The exhibition that never happened! It took about 40 years, until all the “Modena Paintings” by Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) have been reunited and are now being displayed together for the very first time. See the extraordinary exhibition "Basquiat. The Modena Paintings" currently at the Fondation Beyeler! In the summer of 1982, Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) travelled to Modena in Italy. Gallery owner Emilio Mazzoli had invited the 21-year-old New York artist to produce new works on site for a solo exhibition. Within a few days, Basquiat painted eight large-format canvases, some of them now among his most celebrated and valuable works. Despite this impressive output, however, the planned exhibition did not take place and the works were never shown together. So don't miss out on this unique opportunity and see "Basquiat. The Modena Paintings" now united at Fondation Beyeler until 27 August, 2023! #FondationBeyeler #BeyelerBasquiat #JeanMichelBasquait #Basquiat Credits: All works copyright © Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York Video: @eyeloveyoubasel Music: @janivoron

𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟮𝟲 (Werbung) filmed at @fondationbeyeler 🖼️ Claude Monet, Le bassin aux nymphéas, ca. 1917-1920, Öl auf Leinwand, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Sammlung Beyeler 🖼️ Jean-Michel Basquiat, Untitled (Woman with Roman Torso [Venus]), 1982. Privatsammlung © Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York 🖼️ Joan Miró, Peinture, 1930, Öl auf Leinwand, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Sammlung Beyeler 🖼️ Claude Monet, Le pont japonais, ca. 1918-23, Öl auf Leinwand, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Sammlung Beyeler 🖼️ Otobong Nkanga, Unearthed – Abyss 2021, 2021, 1 von 4 Tapisserien; Garne: Trevira, Sidero, Polyester, Multifilament, Outdoor Polypropylen, Techno, Elirex, Mohair, Merinowolle, Superwash, Leinen, Monofilament, Econyl, Fulgaren, Viskose, 350.0 x 600.0 cm Je, Beyeler Museum AG, Riehen, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel #famousart #claudemonet #artmuseum #artgallery #fondationbeyeler #art #kunst #modernart

"The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.” – Claude Monet The focus of our current collection display is on the different ways in which artists from Impressionism to the present have engaged with the natural world. The exhibition comprises around forty works, and is supplemented by a display of paintings by Robert Ryman from the Daros Collection. Our views and notions of nature have changed in the past 100 years. A picture by Monet is filled with happiness: it shows nature as unspoiled and reflects the gaze of the artist who conceived his garden as a haven whose fragility he may have already sensed. Such a largely untroubled view has become nigh on impossible today—our knowledge of nature’s woundedness and endangerment looms far too large. The artists featured in “THE MIND’S EYE. Images of Nature from Claude Monet to Otobong Nkanga” have produced images of nature that visualise both these perspectives. The contemporary view is more complex and less carefree, yet it is no less wonderful. Discover iconic masterpieces in the current collection presentation, including a number of superb recent acquisitions. "THE MIND’S EYE. Images of Nature from Claude Monet to Otobong Nkanga. With works by Robert Ryman from the Daros Collection" is on view at the Fondation Beyeler until 27 August, 2023. [Ticket link in bio] #FondationBeyeler #ASundayArtPic #BeyelerCollection #BeyelerTheMindsEye #BeyelerMonet #ClaudeMonet #Monet Credits: Claude Monet, Le pont japonais, ca. 1918-24, Öl auf Leinwand, 109.0 x 135.5 x 9.0 cm, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Sammlung Beyeler

This week on #FeatureFriday: a crow, our current exhibitions and a little #ArtBasel reverberation. 🤍 Many thanks to our visitors for sharing their views in and around the museum: @petrahesmerg, @sol.zic, @puffpuff_____, @kontemporary_official, @plasternyc, @jcopemiami, @nicisimon, @gallerycollectors and @r.t_p.h.o.t.o. 📷 For a chance to get featured simply add #FondationBeyeler to your posts. We are always delighted to see your individual stories. 🎟 See you soon – Tickets are available online or directly on site. [Link in Bio] #RachelWhiteread #PeterFischli #DavidWeiss #Salcedo #DuaneHanson #Monet #Basquiat #RenzoPiano #LoveBasel

