Videomobil. Taking art beyond the walls

With the newly initiated project "Videomobil", a van equipped with projection technique is on the road in the Basel region in the month of May. In short evening screenings (approx. 45 min), the Videomobil visits six communities of the Canton of Basel-Landschaft, weather permitting, and presents a selection of video works, mainly from the dotMov.bl - Sammlung Neue Medien Baselland collection, on outdoor squares. With works by Erich Busslinger, Clément Cogitore, Lena Eriksson, Dirk Koy, Reinhard Manz, Pipilotti Rist, Gerda Steiner & Jörg Lenzlinger and Andrea Wolfensberger, among others.

The Kunsthaus-Videomobil will be accompanied by Ines Goldbach and the Kunsthaus team. The number of participants is limited. The current protection and hygiene measures apply, with compulsory sitting and wearing of masks. The project is generously supported by kulturelles.bl, the Jubiläumsstiftung der Schweizerischen Mobiliar Genossenschaft and Novartis.

You will find all dates and locations here.

Building permit granted

At the beginning of November 2020, the Kunsthaus Baselland Foundation and the Kunstverein Baselland applied for a building permit for the new Kunsthaus Baselland in Dreispitz. On April 13, 2021, the Building Inspectorate of the Canton of Basel-Landschaft granted the Kunsthaus Baselland Foundation permission to build the new Kunsthaus in Dreispitz.

Press release from April 22, 2021

Solo Position 2022

Die Abteilung kulturelles.bl und die Fachkommission Kunst des Kantons Basel-Landschaft sowie das Kunsthaus Baselland bieten, im Rahmen eines zweistufigen Wettbewerbs, zum siebten Mal einer bildenden Künstlerin oder einem bildenden Künstler aus der Region Basel die Möglichkeit einer ersten institutionellen Einzelpräsentation im Kunsthaus Baselland anlässlich der ersten Ausstellungen im Frühjahr 2022. Die Ausschreibung läuft bis zum 1. Juni 2021.

Weitere Informationen finden Sie hier.

Das einzigartige Inserat für die Solo Position 2022 wurde dieses Jahr von den beiden Kulturpreisträgerinnen 2004, Claudia und Julia Müller, gestaltet.

Exhibition Trailer: Afterlight. Afterglow

The trailer to the current exhibition "Afterlight. Afterglow. Video Installations and their Pioneers" with first insights and interviews with the artists can be found here.

Who am I?

In cooperation with the master's program Learning Lab Arts and Design led by Prof. Beate Florenz, students of HGK FHNW (Camila Fernanda Lucero Allegri, Jana Selina Marti, Kim Kellermann, Daniel Gregor und Samira Agha Majidi) have developed the mediation project «Wer bin ich?» (Who am I?) inspired by the video work «Boca de Tabla» by Mexican artist Teresa Serrano. The first episode encourages exploratory and participatory interaction in and with the exhibition.

Based on numerous questions from visitors, a second episode has now been realized, taking another work into account.

Further information on participation – digital or on-site – can be found here.

Artists’ Studio Visits

For artists, working alone in the studio for days, weeks, and even months at a time is not only normal but often a prerequisite for producing creative and innovative ideas and artworks. Can we also draw inspiration from this ourselves? In the last few weeks we visited a small selection of artists who have already prepared for exhibitions but are currently unable to present their work to the public. By sharing our studio visits with you, we want to help these artists gain visibility and also keep the buzz about their postponed exhibitions alive.

Many many thanks to all the artists involved Monika Dillier, Bruno Seitz, Julia Steiner, Sarina Scheidegger, Dorian Sari and Simone Steinegger.

With the support of the Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation, new interviews could have been broadcasted from mid-November, allowing more artists to be discovered online. With Brigham Baker, Simone Holliger, Aida Kidane, Monica Klingler and Doris Lasch.

Quarantine-Line. Art inspiration at home with a 10-day subscription

Quarantine, lockdown, precautions. Whatever these days should look like, we want to provide you with personal artistic input every day for a period of 10 days — be it a short text, a short video, a small selection of images.

Try it out and register here!

Kunsthaus Baselland Program 2021

Please find all information about the upcoming exhibitions in our exhibition program 2021.

Cultural calls. Our art hotline

We will call you! Since last spring we have been regularly offering you the opportunity to talk to us every Thursday morning between 10 am–12 pm for around ten minutes about a work of art from our current exhibition, which will be announced on our website the day before. On the phone for you in February is Ines Goldbach, Director Kunsthaus Baselland. This mediation offer has been in place since March 14 and has already attracted a wide audience, even crossing national borders. Please help us to arrange this by making an appointment by 5 pm the day before via email or telephone at 061 312 83 88 (or leave a message on the answering machine).

Next date: April 22, 2021

Tomorrow our director Ines Goldbach will talk to you about the video installation by Sergio Prego.