It has been four decades since Irène Zurkinden’s work was last presented in an institutional setting in
Basel—most notably at the Kunstmuseum Basel and Schloss Ebenrain in the 1980s. This exhibition
aims to reintroduce her to a new generation of viewers and shed fresh light on her remarkable
artistic legacy: Spanning five decades of artistic production—from her early days in 1930s in Paris to
the late works of the 1980s—the exhibition highlights Zurkinden’s bold experimentation, her fluid
visual language, and the depth of her engagement with subjects ranging from the intimate to the
political. While celebrated for her portraits and cityscapes the exhibition, above all, reveals lesserknown
drawings, paintings, and sketchbooks, some displayed for the very first time.https://www.kbhg.ch/en