Immerse yourself into the touching work of this exceptional artist and visit our current exhibition "Doris Salcedo" at Fondation Beyeler! Over a number of years, Colombian artist Doris Salcedo gathered shoes belonging to disappeared persons. The shoe stands in for the human body, operating as a trace of the person whose foot once shaped it. As an isolated item, it symbolises loss – its own or that of its owner. The title of the series, “Atrabiliarios” (1992-2004), derives from the Latin “atrabilis”, used to describe the melancholy associated with mourning. Even though their personal stories remain undisclosed, the reliquary-like display emphasises the special significance of the individual. By means of unusual associations of objects and combinations of seemingly contradictory materials meticulously worked by hand, Salcedo manages to portray violence and suffering without showing them explicitly. The evocative titles of her works, oftentimes referring to poetry, endow them with an additional, verbal plane of meaning. The exhibition “Doris Salcedo” is on display from until 17 September, 2023. Tickets are available online and directly on site. #FondationBeyeler #BeyelerSalcedo #dorissalcedo Credits: Doris Salcedo, Atrabiliarios, 1992-2004 (detail), Shoes, drywall, paint, wood, animal fiber, and surgical thread, Dimensions variable, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Accessions Committee Fund purchase: gift of Carla Emil and Rich Silverstein, Patricia and Raoul Kennedy, Elaine McKeon, Lisa and John Miller, Chara Schreyer and Gordon Freund, and Robin Wright Photos: @mark_niedermann

Sound Garden – it’s on! This summer, the pavilion area in Fondation Beyeler’s museum park will fill every Wednesday evenings with contemporary beats and sounds, starting next week on 28 June. Come and chill with cool drinks in a beautiful outdoor setting to music by regional, national, and international acts. From jazz, samba, and hip-hop to neo-soul and Afro-beat – the "Sound Garden" offers a varied program of music for a relaxing mid-week evening in the museum park, with opportunities to discover new favorite performers and tracks. Let’s kick off this year’s “Sound Garden” with the fantastic @femergycollective from Berlin. The concerts in the series take place on Wednesdays from June 28 to August 30, 2023 in the Fondation Beyeler park, starting at 6 p.m. and ending at 8 p.m. Entrance is free of charge and no advance booking is required. On Wednesdays, the museum and the “Beyeler Restaurant im Park” are also open for you until 8 pm. #FondationBeyeler #BeyelerSoundGarden #BeyelerEvents #FemergyCollective Photos: @mark_niedermann

New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) and the Fondation Beyeler are connected by a long common history. As early as 1983, soon after Basquiat’s initial successes as an artist, Ernst Beyeler invited the young painter to contribute to a group exhibition titled “Expressive Malerei nach Picasso” at his legendary gallery in Basel. Furthermore, in 2010, the Fondation Beyeler staged the largest and most significant European museum show to date of Basquiat’s work. The present exhibition, “Basquiat: The Modena Paintings”, revisits his artistic oeuvre, turning this time to a particular group of pictures—hitherto not known in their entirety as such—comprising eight large-scale paintings created by Basquiat in Modena in 1982. For the first time united, admire these fantastic artworks at Fondation Beyeler in an exhibition that had never realised before. Do not miss this unique opportunity to experience some of Basquiat's most famous and valuable paintings united in the series of works and visit us at Fondation Beyeler! #FondationBeyeler #BeyelerBasquiat #Basquiat #JeanMichelBasquiat Credits: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Profit I, 1982, Acryl, Ölstift, Marker und Sprühfarbe auf Leinwand, 220 x 400 cm, Privatsammlung Schweiz, © Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York Photo: @mark_niedermann

Fondation Beyeler’s sound of summer We kicked off this year's summer program at the Fondation Beyeler with the @sun.set.music last Saturday. In addition to our popular series of electronic music events in collaboration with @nordsternbasel, our pavilion area in the museum park will fill on Wednesday evenings with our beloved “Sound Garden”, staring June 28. Come and chill with cool drinks in a beautiful outdoor setting to music by regional and national acts! No registration is required for these relaxed midweek evenings and admission is free. Our “Summer Party” on 12 August is also dedicated to music, more precisely to hip-hop: with the theme of "50 years of hip-hop", our “Summer Party” offers varied entertainment for everybody and all ages. In addition to the concert by hip-hop legend Kurtis Blow and performances by Miles Singleton and "Break the drums!", various tours and workshops offer an exciting insight into the current exhibitions "Doris Salcedo", "Basquiat. The Modena Paintings" and the collection presentation "THE MIND'S EYE. Images of Nature from Claude Monet to Otobong Nkanga". Please check our website for further and detailed information on our summer program at Fondation Beyeler! #FondationBeyeler #BeyelerSummerProgram #BeyelerSunSet #BeyelerSoundGarden #BeyelerSummerParty Photos: @kimonmaritz Video: @donhon

