr 11.00 AM - 6.00 PM  |  Sa 11.00 AM - 5.00 PM  |  Su 11.00 AM - 5.00 PM

Christmas/New Year 2023/2024

23 December 2023: 11.00 AM - 5.00 PM

24 December 2023: Closed

25 December 2023: Closed

26 December 2023: 11.00 AM - 5.00 PM

27 December 2023: 11.00 AM - 6.00 PM

28 December 2023: 11.00 AM - 8.30 PM

29 December 2023: 11.00 AM - 6.00 PM

30 December 2023: 11.00 AM - 5.00 PM

31 December 2023: Closed


Institution

Kunsthalle Basel is dedicated to exhibiting, discussing, and reflecting on the art of the present, and it has been so ever since its founding in 1872. It is renowned for its audacious and varied program as well as for its engagement with artists, often before they are widely known. Curious visitors of all ages are welcome to its spectacular display spaces for thought-provoking exhibitions and events.
 

Library
The library of the Basler Kunstverein is free and open to the public. It houses an impressive selection of 30,000 books and catalogues on topics related to contemporary art and subscribes to 35 different magazines of art and culture.
 

Access via Klostergasse 5, CH – 4051 Basel
T +41 61 206 99 06
bibliothek@kunsthallebasel.notexisting@nodomain.comch

Opening hours library: Tue/Thurs 9.00 AM - 12.30 PM and 1.30 - 5.00 PM
(outside opening hours by appointment)

Admission

CHF 12.–/8.– incl. S AM Swiss Architecture Museum

Free admission: Children up to 18 years of age; People with disabilities and their escorts; Persons in need of protection and persons admitted on a temporary basis (status F, N, S & B with refugee status); Members of Basler Kunstverein; Friends of Kunsthalle Basel; Media; ICOM / VMS; Museums-Pass-Musée (before: Oberrheinischer Museumspass); Schools BS+BL; Teachers of Fine Arts BS and BL; Kunsthistorisches Seminar BS; Schule für Gestaltung Basel (SfG); FHNW Academy of Art and Design; Colour Key; COMEX Comission Exécutive Musées; Freiwilliger Museumsverein Basel (FMB); Museum staff Basel

Museums-PASS-Musées Free admission

colourkey Free admission

Access

tram 1/2/3/8/10/11/14/15 > Bankverein,
tram 6/10/1/16/17 > Theater

Kunsthalle Basel does not provide parking facilities. If you are driving, we recommend one of the following car parks: Anfos-Haus (Henric Petri-Strasse 58), Elisabethen (Steinenschanze 5), Steinenparking (bei der Heuwaage)

Accessibility

All exhibition galleries of Kunsthalle Basel are fully wheelchair accessible. Wheelchair users only require staff assistance when accessing the building from Steinenberg 7. Our staff will be pleased to help you (phone +41 61 206 99 01)
Exhibition
Exhibition Children

Kunsthalle Basel

Phung-Tien Phan «Kartoffel»

25 August 2023 - 12 November 2023

«Kartoffel» – was könnte prosaischer sein als dieses einfache Wurzelgemüse, welches auch als abwertende Bezeichnung für Deutsche benutzt wird? Der deutsch-vietnamesischen Künstlerin Phung-Tien Phan (* 1983) dient sie als roter Faden für ihre Ausstellung, denn die Kartoffel ...
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Workshop

Kunsthalle Basel

"Mal•Mal" – Draw from a live model in the exhibition by P. Staff

11 October 2023 | 6.00 PM - 8.00 PM

The evening invites everyone who would like to retake pen and paper to experience the exhibition from a new perspective and exchange ideas with other passionate art enthusiasts.

Meeting point: Foyer Kunsthalle Basel
Free of charge, drawing material will be ...
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Nolan Oswald Dennis, No Conciliation is Possible (working diagram), 2022, Ausstellungsansicht, CCA Berlin, 2022. Foto: Diana Pfammatter/CCA Berlin
Exhibition

Kunsthalle Basel

Nolan Oswald Dennis: «a recurse 4 [3] worlds»

01 October 2023 - 11 August 2024

Nolan Oswald Dennis (* 1988 Sambia) zeigt erstmals ein ortsspezifisches, monumentales diagrammartiges Kunstwerk, welches sich über die gesamte Rückwand der Kunsthalle Basel erstreckt. Auf Gesprächen mit Physiker*innen, Geograph*innen und Schriftsteller*innen beruhend, benutzt ...
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Exhibition

Kunsthalle Basel

Diego Marcon: "Have You Checked the Children"

27 October 2023 - 21 January 2024

Over the last decade, Diego Marcon (*1985) has used cinematic and sculpture means to interrogate the fraught relationship between reality and representation. Tracing inspirations ranging from the cinematic genres of horror to slapstick comedy, the musical to the cartoon, the ...
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Opening

Kunsthalle Basel

Opening Diego Marcon

26 October 2023 | 7.00 PM - 10.00 PM

Kunsthalle Basel and its director Elena Filipovic warmly invite you to the opening of Diego Marcon’s exhibition, on Thursday, October 26, 2023, from 7 to 10 pm.

Opening with free admission, extended opening hours, and a speech at 7 pm.
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Special

Kunsthalle Basel

Halloween Film Night – Filmabend zur Ausstellung von Diego Marcon

31 October 2023 | 6.00 PM

Eine Nacht voller Spannung steht bevor. Mehrere Kurzfilme, die persönlich vom Künstler Diego Marcon für den Abend zusammengestellt wurden, lassen das Kinopublikum in unheimliche Bildwelten eintauchen. Der Abend beginnt am 31. Oktober 2023 um 18 Uhr im Foyer der Kunsthalle ...
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Guided Tour

Kunsthalle Basel

Öffentliche Tandem-Führung, S AM & Kunsthalle Basel auf Deutsch

05 November 2023 | 3.00 PM - 4.00 PM

Kultur unter einem Dach

Die Kunsthalle Basel und das S AM Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum verbindet nicht nur ein gemeinsames Dach, sondern auch die Begeisterung für Kunst, Kultur und Gesellschaft. Darunter vereinen sie zeitgenössische Künstlerpositionen mit ...
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Workshop

Kunsthalle Basel

"Mal•Mal" – Draw from a live model in the exhibition by P. Staff

08 November 2023 | 6.00 PM - 8.00 PM

The evening invites everyone who would like to retake pen and paper to experience the exhibition from a new perspective and exchange ideas with other passionate art enthusiasts.

Meeting point: Foyer Kunsthalle Basel
Free of charge, drawing material will be ...
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