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Diego Marcon, La Banda di Crugnola, 2023, detail view, in: Diego Marcon, Have You Checked the Children, Kunsthalle Basel, 2023, photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel
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Kunsthalle Basel

Halloween Film Night – Film night for the exhibition of Diego Marcon

31 October 2023 | 6.00 PM

A night of suspense and thrills in honor of Halloween: Immerse yourself in the dark atmosphere and be captivated by the short horror films personally selected by the artist Diego Marcon. The Halloween evening begins on the 31st of October 2023 at 6 pm in the foyer of Kunsthalle Basel. After a short tour of Marcon’s exhibition Have You Checked the Children, the evening continues at Stadtkino Basel. Take a seat and let the screen take you into a world of suspense. After the screening, visitors are invited to toast with a ghoulish drink. If you come in a Halloween costume, there will be a spooky surprise!

6 pm: Exhibition tour Have You Checked the Children

7 pm: Film screening
The Sitter, 1977, by Fred Walton, 21 minutes
Elephant, 1989, by Alan Clark, 39 minutes
Ludwig, 2018, by Diego Marcon, looped

8 pm: Drinks

Meeting point: Foyer Kunsthalle Basel
Cost for the evening: 15.- CHF
kunstvermittlung@kunsthallebasel.notexisting@nodomain.comch

We kindly ask for registration at kunstvermittlung@kunsthallebasel.notexisting@nodomain.comch

This evening is a cooperation between the artist Diego Marcon, Kunsthalle Basel, and the Stadtkino Basel.


Diego Marcon, La Banda di Crugnola, 2023, detail view, in: Diego Marcon, Have You Checked the Children,
Kunsthalle Basel, 2023, photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel
Museum

Kunsthalle Basel

OpenClosed | 11.00 AM - 6.00 PM

Steinenberg 7,  4051  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)
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Kunsthalle Basel

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Diego Marcon, La Banda di Crugnola, 2023, detail view, in: Diego Marcon, Have You Checked the Children, Kunsthalle Basel, 2023, photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel
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Diego Marcon: "Have You Checked the Children"

27 October 2023 - 21 January 2024

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Kunsthalle Basel

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Kunsthalle Basel

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Tomorrow 09 December 2023 | 12.00 PM - 4.00 PM

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Kunsthalle Basel

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Kunsthalle Basel

Artists’ talks with Damien Juillard and Anaïs Strübin in the Regionale exhibition, in German and English

14 December 2023 | 6.30 PM - 8.00 PM

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Mittwoch-Matinée: Regionale 24, in German

27 December 2023 | 10.00 AM - 12.00 PM

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Kunsthalle Basel

Artists’ talks Regionale 24, in German

14 December 2023 - 14 December 2023

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