Basel will host Botero's monumental sculptures

An open-air exhibition of monumental sculptures by Colombian artist Fernando Botero will take place next year in Basel. The event featuring giant sculptures by the Colombian sculptor, who died last year, will be freely accessible and open to the public, announced the exhibition organisers on Wednesday. The works will be on display on Münsterplatz from May 12 to July 21, 2025 - including during the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC). +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Pasqualine Gallacchi, a former member of the Basel city council who is a friend of the Botero family, is the initiator of the exhibition. The Fernando Botero Foundation is financing the event. "These sculptures quickly went all over the world and it is an honour for us to bring them to Basel next year," Fernado Botero Zea, son of the artist, is quoted in the press release. Interruption due to Art Basel There were no objections but the Botero exhibition will be interrupted from June 10 to June 25.