Family Day 2022 | Fondation Beyeler

“Niko Pirosmani” Family Day events schedule

Sunday, 22 October 2023, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

The "Niko Pirosmani" Family Day will be devoted to the people, the animals and the nature that fill the Georgian artist’s visual worlds. Guided tours for families and an interactive activity booklet provide playful approaches to the artworks and themes of the exhibition. Young visitors will be able to travel on the story carpet or explore the museum with Fred the Squirrel. Numerous workshops will allow all age groups to become creative, experiment and simply play.

Date: Sunday, 22 October 2023, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Location: Inside the "Niko Pirosmani" exhibition, in the studios and in the park

All activities are included in the museum admission ticket. Admission to the museum is free up to age 25.

Programme

In the museum

Guided tours for families

German: 10.30 a.m., 12noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m., 4.30 p.m.
English: 11.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m.
French: 12.30 p.m., 3.30 p.m.
Duration: around 30 minutes / Maximum of 15 participants

Story Carpet

What stories do the images tell? Accompanied children aged three to six are invited to sit on a richly coloured rug facing the works in the "Niko Pirosmani" exhibition to listen to stories and spin their own tales.
German: 11.30 a.m., 1.30 p.m., 3.30 p.m.
Duration: approx. 30 minutes / Maximum 15 participants

Fairy tales in motion

How does a fox prowl, how does a hen flutter? Together with storyteller Danielle Heer, children aged four and upward move through the "Niko Pirosmani" exhibition and playfully relate to the artworks using their own bodies.
German: 11 a.m., 4 p.m.
Duration: around 30 minutes / Maximum of 15 participants

"Niko Pirosmani" Activity Booklet

The activity booklet guides your discovery of the artworks and encourages you to give free rein to your own creativity. It is available for free at the museum’s information desk.

Exploring artworks in the museum with Fred the Squirrel

Fred leads the way and shares fascinating stories about the works in the collection of the Fondation Beyeler. Our hand-held squirrel puppet will enchant children and adults alike.
German: 12.30 p.m., 2.30 p.m.
Duration: around 30 minutes / Maximum of 15 participants

Workshops in the studios (weather allowing in the park)

10 a.m.–6 p.m. "Animal Masquerade"

Bear, fox or owl: Paper is folded to produce striking animal masks to be decorated to your own taste.

10 a.m.–6 p.m. "Colours on dark"

Inspired by Niko Pirosmani, participants draw and paint onto dark backgrounds, experimenting with colours, light and shadow.

10 a.m.–6 p.m. "Art to Wear"

Niko Pirosmani’s pictures of animals serve as a springboard to become digitally creative: using iPads and printable foil, participants produce small artworks that can be fastened onto clothes and cloth bags.

10 a.m.–6 p.m. In the park: Mobile studio

The mobile studio «Serafin» offers ideas and materials to become creative in the park of the Fondation Beyeler. Also, get sleuthing with a very special game: four riddles lead participating families to hidden places within the park of the Fondation Beyeler. Who will manage to solve them?

Exhibitions

Niko Pirosmani | 17.9.23 – 28.1.2024

Georgian artist Niko Pirosmani (1862–1918) is a legend: (for now) unknown to many, he is almost fanatically revered by others. As the exhibition will show, Pirosmani was an outstanding exponent of early modern art.

Jeff Wall | 28.1. – 21.4.2024

At the beginning of next year, the Fondation Beyeler will devote a comprehensive solo show to Canadian artist Jeff Wall (*1946). It will be the first such exhibition of his work in Switzerland in two decades.

Henri Matisse | 22.9.24 – 26.1.2025

In autumn 2024, the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen/Basel will hold the first Henri Matisse retrospective in Switzerland and the German-speaking world in almost 20 years. Featuring around 80 works from major European and American museums and private collections, the exhibition will highlight the development and diversity of the artist’s groundbreaking oeuvre.

GLOBUS PUBLIC ART PROJECT

FROM SATURDAY, 10 JUNE, MARKTPLATZ BASEL I This summer, Swiss artist Claudia Comte will take-over and transform the facade of Basel’s historical department store Globus with a large-scale installation that offers passers-by a moment of contemplation in their daily routines. Waves, Cacti and Sunsets is the first iteration of the “Globus Public Art Project”.

