The Fondation Beyeler will devote its summer exhibition 2019 to contemporary painter Rudolf Stingel (born in 1956 in Merano, Italy, he lives and works in New York and Merano). Like few other artists, he probes and interrogates the status quo of painting. 

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Louise Bourgeois is considered one of the most significant and influential artistic personalities. Over a period of nearly seven decades—from the 1940s until her death in 2010—she created an exceptional body of work, encompassing sculptures, objects and installations, as well as the drawings and writings that form a common thread running through her oeuvre.

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Curated by Director Sam Keller, the collection display extends over half the museum space and comprises around a hundred paintings, sculptures, photographs and drawings created between 1883/84 and 2018. On show are classics by Claude Monet, Henri Matisse, the Surrealists and Pop Art artists, as well as highlights by Gerhard Richter, Wolfgang Tillmans, Felix Gonzales Torres and other artists can be seen. In addition, the presentation of the collection shows new works by the museum, contemporary works by Pawel Althamer, Philippe Parreno and Rirkrit Tiravanija.

On view as of now until 2 September in Renzo Piano’s museum building and in the Fondation Beyeler’s surrounding park.

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