Swiss Sophistication: Zürich & Basel Featuring Art Basel

June 13 – 21, 2027

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Experience Art Basel, the iconic international art fair. 

Experience the world’s most prestigious art fair: Art Basel. Join art historian and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Christopher Noey on this exclusive art odyssey in Zürich and Basel, featuring special access to Art Basel’s groundbreaking installations. 

Admire centuries of splendid works by artists such as Chagall, Rembrandt, and Van Gogh on a private tour of Kunsthaus Zürich, and discover the Rosengart Collection amid Lucerne’s charming landscapes. Transfer to Weil am Rhein, Germany, for a behind-the-scenes look at the Vitra Design Museum and VitraHaus, with its acclaimed architecture and contemporary furniture collections. Enjoy a day trip to Colmar, France, for a guided tour of the Unterlindern Museum.

Highlights

Lecturer

Christopher Noey

Lecturer

Christopher Noey is an art historian, author, and an Emmy award-winning producer of films on art and culture. He holds both a bachelors and masters degree in art history. At The Metropolitan Museum of Art, he created video installations for a diverse array of exhibitions including Jerusalem 1000-1400: Every People Under Heaven, and he was series director of the innovative online features 82nd & Fifth and The Artist Project, in which he interviewed 120 contemporary artists on how they are inspired by The Met and its collections. An expert in Asian and Islamic art, Mr. Noey has taught at Williams College and at the City College of New York. In the Connections episode “Tennessee,” he talks about his childhood state and the unusual places it pops up in The Met.

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