2023 Basel Museums Guide

first major show of “Les Fauves” in seventy years, this
exhibition will also feature several superb works yet unseen
in this country.
30.9.2023–4.2.2024 (Neubau) Jasper Johns – The Artist
as Collector. From Cézanne to de Kooning
Jasper Johns (b. 1930) ranks among the 20th century’s
most eminent American artists. This exhibition affords us a
rare glimpse of his private collection with some eighty
drawings by artists such as Paul Cézanne, Käthe Kollwitz,
Pablo Picasso and Willem de Kooning.
4.11.2023–17.3.2024 (Gegenwart) Carrie Mae Weems.
The Evidence of Things Not Seen
Carrie Mae Weems (b. 1953) invites us to join her in examining
blind spots in the history of our times. In 2014 Weems
became the first African-American woman artist to be accorded
a retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum in New York –
making it high time her work was introduced to European
audiences!
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MÜHLEMUSEUM
MERIAN GÄRTEN, VORDER BRÜGLINGEN 5, 4142 MÜNCHENSTEIN/BASEL
This 16th-century watermill in the heart of the Merian
Gardens houses a small exhibition on the history of milling
from Bronze Age craft objects to industrial production.
BASELSTRASSE 34, 4125 RIEHEN/BASEL
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MUKS – MUSEUM KULTUR
& SPIEL RIEHEN
MUKS is a hands-on museum. The focus of the permanent
exhibitions Play, Village and Wettstein, as well as the regular
special exhibitions is for young and old to participate and
act playfully themselves. Take a deep dive into the wonderful
world of toys and Riehen’s eventful history on an interactive
journey into the past.
→ 4.6.2023 Robbers
Children’s stories are full of robbers. In this exhibition we will
encounter robbers both familiar and new and learn about
invented and real raids in imaginary forests and places in and
around Riehen. An atmospheric exhibition for children and
adults alike.
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