Exhibitions in Basel

July 2027

July at a glance: 0 exhibitions opening, 1 closing, and 7 more on view across the city.

Atomkraft: Deine Entscheidung exhibition at the Barfüsserkirche

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Lynda Benglis at work

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Samuel Guerrero, Sol Roto, installation view

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Teaser image of the exhibition Tie-dye

Closing in July

Atomkraft: Deine Entscheidung4 Jul 2027
Historisches Museum Basel (Barfüsserkirche)
Interactive stations trace the nuclear power debate since the 1960s, its risks and opportunities, and end with a vote on expanding or phasing out nuclear power.

Also on through July

Lynda Benglisto 1 Aug 2027
Kunstmuseum Basel (Hauptbau and Neubau)
A Neubau exhibition of work by the American artist Lynda Benglis.
Samuel Guerrero: Sol Rototo 15 Aug 2027
Kunsthalle BaselFree
Back Wall Project: a site-specific commission turning the building's back wall into an expanded sundial, drawing on Mesoamerican timekeeping.
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 2028
Museum 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

Elizabeth Peyton

26 Sept 2027Fondation Beyeler

Image credits

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Atomkraft: Deine EntscheidungCourtesy of Historisches Museum Basel (Barfüsserkirche)
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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