Georg Baselitz: Works on Paper / Kunstmuseum Basel

On the occasion of his 80th birthday, the Kunstmuseum Basel honors the German painter Georg Baselitz with an exhibition that showcases a representative survey of his drawings and colored graphic art from the museum’s Kupferstichkabinett (Department of Prints and Drawings). The longstanding friendship between Baselitz and the Kunstmuseum Basel goes back to 1970, when Dieter Koepplin, then the director of the Kupferstichkabinett, boosted the 32-year-old artist’s career by organizing a first exhibition of his drawings. The Kupferstichkabinett now has a sizable ensemble of 152 of Baselitz’s finest drawings and watercolors. The exhibition presents a selection of ca. 88 works from the museum’s holdings as well as 15 more recent pieces on loan from the artist. The exhibition at Kunstmuseum Basel | Neubau runs until April 29, 2018.

Georg Baselitz: Works on Paper / Kunstmuseum Basel. Introduction by Anita Haldemann, curator of the exhibition and Head of the Kupferstichkabinett (Department of Prints and Drawings) at Kunstmuseum Basel. Basel (Switzerland), January 31, 2018.