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Artist Talk with Katharina Grosse

Thursday, 5 October, 7 p.m.–8 p.m. | The artist talks about her work with Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director of the Serpentine, London. Born in 1961 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, Katharina Grosse is an internationally respected artist who has held professorships at the Weissensee Kunsthochschule Berlin (2000-2009) and the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (2010-2018). Grosse lives and works in Berlin and New Zealand.

Family Day

Sunday, 22 October, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. | The “Niko Pirosmani” Family Day is devoted to the people, animals and natural world in the Georgian artist’s paintings. Guided tours for families and an interactive activity booklet offer entertaining approaches to the works and themes of the exhibition. The youngest visitors can take a journey on the story carpet or explore the museum with Fred the Squirrel. There will opportunities to create, explore and play in workshops for all ages.

Beyeler Ball

Saturday, 28 October, 6 p.m.–0 p.m. | On the weekend before Halloween, the Fondation Beyeler invites you to another art-filled Beyeler Ball. A rich and varied programme of art, music and activities awaits guests in and around the museum.

Friday Beyeler

FRIDAYS*, 6–10 P.M. | “Friday Beyeler” is an invitation to start the weekend off with a relaxed Friday evening visit to the museum. Visitors are welcomed to enjoy dinner and drinks at the “Beyeler Restaurant im Park”, and to explore the current exhibitions by joining a variety of tours, workshops and studio sessions. The museum remains open until 9 p.m. and the Restaurant until 10 p.m.

Lecture and Discussion on Art in Georgia around 1900

Wednesday, 1 November, 6.30 p.m.–7.30 p.m. | In her lecture, art historian Prof. Nino Tchogoshvili will be painting a vivid picture of living conditions in Pirosmani’s day and looking at how they may have influenced his works. Afterwards, art historian Irine Jorjadze will be talking with Daniel Baumann, guest curator of the exhibition, about the development and significance of Georgian modernism, the artist Niko Pirosmani and the reception of his works. In collaboration with Elene Chechelashvili and the Georgische Kulturplattform association, Zurich.

Evening restaurant opening

FRIDAYS*, 6–10 P.M. | On Friday evenings, the "Beyeler Restaurant im Park" will be open until 10 p.m. to welcome guests with a special menu. The "sharing dishes" can be combined as a light snack or a full evening meal, to be enjoyed in the relaxed atmosphere of the museum restaurant. Reservations are welcomed from 6 p.m.

Georgian Film Night

Friday, 8 Dezember, 6 p.m.–9 p.m. | A screening of the 1930 documentary “Buba” by Nutsa Gogoberidze (1902–1966), one of Georgia's first female filmmakers, awaits the audience at our Georgian film night. For a long time lost and banished from film history, “Buba” is a pioneering documentary about the remote mountainous region of Racha in north-western Georgia during the Soviet era. After an introductory talk by Daniel Baumann, guest curator of the “Niko Pirosmani” exhibition, the 39-minute silent film will be shown continuously until 9 p.m.

Beyeler Collection Stories

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Fondation Beyeler, selected highlights of the collection are made accessible to be experienced online. Under the title "Beyeler Collection Stories", the digital presentation focuses on the stories surrounding the individual artworks and artists.

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"24 Stops" – Rehberger-Weg

The Rehberger-Weg runs approximately 5 kilometers and joins two countries, two communities, two cultural institutions – and countless stories. It runs between Riehen and Weil am Rhein, between the Fondation Beyeler and the Vitra Campus. Along the “24 Stops,” 24 milestones created by artist Tobias Rehberger (b.1966), you can explore the diverse natural and cultural landscape. The Rehberger-Weg provides the opportunity to get to know the history and stories of the area and its people while getting out into nature.

All offers

The Fondation Beyeler's main goal is to bring art and viewer together. In our guided tours and workshops, we do not only share knowledge about artists, works, and epochs. We create above all a space in which to deepen observations and exchange different views, perceptions, thoughts, and feelings.

Film and Game "Das Dingsda im Museum"

The new museum game invites children and adults to discover the works of art based on questions in a playful way and in exchange with each other. It can be borrowed free of charge from the Art Shop of the Fondation Beyeler for your museum visit and is suitable for every exhibition. Only avaible in German.

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