Late Thursday

Thursday, 16 April 2026, 8-11 pm

Bastel-Bar | Carl Cheng: Nature Never Loses

Cost: CHF 10 (includes one drink), registration required at: tinguelybasel.kunstvermittlung@roche.com
Limited to 12 people


Creativity meets the after-work vibe: After a visit to the museum and exploring a selected artwork, it’s
time to get creative yourself! With a drink in hand and in a relaxed studio atmosphere,
you can enjoy your creative break at the Craft Bar. Whether with friends, as a date night or simply for yourself: an evening full of creativity and new encounters.

ARTvocado – Craft Bar accompanying the exhibition Carl Cheng: Nature Never Loses
For years, Californian artist Carl Cheng began his day in the studio by enjoying an avocado. The skin and stone provide the material for small, playful artworks. We’re following his lead tonight and exploring different ways to make the most of the leftover avocado. Alongside delicious drinks, there’ll be homemade guacamole, nachos and music! (The avocados are Crowd Container organic fruit!)


Carl Cheng: Nature Never Loses
3 December 2025 - 10 May 2026

Carl Cheng: Nature Never Loses

«Nature Never Loses» surveys six decades of the prescient, genre-defying practice of artist Carl Cheng (b. 1942, San Francisco; lives and works in Santa Monica), whose ever-evolving body of work engages with environmental change, the relevance of art institutions to their publics, and the role of technology in society. His inventive lexicon includes photographic sculptures, 'art tools' employed in the production of ephemeral artworks, 'nature machines' that anticipate an artificial world shaped by humans, and extra-institutional interventions intended to reach broad audiences.


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