Exhibitions in Basel
August 2027
August at a glance: 0 exhibitions opening, 2 closing, and 5 more on view across the city.
Closing in August
Lynda Benglis1 Aug 2027Kunstmuseum Basel (Hauptbau and Neubau)
A Neubau exhibition of work by the American artist Lynda Benglis.
Samuel Guerrero: Sol Roto15 Aug 2027Kunsthalle BaselFree
Back Wall Project: a site-specific commission turning the building's back wall into an expanded sundial, drawing on Mesoamerican timekeeping.
Also on through August
- Constellationsto 5 Sept 2027
Fondation Beyeler
About 230 works from the collection across the Wyss Museum, the Piano building and the park, on art, architecture and nature.
- Vanguardistas: 100 Years of Latin American Women Artiststo 5 Sept 2027
Kunstmuseum Basel | Gegenwart
Switzerland's first major survey of pioneering Latin American women artists, with over 70 artists including Frida Kahlo, Lygia Clark and Doris Salcedo.
- Irma Hünerfauthto 5 Sept 2027
Museum Tinguely
The Munich artist's interactive object boxes of the 1970s and 80s, with paintings, works on paper and archival material.
- Louise Bourgeoisto 17 Oct 2027
Fondation Beyeler
About 100 works by Louise Bourgeois, including monumental Cells and spider sculptures shown in both buildings and the park.
Tie-dye: gefaltet, genäht, gefärbtto 23 Jan 2028Museum der Kulturen Basel
About 250 textiles from Africa, Asia, Europe and South America show how folding, stitching and binding cloth before dyeing creates patterns, with a hands-on station.
Opening in September 2027
Image credits
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- Lynda BenglisCourtesy of Kunstmuseum Basel (Hauptbau and Neubau)
- Samuel Guerrero: Sol RotoSamuel Guerrero, Sol Roto, 2026, installation view, in: Samuel Guerrero, Sol Roto, Kunsthalle Basel Back Wall Project, 2026, photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel
- Tie-dye: gefaltet, genäht, gefärbtCourtesy of Museum der Kulturen Basel
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