Special envoy to Basel
Twenty-five years already.
In a short life, the Fondation Beyeler, created with determination by gallery owner Ernst Beyeler (1921-2010) in his small town of Riehen, at the gates of hyperactive Basel, has become the model of the ideal museum.
Where art blooms like a rare flower.
Where the light passes from the
Water Lilies
from Monet to the impeccable garden where contemporary art exhibits its sculptures, between green grass and mauve rhododendrons.
Where a space lined with designer sofas overlooks the surrounding countryside, the hill of Germany opposite.
Despite the death of its founder in 2010, the museum designed, with him and after a few tussles, by the Italian architect Renzo Piano has become the very example of harmony in art.
In the same highly prized category as the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, on the banks of the Oresund, Denmark.
Until the end, this formidable businessman walked, alone and in silence, the pale salons of his foundation in the light...
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