Basel, 18 June (askanews) – An innovative artist who created impossible machines and offered the art world a series of insights that were then developed in the following decades. Basel has long been home to Jean Tinguely, born 100 years ago in Switzerland, and here stands the Tinguely Museum, which celebrates his work and offers temporary exhibitions.
“The museum,” Isabelle Beilfuss, the museum’s communications manager, explained to askanews, “was founded in 1996 and has the world’s largest collection of Tinguely’s works: we have around 150 sculptures and more than two thousand works on paper. So on the one hand, our goal is certainly to conserve the works and present Tinguely’s entire career. On the other hand, we also try to project his work into the future, showing how his artistic ideas are still very relevant, current and are always an inspiration for contemporary artists.”
The permanent collection takes the visitor on a journey through Tinguely's entire career from the 1950s to his latest works: a fantastic and sonorous journey, tinged with color and invention, with the possibility of entering one of his largest installations. For the centenary, the museum has organized celebrations and events, including the construction of a Ghost Train inspired by the one Tinguely had designed for the inauguration of the Centre Pompidou in Paris and built in Basel by Rebecca Moss and Augustin Rebetez.
The Tinguely Museum is also among the protagonists of the city's programming around Art Basel, a period in which Basel literally becomes the center of the art world. "Art Basel week," added Isabelle Beilfuss, "is important for all Basel's museums and for this reason we have presented one of the most important exhibitions of our 2025 program. We are in fact very happy to host the Franco-Swiss artist Julian Charrière and we are obviously here to welcome all the art audiences who will be in the city this week."
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