Kurt Meier – A Retrospective from 1990


Thursday, 5 October 2023 – Sunday, 8 October 2023

From 16 July to 31 July 1990, large billboards measuring almost 3 × 4 m, with artworks by the Basel artist Kurt Meier, were on display at 13 different locations in and around Basel on the theme: The Rights of Man and Nature. This extraordinary art exhibition became a media event in Basel. Small posters of 70 × 100 cm, informing about the location of the works and the duration of the exhibition, were placed in separate locations. Companies and many people interested in art contributed to the financing of the project. Since the pictures were destroyed after the end of the display, the project is documented photographically in a catalogue.

Basel-Stadt ein Ausstellungsraum was an open-air exhibition in Basel (Switzerland) by Kurt Meier in 1990. It was the first art action that made it clear to give a place to works of art outside the established institutions, and at the same time to oppose the current advertising.

Prints and projections of the 1990 billboards will be shown and a new 2 x 6 m image will be presented to the public.

ExhibitionThursday, 5 October 2023 – Sunday, 8 October 2023
Vernissage, birthday partyThursday 5 October 2023: 17:00h – 20:00h
The curtain fallsThursday 5 October 2023: 17:30h
Opening HoursThursday – Saturday: 17:00h – 20:00h
Sunday : 14h – 18h
PlaceClarahofweg 12 Hinterhaus, 4058 Basel

The impressive biography of Kurt Meier can be found here


Impressions exhibition