For the first time in the Fondation Beyeler’s more than 25-year history, the entire museum and its surrounding park will be transformed into the site of an experimental presentation of contemporary art. With contributions by Pierre Huyghe, Tino Sehgal, and Adrián Villar Rojas, among others, The Summer Show is conceived as a “living organism” that changes and transforms throughout its duration.

Connections and interrelationships between individual works are developed in close dialogue with the artists. This exchange also extends to works from the in-house collection, which are an integral part of the project. While a number of the paintings, sculptures, films, installations, and performances were created site-specifically, others are adapted versions of existing works.

The exhibition is organized by Fondation Beyeler in partnership with LUMA Foundation.

Concept by Sam Keller, Mouna Mekouar, Isabela Mora, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Precious Okoyomon, Philippe Parreno and Tino Sehgal in close collaboration with the participants.

Project team Fondation Beyeler: Angelika Bühler, Dorothee Dines, Ulrike Erbslöh, Markus Gross, Iris Hasler, Matthias Kohler, Michiko Kono, Ben Ludwig, Regula Moser, Christoph Thüer, David Vogt and Steffen Zarutzki.

Adrián Villar Rojas
The End of Imagination VI, 2024
Live simulations of active digital ecologies, and layered composites of organic, inorganic, human and machine-made matter
© Adrian Villár Rojas
Photo: Mark Niedermann

Pierre Huyghe
Idiom, 2024
Realtime voice generated by Artificial Intelligence, golden LED screen masks
© 2024, ProLitteris, Zurich
Photo: Stefan Bohrer