Baloise Art Collection
Switzerland
View of the Baloise headquater with Scuplture "Drittes Tier" by Thomas Schütte
RIVERHOOD exhibition view
Exhibition public space:
Baloise presents its collection in foyers, corridors, meeting rooms and offices, and a concentrated selection in publicly accessible reception rooms at its corporate headquarters. In addition, Baloise opened up the Art Forum Baloise Park to foster young curators, who share their knowledge with the public twice a year.
Art Forum Baloise Park
Aeschengraben 33
4051 Basel
open to the public on weekdays
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Website:
https://www.baloiseart.com
About the collection
Launch year:
1946
Number of artworks:
2.000
Status of collection:
International
Artistic domains and general information about the collection:
Paintings, sculptures, photos, drawings.
Prize(s):
Baloise Art Prize
Since 1999, Baloise promotes the arts with the Baloise Art Prize. It is awarded annually to two young artists.
The two awards, which include a cash prize of CHF 30,000 each, are presented in the Art Statements sector of the Art Basel by a jury made up of renowned art specialists.
In addition, Baloise buys groups of work by the prizewinners with the object of donating them to two leading European museums, currently the MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt and the MUDAM, Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg.
Baloise's commitment for fostering the arts in the form of prize money, purchases of art works, financial support for Art Statements, and museum exhibition for the prizewinners amounts to some CHF 250,000 each year.
Books by the collection
About the company
Baloise
Launch year:
1863
International presence:
1864