Wild at Art Exhibition 2026

Wild at Art: Rivers of Life is a group art exhibition of international and Swiss artists.

from 12th to 20th June during Art Basel 2026

at Atelier Mondial, Freilager-Platz 9, 4142 Münchenstein

Tram 11, Freilagerplatz

next to the Academy of the Arts, above the HEK, behind Kunsthaus Baselland

Curators' Text

Exhibition Text

Artwork List

The Wild at Art is a group art exhibition of local and international artists, embracing the energies and dynamisms of the city, during Art Basel 2026.

We gather together at Atelier Mondial on the Campus of the Arts in Basel to present works from renowned multidisciplinary artists of Argentinian, British, French, German, Indian, Iranian, Italian, Serbian, South African, Swiss decent, showing our varied contexts, lifes' journeys, settings and struggles.

Rivers of Life is a collective consciousness of interwoven visualisations through divergent heterogenities, in contradicting cultures of contempt and 'cancel culture', where many are denied basic access, communication and expression. In this special year, people gathered around important cultural waters of Basel, Venice and Kochi, exchanging their ideas and visions of the world. We would like to extend this conversation, inspired by flows, glacial melts, confluences of water and seas, as we meander through our lives. 2024 and 2025 were years of intense warring and 2026 continues with tremendous terror and obliterations in the Middle East, in a savage hunger for depleting fossil fuels. How and where does it matter, whether we are from the Global South or Global North ? Can we reduce societal tensions and be peaceful, whilst there are further destabilising structures of social and economic importance ? Can there be constructive dialogue, preserving empathy and understanding ? Wild at Art shows life flows, milestones and achievements, alongside changing geographies, opportunities and uncertainties. Willingly and unwillingly, many face migratory re-settlements, re-integrations and changing patterns in their daily lives, with greater impacts at existential levels. The contemporary consequences of colonial legacies reveal mechanisms of stereotyping, exclusion and the forces of patriarchy, over matriarchy prevail; re-shaping and further skewing our everyday social realities. Each piece stands as a testimony to the ongoing struggles over identity, belonging and place within the global order.

The exhibition was inspired by an exercise from the 'On Being' organisation, in a Peace Circle session run by Creators of Peace, to explore notions of peace and conflict. Despite the continued complexities, ambiguities of technological advancements, how do we contend with our human experiences through trans-national identities, social divisions, dehumanisations, systemic violence, in an era of increasing polarisations ? Can we still think about, honour and strengthen objectives to encourage efforts and commitments, to re-grow solidarities between one another across national and international borders in such times of conflict ?

By recognising the importance of sustainability and organic interactions, this exhibition initiates an art collective, effective both locally and internationally, creating space for growth and healthy integration within our communities, through workshops and further cultural interventions, as we live and struggle through our Zeitgeist, to reflect meaningful artistic expressions with HOPE.

Artists

Ana Vujic
Barbara Peyer
Brendhan Dickerson
Daniela Beck
Dunia Idoya Eglin
Emmanuel Henninger
Eva Borner
Ingeborg TUTU Eglin
Joanna Layla
Judith Nussbaumer
Juliette Lepage Boisdron
Maruee Pahuja
Nadine Bitterli
Karin Bussmann
Kathryn Vogt Häfelfinger
Koshika Yadava
Parvez
Petra Keinhorst
Rama Kalidindi
Roya Noorinezhad
Saba Niknam
Sibylle Laubscher
Sivasankaran Thambi
Sofia Rossi Bunge
Tarlan Lotfizadeh

Events

Friday 12th June, 11:00-18:00, 18:00 - Opening
Saturday 13th June, 11:00-18:00
Sunday 14th June, 11:00-18:00
Monday 15th June, 11:00-18:00
Tuesday 16th June, 11:00-18:00
Wednesday 17th June, 11:00-18:00, 18:00 - ART BASEL at Campus, Performances 'As the river meanders', Rama Kalidindi, Koshika Yadav **
Thursday 18th June, 11:00-18:00, 18:00-19:30 'Waters' Expressive Arts Workshop, Maruee and Rama
Friday 19th June, 11:00-18:00
Saturday 20th June, 11:00-15:00, 12:00 Finissage

** The timeline for Art@Dreispitz which will move around campus on Wednesday the 17th

Civic: 4-5pm (food performance)
AtMo: 5-8pm (Open Studios)
Tank: 6-9pm (Exhibition)
KHBL: 7-8pm (Exhibition)
HeK: 8-10pm; 10am-6pm normal opening, party from 10pm

Communications mainly on Social Media. All events are public.

Donation

There are many fabulous art works for sale. Ten percent of the proceeds will be donated to culture projects to run at QTP Lola, promoting intercultural relations and social integration with locals and people on the move.

Hash Tags

#RiversOfLife #journey #path #diversity #unity #spirituality #struggle #adversity #decolonise #deconstruct #divided #humanrights #identity #international #laws #nationalism #prejudice #rights #warwealthidentity #war #wealth #universal #unite #united #ego #individual #group #storytelling #sharing #sharingiscaring #community #togetherness

Interesting References

Essere (Rivers of Life)
From the flow of water to the flow of money – A critical cartography of the pharmaceutical industry (currently available in German only)
Bearing witness to a missing testimony
Krishnamurti Foundation
Draw for change!
Sri Veda
CAS Art & Peace – CAS is a collaboration between the HGK in Basel, swisspeace and the Atelier Mondial.
Kochi Biennale
Venice Biennale
Creators of Peace
Initiatives of Change

Publicity

Agenda Basel
Art Agenda
Atelier Mondial
Guidle
My Art Guides
My Basel
PROZ