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New Constellations
A collection presentation in the Neubau.
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In a Holbein from around 1520, two skulls rest in a window niche, a plain statement that death comes for everyone. It sets the terms for this room. Lotti Krauss and Niklaus Stoecklin answer it with landscapes wrecked by the First World War, the ruined ground standing in for human suffering.
New Constellations is one room in the Neubau, drawn from the Kunstmuseum's collection and the Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation, with works from the sixteenth century to today on war, violence and transience. A monumental installation stands at the centre, and the curators chose everything else around it. You'll find Goya in the same room as Bruce Nauman, Thomas Struth, Miriam Cahn and Kaari Upson.
The museum says the aim is to make discomfort and violence visible, not to resolve them. Entry is on the standard CHF 25 ticket, Wednesdays run to 8pm, and it closes on 6 December.
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Holbein's Two Skulls in a Window Niche
Look for two skulls set side by side in a window niche, Holbein's reminder from around 1520 that death is unavoidable.
Krauss and Stoecklin's war landscapes
Stark landscapes scarred by the First World War, where the damaged land stands in for the people who suffered on it.
Jenny Holzer's Survival line
A 1984 text work from Holzer's Survival series that puts the words "Bodies lie in the bright grass..." in front of you.
Gut für
- Unter einer Stunde
- Abendbesuche
Nichts für dich, wenn
You want a light visit: every work in the room deals with war, violence or death.
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- New ConstellationsCourtesy of Kunstmuseum Basel (Hauptbau and Neubau)
- Emil Ferris: Between SelvesCourtesy of Cartoonmuseum Basel
- Gili Tal: Light and AiryGili Tal, Light and Airy, exhibition view, Kunsthalle Basel, 2026, photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel
- Kunstmuseum Basel (Hauptbau and Neubau)Wladyslaw Sojka / Wikimedia Commons
- Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung LudwigBasmus / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Cartoonmuseum BaselCartoonmuseum Basel / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kunsthalle BaselCharles-François Marie Iguel (1827[1]-1897) / Wikimedia Commons, Gemeinfrei
- Historisches Museum Basel (Barfüsserkirche)James Steakley / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0