Museum Tinguely

The Tinguely Museum, built directly on the Rhine to plans by Ticinese architect Mario Botta, houses the largest collection of works by Jean Tinguely (1925–1991), one of the most innovative and most important Swiss artists of the 20th century. The permanent exhibition presents an overview of four decades of his creative activity, from the artist’s early beginnings in the 50s with motorised reliefs, through to the large-scale sculptures and mechanical sculptures of the 1980s. Regular special exhibitions showcase a broad spectrum of artists and themes of the 20th and 21st century, based on Tinguely’s ideas: Presenting those that inspired him such as Marcel Duchamp und Kurt Schwitters, contemporaries such as Arman, Niki de Saint Phalle, Yves Klein and also current trends. www.tinguely.ch

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Opening 1996

Current exhibitions

La roue = c'est tout New permanent exhibition

08.02.2023 - 08.02.2025

According to Tinguely, ‘we live in a wheeled civilisation’. Even today, our lives are shaped largely by the relationship between man and machine and the resulting dependencies that Tinguely deconstructed with such relish. Now, for the first time since the museum was founded, its enlarged collection of Tinguely’s own works is to return to the great hall.

The exhibition is documented in the following languages: D/F/E
Guided tours are offered in the following languages: D/F/E

À bruit secret Hearing in Art

22.02.2023 - 14.05.2023

What does the River Rhine in Basel actually sound like? Can sound waves be registered other than through the ears? Museum Tinguely’s series on the human senses in art continues with an array of auditory encounters with the known and unknown soundscapes of this earth. The group exhibition will showcase works in various media from the Baroque period to the present.

The exhibition is documented in the following languages: D/F/E

Next exhibition(s)

Roger Ballen. Call of the Void (Danse macabre No. VII)

19.04.2023 - 29.10.2023

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Roger Ballen (*1950, New York lives in Johannesburg) is one of the most influential and important photographic artists of the 21st century. His strange and extreme works confront the viewers and challenge them to come with him on a journey into their own minds as he explores the deeper recesses of his own.

The exhibition is documented in the following languages: D/F/E
Guided tours are offered in the following languages: D/F/E

Temitayo Ogunbiyi You will follow the Rhein and compose play

18.10.2023 - 14.01.2024

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The artist Temitayo Ogunbiyi, who lives in Lagos/Nigeria, investigates the potential of playful interaction to explore topics such as migration and exchange, but also material and social cultures. A first part of her project is a «playground» that invites visitors to climb, swing and play in Solitude Park as early as May. The work links Lagos with Basel: the shapes of the steel bars trace the paths that connect the two cities.

The exhibition is documented in the following languages: D/F/E
Guided tours are offered in the following languages: D/F/E