Basel is a city of individualists, for individualists. Its center is full of small shops rather than large department stores. Its statues are not cold and heroic but lively, humorous, sometimes a bit rude. Its museums let the visitor participate, not just look. Basel has about 30 musuems and collections and 100 galleries but its culture is not confined within walls.
Art is a living thing here, and the people have never been afraid of the avant-garde.
The city voters ok'd a seven-digit credit to buy two paintings by Picasso for the Museum of Fine Arts in 1967. When Picasso heard of this, he donated four more paintings to the city. All rights reserved.