"Metrowomen - die immer Schönen der keramischen Wände, die Gänge und Orte der Geschwindigkeiten, der Gleichzeitigkeiten des gezielten Chaos." (J. Messensee im Katalog zur Ausstellung) Read more...

The Irish artist Aleana Egan (*1979, Dublin, Ireland) will present at Kunsthalle Basel her first major solo show in an institutional context. Egan studied painting at the Glasgow School of Art and her work has gained wider attention in the last few years with solo and group shows at Mary Mary gallery, Glasgow (2006) and Galerie Sandra Buergel, Berlin (2007), among others. She is also currently participating in the 5th berlin biennial. Read more...

The artist Ahmet Ögüt (*1981, Diyarbakir, Turkey) will present his first large solo exhibition "Mutual Issues, Inventive Acts" at Kunsthalle Basel. In his drawings, performances, photographs and videos, Ahmet Ögüt addresses social phenomena and thematises historical processes and their effects on the society and politics of his homeland. For the artist, the choice of a medium is crucially dependent on a work's idea and hence can alternate between the more intimate form of a publication to public performances. Read more...

Over the past years the Kunsthalle Basel has been inviting several artists to do a special project for its back wall (next to Elisabethenkirche). Among others, Franz Ackermann painted a large mural in 2000 as did Sarah Morris in 2002, and Piotr Uklanski created a wall-covering mosaic consisting of porcelain dishes in 2004. We are pleased to announce the inauguration of the new project for the back wall of the Kunsthalle Basel "I Am Not Exotic - I Am Exhausted" by the artist Dan Perjovschi. Read more...