Kuttlebutzer
23.01. – 14.04.2013Jean Tinguely always had a particular fondness for the Carnival celebrations of the city of Basel, where he spent his youth and childhood, attending the highly animated three-day on several occasions. In 1972 he first participated actively joining the “Kuttlebutzer Clique”. This group in fact had been famous since the 1950s for avant-garde costumes and props created for the parade by artists and graphic designers. By carrying on this tradition, Tinguely and the other members set new artistic standards for the “Basler Fasnacht”. The Museum Tinguely’ is exhibiting designs, props, masks (“Larven”) and associated documents with the “Kuttlebutzer” and thus offering a special picture of the development of this largest of all Switzerland’s popular festivities.
>> Read further details
Les mille lieux de l'Art. Photographies by Ad Petersen
27.02. – 26.05.2013Ad Petersen (b. 1931) was from 1960 to 1990 curator at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. During this period he captured on photograph his encounters and collaborations with numerous international artists (including Christo, Duchamp, Fontana, de Saint Phalle, Kienholz, Oldenburg, Raetz, Rauschenberg, Tinguely and many others). His sensitive portraits and other photographs offer extraordinary insights both into the work and also into the private sphere of the artists concerned. This photographic material is complemented by works of art, letters and other documents that provide a record of the often life-long friendships between this fine photographer and exhibition curator and the artists with whom he worked.
