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Max Ernst May 26 – September 8, 2013

Max Ernst (1891–1976) is one of modernism’s most versatile artists. Having started out as a Dadaist in Cologne, he soon became a pioneer of Surrealism in Paris. A tireless creator of new figures, forms and techniques, Max Ernst kept on evolving in new directions even up to his late years. His remarkable oeuvre, which defies any clear stylistic definition, was also shaped by his eventful life and the many different places in which he lived in Europe and America.

The major retrospective at the Fondation Beyeler will present an exemplary selection of over 170 paintings, drawings, collages, sculptures and books by Max Ernst that encompass all aspects of his work. For the first time in Switzerland, visitors will be able to experience the full richness of Max Ernst’s multifaceted oeuvre.

Maurizio Cattelan June 8 – October 6, 2013

Maurizio Cattelan, Untitled, 2001, Wax,pigment, human hair,fabric and polyester resin, 150 cm x 60 cm x 40 cm, Courtesy, Maurizio Cattelan's Archive

Maurizio Cattelan (b. 1960 in Padua, Italy) has been delivering surprises with his sculptures since the 1990s. Following the announcement of his retirement from the art world, his project for the Fondation Beyeler is awaited with great anticipation.

Thomas Schütte October 6, 2013 – February 2, 2014

German artist Thomas Schütte (b. 1954) was for a long time known primarily for his architecturally themed models and objects. Only more recently has attention focused upon Schütte’s parallel and equally rich body of work in sculpture and drawing, which is centered upon the human figure. This facet of his oeuvre forms the starting point of the exhibition at the Fondation Beyeler, which shows Thomas Schütte as one of the most unusual and fascinating artists of his generation. Taking up the tradition of figurative sculpture, Schütte creates figures and heads that assert their irrevocable place in the present, both in their immediacy and their manufacture. Whether ceramics the size of a hand or steel sculptures four meters high, the figures and heads by Thomas Schütte are in a strange way at once foreign and familiar, and engage us at a directly personal level.

Past exhibitions


	Edgar Degas (2012/13) More information
	Philippe Parreno (2012) More information
	Jeff Koons (2012) More information
	Pierre Bonnard (2012) More information
	Surréalism in Paris (2011/12) More information
	Louise Bourgeois (2011) More information
	Constantin Brancusi & Richard Serra (2011) More Information
	Segantini (2011) More Information
	Vienna 1900 (2010/11) More Information
	Basquiat (2010) More Information
	Henri Rousseau (2010) More Information
	Jenny Holzer (2009/10) More Information
	Giacometti (2009) More Information
	Visual encounters - Africa, Oceania and modern art (2009) More Information
	Venice (2008/09) More Information
	Fernand Léger (2008) More Information
	Action Painting (2008) More Information
	Forests of the world The other commitment (2007/08) More Information
	The other collection An homage to Ernst and Hildy Beyeler (2007/08) More Information
	Edvard Munch Signs of modern art (2007) More Information
	EROS in modern art (2006/07) More Information
	EROS Rodin and Picasso (2006) More Information
	Henri Matisse Figure, colour, space (2006) More Information
	Wolfgang Laib The ephemeral is eternal (2005/06) More Information
	Contemporary Voices Fondation Beyeler hosts the UBS Art Collection (2005/06) More Information
	René Magritte The key to dreams (2005) More Information
	The surrealist Picasso (2005) More Information
	Flower Myth Vincent van Gogh to Jeff Koons (2005) More Information
	ArchiSculpture (2004/05) More Information
	Calder – Miró (2004) More Information
	Francis Bacon and the tradition of art (2004) More Information
	Mondrian+Malewitsch At the centre of the collection (2003/04) More Information
	Paul Klee Fulfilment in the late work (2003) More Information
	EXPRESSIVE! (2003) More Information
	Ellsworth Kelly (2002/03) Works 1956–2002 More Information
	Claude Monet ... up to digital Impressionism (2002) More Information
	Anselm Kiefer (2001/02) The seven heavenly palaces 1973–2001 (2001/02) More Information
	Ornament and abstraction (2001) More Information
	Mark Rothko A consummated experience between picture and onlooker (2001) More Information
	Andy Warhol Series and singles (2000) More Information
	Colour to light (2000) More Information
	Cézanne and modernism (1999/2000) More Information
	Face to face to cyberspace (1999) More Information
	The magic of trees Wrapped Trees (1998/99) More Information
	Roy Lichtenstein (1998) More Information
	Colours – Sounds Wassily Kandinsky and Arnold Schönberg (1998) More Information
	Renzo Piano Building workshop (1997/98) More Information
	Jasper Johns Loans from the artist (1997/98) More Information