Exhibition at Kunstmuseum Basel illuminates a seminal chapter in the history of art

Developed by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in the early years of the twentieth century, Cubism revolutionized visual art. The exhibition The Cubist Cosmos. From Picasso to Léger at the Kunstmuseum Basel now unfurls an expansive panorama of the era and invites visitors to rediscover some of its greatest masterpieces. Produced in cooperation with the Centre Pompidou, Paris, the chronologically organized show brings together numerous eminent Cubist works from both collections to create a setting in which the famous paintings gifted to the Kunstmuseum by Raoul La Roche shine like never before. Rounded out by treasures on loan from international collections, the presentation in Basel showcases ca. 130 works for a comprehensive survey of this seminal chapter in the history of modernism. With its enormous innovative energy, Cubism influenced the course of twentieth-century art history in ways that are hard to overstate and is an