Until September 02, 2012
Jeff Koons is one of today’s well-known contemporary artists. He has repeatedly been the cause of furore with both praise and critique through his reproductions leaning towards popular culture since the 1980s. The Fondation Beyeler now presents a premier for Switzerland with first Koon exhibition focusing on three major groups of works.
www.beyeler.com
Until September 16, 2012
Dutch architect and designer Gerrit Rietveld was one of the most important representatives of modernism. He created icons such as the Red Blue Chair and the Rietveld Schröder House, transferring the rigorous compositions of Piet Mondrian and other members of the De Stijl movement into objects and space.
www.design-museum.de
Until June 06, 2012
The brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec rank among the most influential contemporary designers. Their ideas are often inspired by shapes and structures of nature. The exhibition presents sketches and conceptual drawings of the Bouroullecs and draws attention towards the medium of drawing itself, which has kept its importance even in times of computer visualizations.
www.design-museum.de
Until August 12, 2012
Exhibition of drawings, some 50 paintings by an artist who has founded the Impressionist movement.
June 13 to 17, 2012
The art fair, which shows 20th and 21st century art, is universally acknowledged to be the world's most important fair for the international art market. Over 300 painstakingly-selected exhibitors drawn from the world's top galleries turn the fair into the most spectacular temporary exhibition. Artists, art collectors and many VIPs from the worlds of art and culture meet during these days in Basel.
