The exhibition READ in Basel, Switzerland, presents new works by Swiss artist Raphael Bottazzini. The exhibition, centered on Raphael Bottazzini’s “Expectation Paintings,” explores the interplay between names, identity, and perception. The exhibition also features Bottazzini’s work Garden Palette.

Claude Monet dedicated a large part of his artistic life to the care and design of his garden – a place that he not only painted, but deliberately created as a walk-in, growing work of art. For him, nature was not just a subject, but a medium. The garden became a canvas on which light, color and time were reflected. The flowers bloomed, withered and changed with the seasons – and Monet captured this change in a painterly gesture. Raphael Bottazzini‘s work Garden Palette now builds a bridge from the romanticized past to the globalized present.

Performance: Vincent Düblin.

Raphael Bottazzini: READ / Performance. Basel (Switzerland), June 21, 2025.

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