Cartoonmuseum Basel – Zentrum für narrative Kunst
museumMuseum dedicated to narrative drawing and satirical art, presenting caricature, comics and other forms of narrative illustration. It is Switzerland's only museum and competence centre devoted exclusively to narrative/satirical drawing and is housed in a historic Late Gothic building.
Upcoming Events (4)
Sunday tours
Public guided tour accompanying a major retrospective at Cartoonmuseum Basel, spotlighting José Muñoz’s life work. Explore his expressive black-and-white crime stories and painterly sides, with the artist’s archive opening to visitors.
Wednesday Matinee
Join Wednesday Matinee at Cartoonmuseum Basel for a historian-style conversation with curator Anette Gehrig and guest Harm Den Boer about José Muñoz and Carlos Sampayo’s Alack Sinner. The talk places art within exile, crime fiction, and political resistance, offering a fresh look at 1970s comics.
Cartoon Sunday
Join a hands-on drawing workshop at Cartoonmuseum Basel inspired by José Muñoz's stark crime-thriller visuals; learn to portray tension, shadows, and dynamic angles in a condensed, practice-focused session.
Drawing Night
An evening at Cartoonmuseum Basel pairing José Muñoz’s expressive painting with live tango and jazz performed by Basel Jazz School students, creating a dialogue between image and sound in a playful Drink’n Draw collaboration.