Boundless Printmaking: The Schweizerische Graphische Gesellschaft

In 1997 Hervé Graumann printed identical computer-drawn grids on an inkjet printer, then treated each sheet with water, so no two came out alike. That is the kind of rule-bending this show follows across 34 prints made between 1917 and 2026.

Every one is an annual edition of the Schweizerische Graphische Gesellschaft, whose 125 members each get one impression of every print. Basel gets the very first, because the society's first president also ran the museum. You start in the left cabinet with the two debut editions of 1918, then Klee, Kirchner and Alice Bailly's 1923 print, the first by a woman. The right cabinet covers the last 30 years: prints on leather and Plexiglas, a book, and Meret Oppenheim's endless calendar, meant to be turned over every day, which is more commitment than the Advent calendar you'll open next month.

It fills the two graphic cabinets of the Hauptbau, is included in the CHF 25 ticket and closes on 29 November. Wednesdays run to 8pm.