Spotlight on @claudiacomte “Waves Cacti and Sunsets”, our highlight during @artbasel . Come by and experience art on Basel’s Marktplatz until October 8th, 2023.    "Waves, Cacti and Sunsets", decorates our #GlobusSwitzerland façade in a sweeping black and white pattern that covers the building with a mesmerizing flow of lines. The artwork itself comprises large-format images portraying desert landscapes adorned with towering cacti. A breathtaking sunset lingers in the backdrop, casting an enchantig allure and igniting curiosity. Yet, the landscape also causes pause for thought: The work’s undertones of ecological crisis provide a necessary counterpoint to the dreamscape.  #GlobusPublicArtProject #globusswitzerland #FondationBeyeler #ClaudiaComte #Marktplatz #Basel #ArtBasel       Credits: Claudia Comte, Waves, Cacti and Sunsets  Photos: Maris Marzulis @mariocee

Let's take a look at your #FeatureFriday impressions during the #ArtBasel week. 🤍 Many thanks to our visitors for sharing their views in and around the museum: @caseykaplangallery, @ltgatelier, @linktoart, @artepictura, @nicolasberggruen, @cascianirenato, @klausbiesenbach, @gustavo_urruty_photography, @bhansali.art and @jule.m.walter. 📷 For a chance to get featured simply add #FondationBeyeler to your posts. We are always delighted to see your individual stories. 🎟 See you soon – Tickets are available online or directly on site. [Link in Bio] #FeatureFriday #FondationBeyeler #Rousseau #Monet #Basquiat #ThomasSchütte #RoniHorn #Tillmans #LucasArruda #RenzoPiano #LoveBasel

What is your “must-see” during Art Basel week? Get to see iconic masterworks and discover new art at Fondation Beyeler, or visit us at our booth G1 in Hall 2.0 during Art Basel week! The latter is devoted to Picasso, with a display marking the fiftieth anniversary of his death, complemented by a hyperrealist sculpture by Duane Hanson. On site at our museum, three new exhibitions highlights await you currently: “Doris Salcedo”, “Basquiat. The Modena Paintings”, and the new collection display “THE MIND’S EYE. Images of Nature from Claude Monet to Otobong Nkanga”. We would love to welcome you for an inspiring art experience during this exciting week at the Fondation Beyeler. For further information and tickets, please visit our website! #FondationBeyeler #ArtBasel #BeyelerBasquiat #BeyelerCollection #BeyelerTheMindsEye #BeyelerSalcedo #Basquiat #JeanMichelBasquiat #Picasso Credits: Pablo Picasso, Femme (Époque des "Demoiselles d'Avignon"), 1907, Öl auf Leinwand, 149.5 x 123.5 x 10.0 cm, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Sammlung Beyeler Duane Hanson, Painter, 1977, Polyvinylchlorid, farbig bemalt mit Öl, Mischtechnik, Accessoires, Courtesy the Estate of Duane Hanson and Gagosian, © The Estate of Duane Hanson / 2022, ProLitteris Jean-Michel Basquiat, Untitled (Cowparts), 1982, Acryl, Sprühfarbe und Ölstift auf Leinwand, 239,4 x 420 cm, © Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York Otobong Nkanga, Unearthed – Abyss 2021, 2021, 1 von 4 Tapisserien; Garne: Trevira, Sidero, Polyester, Multifilament, Outdoor Polypropylen, Techno, Elirex, Mohair, Merinowolle, Superwash, Leinen, Monofilament, Econyl, Fulgaren, Viskose, 350.0 x 600.0 cm Je, Beyeler Museum AG, Riehen, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel Doris Salcedo, Palimpsest, 2013–2017, Hydraulic equipment, ground marble, resin, corundum, sand, and water; dimensions variable, Installation view, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, 2022, Courtesy of Doris Salcedo and White Cube Photos: @mark_niedermann

Discover the story of Jean-Michel BASQUIAT’s Modena Paintings - eight masterpieces which changed the trajectory of the artist’s career forever. The artworks have been reunited after 40 years by the @fondationbeyeler and re-envisioned by @theskateroom into a special collection of skateboard art decks. Click the link bio and take a trip to the forgotten city of BASQUIAT. © Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York #basquiat #fondationbeyeler #theskateroom #interiordesign