Kunstmuseum Basel Gifted Major Group of Works by Joseph Beuys 

The Kunstmuseum Basel in Switzerland has received a gift of works by Joseph Beuys—11 glass cases containing small sculptures and relics of the artist’s oeuvre. The collection was previously on loan from collector and Maja Oeri and her sons, Hans Emanuel and Melchior, and went on permanent display Wednesday, the 100th anniversary of Beuys’s birth.
By the end of the 1960s, the prolific German artist had adopted display cases as a key part of his practice. With glass glazed to res