Fondation Beyeler

Duane Hanson

The Fondation Beyeler in 2023 celebrated its 25th anniversary with the most comprehensive exhibition of works from its collection to date. Taking up almost the entire exhibition space of the museum, it featured approximately 100 works by 31 artists – from classics of modern art to recent acquisitions of contemporary art. Major works by Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Alberto Giacometti, Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol, Louise Bourgeois and others are set in relation to contemporary positions by Marlene Dumas, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Tacita Dean, Rachel Whiteread and more. Amounting to an “exhibition within the exhibition”, 13 sculptures by distinguished American artist Duane Hanson (1925–1996) are also on display, forming a condensed retrospective of his work. They engage in direct dialogue with works from the collection and with the museum’s architecture, while also drawing our attention to the Fondation Beyeler’s visitors and staff.