Where work once took place, there is now a vibrant meeting point for art enthusiasts, urban dwellers, and curious newcomers alike. The café-bar is an integral part of FOR ART’s overall atmospheric concept—an open place of encounter between exhibition and everyday life, between past and present.
From 10 a.m. (Tue–Sun): coffee and croissants, simple dishes at midday, sweets in the afternoon, and apéro in the evening. A quiet retreat with a side courtyard under the open sky to breathe, relax, and linger—a hidden refuge in the heart of the city.
FOR ART sees itself as a platform for art, collaborations, and spontaneous interventions. The café-bar is more than just hospitality: it is a social space, a meeting place, and part of the temporary art intervention that makes the labyrinthine ensemble “Zur hohen Sonne” and “Rotberger Hof” newly accessible.
The café-bar was designed by Klaus Littmann and Franz Burkhardt, who is already represented in the FOR ART exhibition spaces with his bus station BANCA.
Your host is Atilla Arslan and his team.
FOR ART Café-Bar, Rittergasse 21, 4051 Basel
Tue and Wed, 10 am – 7 pm
Thu to Sat, 10 am – 8 pm
Sun, 10 am – 6 pm
During Art Basel
14–21 June 2026, daily, 10 am – 10 pm
Summer break:19 July – 3 August 2026
more about FOR ART – A Temporary Art Intervention by Littmann Kulturprojekte. Basel 2025–2028
