Kunsthalle Basel is a contemporary art institution located adjacent to the city's theater and opposite the concert house Stadtcasino. Established in 1872, it is the oldest Kunsthalle in the country.
Designed by architect Johann Jakob Stehlin-Burckhardt, the neoclassical building was constructed between 1869 and 1872. Above the skylight of the main exhibition hall, Kunsthalle Basel has a domed copper roof. In 1882, Charles Iguel added reliefs to the main façade, depicting allegorical figures of Architecture and the Rhine.
Kunsthalle Basel - facade and domed copper roof
The mural, "Das Wiedererwachen der Kunst", located in the main staircase was painted by Swiss artist Ernst Stückelberg in 1885.
main staircase and "Das Wiedererwachen der Kunst" by Ernst Stückelberg
Current Exhibition
Dala Nasser: Xíloma. MCCCLXXXVI
2025-05-16 - 2025-08-10
For her first exhibition in Switzerland at Kunsthalle Basel, Dala Nasser, born in 1990, presents a reconstruction of the now-lost Byzantine church of Kabr Hiram in Qana, Lebanon.
Dala Nasser: Xíloma. MCCCLXXXVI
Dala Nasser: Xíloma. MCCCLXXXVI
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