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The exhibition is benefited by an in-kind support from the Ditigal Humanites Lab of the University of Basel. Cécile Hummel’s project benefited by an in-kind support from Bron Elektronik AG. Esther Hunziker’s project was supported by the Fachausschuss Film und Medienkunst BS/BL. Raoul Müller’s project was supported by the Cultural Foundation of the Canton of Thurgau.</p><p>The photo archive is additionally supported by Prof. Otto Beisheim-Stiftung, Sophie und Karl Binding Stiftung, Swiss Federal Office of Culture FOC, and UBS Culture Foundation.</p><p>The digital archive of Kunsthalle Basel is part of the research database SALSAH of the Digital Humanities Lab of University of Basel and accessible via <a href=\"https://app.dasch.swiss/project/ExIK4BHPTaejCzk3saF0UQ\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.</p>"},"settings":[],"id":"5c64a6f6-1de0-4fe8-a859-977725092f0d","anchor":"","anchorlabel":""}],"currentExhibitions":[{"title":"Wild Wild Wall","id":"exhibitions/coumba-samba","uri":"exhibitions/coumba-samba","hide_title":false,"hide_artists":false,"teasermode":false,"cover":{"url":"https://kunsthallebasel.ch/media/pages/exhibitions/coumba-samba/d40a73fe77-1758199297/coumba-samba_kunsthallebasel_2025_06_low-1200x850-crop-q90.webp","type":"image","alt":"Kunsthalle Basel","caption":null},"artists":[{"uri":"artists/coumba-samba","title":"Coumba Samba","firstname":"Coumba","surname":"Samba"}],"startdate":1758232800,"enddate":1787436000,"color":"#f67de4"},{"title":"All Great Powers Collapse from the Centre","id":"exhibitions/dominique-white","uri":"exhibitions/dominique-white","hide_title":false,"hide_artists":false,"teasermode":false,"cover":{"url":"https://kunsthallebasel.ch/media/pages/exhibitions/dominique-white/9865f88c0b-1770977098/dominique-white_kunsthallebasel_2026_01-1200x850-crop-q90.webp","type":"image","alt":"Kunsthalle Basel","caption":"Dominique White, <em>All Great Powers Collapse from the Centre</em>, exhibition view, Kunsthalle Basel, 2026,&nbsp;photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel"},"artists":[{"uri":"artists/dominique-white","title":"Dominique White","firstname":"Dominique","surname":"White"}],"startdate":1770937200,"enddate":1778968800,"color":"#000000"}],"events":[{"title":"Curatorial Tour – Dominique White","id":"events/curatorial-tour-dominique-white","uri":"events/curatorial-tour-dominique-white","startdate":1778968800,"starttime":"15:00:00","endtime":"16:00:00","category":{"title":"Tour","uri":"events/tour"},"color":"#078e49","cover":null},{"title":"Rosennacht","id":"events/rosennacht-2026","uri":"events/rosennacht-2026","startdate":1779400800,"starttime":"16:00:00","endtime":"20:00:00","category":{"title":"Workshop","uri":"events/workshop"},"color":"#fc3c2a","cover":null},{"title":"Mal•Mal Zeichnen am Modell – Janiva Ellis","id":"events/mal-mal-janiva-ellis","uri":"events/mal-mal-janiva-ellis","startdate":1779832800,"starttime":"18:00:00","endtime":"20:00:00","category":{"title":"Workshop","uri":"events/workshop"},"color":"#fc3c2a","cover":null},{"title":"Theaterplatz-Quartier Wanderung","id":"events/theaterplatz-quartier-wanderung-jun-2026","uri":"events/theaterplatz-quartier-wanderung-jun-2026","startdate":1780437600,"starttime":"10:30:00","endtime":"11:45:00","category":{"title":"Tour","uri":"events/tour"},"color":"#f67de4","cover":{"url":"https://kunsthallebasel.ch/media/pages/events/theaterplatz-quartier-wanderung-jun-2026/3c58880063-1767879946/theaterplatz-quartier_logo-682x973-crop-q90.webp","width":1654,"height":1654,"alt":"Kunsthalle Basel","caption":null}}],"color":"#000000"}