The exhibition Shirley Jaffe: Form as Experiment at Kunstmuseum Basel is the first retrospective of the American abstract painter in Switzerland. Shirley Jaffe (1923-2016) was born in the United States and settled in Paris in the 1950s. The exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Basel presents 113 works, from Shirley Jaffe’s early abstract expressionist works to the geometric paintings that are characteristic of her late oeuvre.

The exhibition Shirley Jaffe: Form as Experiment is organized by the Kunstmuseum Basel in collaboration with the Centre Pompidou, Paris, and the Musée Matisse, Nice. The show runs until July 30, 2023.

Shirley Jaffe: Form as Experiment / Retrospective at Kunstmuseum Basel | Neubau. Press preview, March 23, 2023.