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Around 1970 the exhibition program of the Kunsthalle Basel partly aimed at opening up the structures of the art institution. Peter F. Althaus, curator at that time, programmatically formulated: “There’s this space here, come and do something in it.” With this he gave up the authoritarian position of the curator in favor of a close dialogue with the artists and other local groups to discuss the role of art as well as the role of the art institution. The publication examines how the Kunsthalle Basel was situated in this context, focusing on two exhibition projects of the years 1969 and 1970. with contributions by Peter F. Althaus, Regula Maritz, Pierre Raetz, Sören Schmeling, Silke Wagner und Florian Waldvogel, Adam Szymczyk and Isabel Zürche
