Discovering Recent Acquisitions at Kunsthaus Baselland
Art acquisitions play a vital role in sustaining creative practices, providing artists with essential resources to develop new work, secure studio space, and gain meaningful recognition. At the Kunsthaus Baselland, a special exhibition highlights recent studio purchases made by the Canton Basel-Landschaft in collaboration with kulturelles.bl, alongside selected acquisitions for the moving image collection dotMov.bl.
Exploring Local Artistic Practices and Moving Image Collections
The presentation brings together complete 2017 studio purchases from regional artists Sabine Hertig and Krassimira Drenska, accompanied by additional pieces. Visitors exploring the Kabinett galleries can also experience key moving image works from the web-based dotMov.bl collection, including Dirk Koy's Zürich 2.0 and Dominique Koch's spatial installation Perpetual Operator, created in cooperation with the artists.
Additional acquisitions by creators such as Esther Hunziker, Stefan Karrer, Jannik Giger, and Esther Ernst expand the breadth of the showcase. Furthermore, pieces like Gerda Steiner & Jörg Lenzlinger’s Cockaigne (Schlaraffenland) are integrated into the broader visitor experience alongside concurrent presentations such as the Sehnsuchtsorte / Places of longing group exhibition.
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