🇨🇭 Where to Go for a Two-Day Trip in Basel? To See Matisse, of Cours

📝 Fondation Beyeler | Vol.12 - Founded in 1997 by the legendary Swiss art dealer Ernst Beyeler and his wife, the core collection comes from their private masterpieces of modernism. (To put it bluntly, it's the hobby of the super-rich...) - Key figure: Beyeler was one of the most important art dealers of the 20th century, representing artists like Picasso and Giacometti directly, and collaborating closely with Matisse. 🖼️ The exhibition is called "Invitation au Voyage" (Invitation to Travel). Why this exhibition? — Three motivations: - Academic level: 2024 marks the 70th anniversary of Matisse's death. The exhibition attempts to deconstruct his "art of pleasure" label, revealing the colonial gaze in his creations (such as the Tahitian imagination in the "Oceania" series) and the physical pain (his late-life paper cutouts as a counterpoint to his wheelchair). - Collection strength: The Beyeler Foundation owns the world's most complete collection of Matisse's late paper cutouts. For the first time, they are displayed alongside Bourgeois' "Cells" series, forming a dialogue of "imprisonment vs. freedom." - Architectural metaphor: The glass exhibition hall designed by Renzo Piano deliberately uses natural light to illuminate Matisse's high-saturation works, exploring the "battle between artificial color and real light and shadow." 🌟 - The Fondation Beyeler's official exhibition page notes: "Matisse’s ‘voyage’ is not geographical, but a metaphysical rupture." - The curator mentioned in an interview that placing Bourgeois' spider next to Matisse's cutouts is to reveal their shared "violent tenderness." In addition to these hard-core exhibition insights, the scenery at Beyeler is truly refreshing. After the exhibition, you can sit on a park bench for a while, and it feels like you can really see the colors in Matisse's paintings. 🌟 #Basel