Exhibitions in Basel

July 2026

July 2026 at a glance: 1 exhibition opened, 0 closed, and 7 more were on view across the city.

Poster for Emil Ferris: Between Selves

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Work from the Kunstmuseum Basel collection

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Monira Al Qadiri, BENZENE FLOAT, inflatable sculpture (detail)

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Teaser image of the exhibition Die Eule ist pink

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Installation view of the Frank Stella exhibition

Opened in July

Emil Ferris: Between Selves4 Jul
Cartoonmuseum Basel
Emil Ferris's first solo show in Europe, with original pages from My Favorite Thing is Monsters, its second volume and unpublished drawings.

Was on view in July

New Constellationsto 6 Dec
Kunstmuseum Basel (Hauptbau and Neubau)
A collection presentation in the Neubau.
Monira Al Qadiri: BENZENE FLOATto 24 Jan 2027
Kunsthaus Baselland
Annual project: a large pictorial intervention on the foyer wall about the Gulf states' oil dependence and speculative futures.
Die Eule ist pinkto 24 Jan 2027
Museum der Kulturen Basel
Around 200 objects show how colours are made, traded and used for protection, decoration and communication, with hands-on stations and an audio guide.
Frank Stella und die zerstörten Holzsynagogento 31 Jan 2027
Jüdisches Museum der Schweiz
Original works from Frank Stella's Polish Village series and 24 models of destroyed wooden synagogues by Moshe Verbin.
Nicolas Darrot. Fuzzy Logicto 7 Mar 2027
Museum Tinguely
A Theatre of Automatons in five acts, with robot puppets activated by scanning barcodes on playing cards.
Marc Bauer: Fear Rage Desire, Still Standingto 2 May 2027
Kunstmuseum Basel (Hauptbau and Neubau)
Drawings by Marc Bauer in the Neubau connecting wing.
Verner Panton: Form, Colour, Spaceto 9 May 2027
Vitra Schaudepot
Marks Panton's 100th birthday with furniture from the Panton Chair to unrealised architecture, and a walk-in reconstruction of Fantasy Landscape (1970).

Image credits

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Emil Ferris: Between SelvesCourtesy of Cartoonmuseum Basel
New ConstellationsCourtesy of Kunstmuseum Basel (Hauptbau and Neubau)
Monira Al Qadiri: BENZENE FLOATMonira Al Qadiri, BENZENE FLOAT, 2023, inflatable sculpture (detail). Photo: Markus Tretter
Die Eule ist pinkCourtesy of Museum der Kulturen Basel
Frank Stella und die zerstörten HolzsynagogenMartin Oravec
Marc Bauer: Fear Rage Desire, Still StandingCourtesy of Kunstmuseum Basel (Hauptbau and Neubau)
Verner Panton: Form, Colour, SpaceVerner Panton Design AG

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