Exhibitions
Cezanne | 25.1. – 25.5.2026
For the first time in its history, the Fondation Beyeler will devote an exhibition to Paul Cezanne, a pioneer of modern art and one of the most important artists in the museum’s collection. The exhibition will focus on the last and most significant phase of the artist’s career, highlighting key themes of his later years, among them still lifes, portraits, landscapes and bather scenes. Bringing together around 80 oil paintings and watercolours, the exhibition will bring to life Cezanne’s groundbreaking work as regards form, light and colour – the qualities that have inspired and influenced artists for generations and through to the present day.
"Sensations" | 21.2. – 26.4.2026
The year’s first collection display invites viewers on a journey along numerous highlights of the museum’s collection – as well as offering a reflection on the notion of sensation. Paul Cezanne, to whom the Fondation Beyeler is concurrently devoting a major exhibition, provides the starting point for the collection display: in his letters, the artist repeatedly writes of "sensations colorantes" ("colour sensations") as a key foundation of his art.
Pierre Huyghe | 24.5. – 13.9.2026
The Fondation Beyeler will present a major new exhibition of Pierre Huyghe (1962, Paris), one of the most innovative and influential contemporary artists. In an exhibition exclusively conceived for the Fondation Beyeler, newly created works will feature alongside key pieces from recent years.
Ruth Asawa | 18.10.2026 – 10.1.2027
The first European retrospective dedicated to Ruth Asawa (1926–2013), the influential American artist of Japanese descent, offers an extraordinary opportunity to experience the ways in which Asawa transformed the simplest of materials into fascinating object, blurring the boundaries between abstraction and figuration, art and craft, action and contemplation.