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The Magic of Things Still-Life Painting 1500-1800  |  Art, 09 7 2008 - 01 4 2009 The exhibition at the Kunstmuseum traces the developments of the still life and its variations in the Northern and Southern Netherlands as well as in Germany from its birth in the late 15th century until approximately 1760. Kunstmuseum Basel St. Alban-Graben 16 St. CH-4010 Basel, Switzerland Hours: Tue, Thur and Sun 10 am - 5 pm/ Wed 10 am - 8 pm Closed on Monday Admission (Collection Kunstmuseum and Museum für Gegenwartskunst) Adults 10 CHF / concessions 5 CHF http://www.kunstmuseumbasel.ch

Les Yeux enchantés  |  Drawings, 09 27 2008 - 01 18 2009 Works by an illustrious roster of artists will enable visitors to study the graphic techniques and artistic strategies developed by the Surrealists to lend expression to the dreams and unconscious worlds that populate their pictures. This is the first time that the surrealist holdings in the Kupferstichkabinett have been subjected to extensive research and study. The exhibition will include works by Otto Abt, Hans Arp, Serge Brignoni, Max Ernst, Alberto Giacometti, Meret Oppenheim, Joan Miró, Francis Picabia, Man Ray, Walter Kurt Wiemken and others. Kunstmuseum Basel St. Alban-Graben 16 St. CH-4010 Basel, Switzerland Hours: Tue, Thur and Sun 10 am - 5 pm/ Wed 10 am - 8 pm Closed on Monday Admission (Collection Kunstmuseum and Museum für Gegenwartskunst) Adults 10 CHF / concessions 5 CHF http://www.kunstmuseumbasel.ch

From Canaletto and Turner to Monet  |  Art, 09 28 2008 - 01 25 2009 The Fondation Beyeler is devoting a magnificent exhibition to the delightful city on the lagoon and the myths that have formed around it, comprising 150 oil and watercolor paintings from major museums and private collections around the world. For the first time, renowned Venice pictures by famous artists such as Canaletto, Francesco Guardi, William Turner, James McNeill Whistler, John Singer Sargent, Edouard Manet, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Odilon Redon, and Paul Signac will be on display together. A large part of the paintings Claude Monet executed in Venice in 1908 will form a high point in the exhibition. Image: Claude Monet Saint-Georges majeur au crépuscule, 1908 San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk Oil on canvas, 65.2 x 92.4 cm National Museum of Wales, Cardiff Fondation Beyeler Baselstrasse 101, CH-4125 Riehen / Basel, Switzerland Opening hours: Daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., on Wednesdays 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.  The museum is open on all sundays and holidays. Admission: Adults CHF 21. / concessions  CHF 18   Students up to age 30 CHF 12 / Children aged 11 to 19 CHF 6 With the Upper Rhine Museums Pass CHF 5 http://www.beyeler.com

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