Botero’s monumental sculptures will be in Basel next year
Published: Wednesday, Dec 11th 2024, 14:30
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The open-air exhibition of monumental sculptures by Fernando Botero in Basel will take place next year. His works will be on display on Münsterplatz from May 12 to July 21, 2025 - including during the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC).
The event featuring the lavish sculptures by the Colombian sculptor, who died last year, will be free and open to the public, as the exhibition organizers' media office announced on Wednesday.
Pasqualine Gallacchi, a pharmacist and former member of the Basel city council who is a friend of the Botero family, is the initiator of this exhibition. The Fernando Botero Foundation is financing the event. "These sculptures quickly went all over the world and it is an honor for us to bring them to Basel next year," Fernado Botero Zea, son of the famous artist, is quoted as saying in the press release.
Interruption due to Art Basel
There were no objections to the exhibition and it was approved by the Allmendverwaltung, as the Department of Construction and Transport informed the Keystone-SDA news agency on request. However, the Botero exhibition will be interrupted from June 10 to 25. This is when Art Basel has a reservation for Münsterplatz, as a spokeswoman for the art fair confirmed to Keystone-SDA.
Last year, the Art Parcours was still held on Münsterplatz, but this year it will take place on Clarastrasse. Art Basel will provide more detailed information about the plans for 2025 at a later date.
In January 2023, the organizers had already submitted an application for a Botero exhibition for June of the same year, according to the cantonal newspaper at the time. However, the event did not materialize at the time.
Fernando Botero, born in Medellín in 1932, was celebrated as one of the most important and influential artists in Latin America. He was known for the voluminous people and animals in his work. This year, eight of his bronze sculptures - some weighing several tons - were exhibited in Rome.
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