THIS MANIFESTO IS A WAKE-UP CALL
For art, freedom, and beauty do not disappear on their own – they are abandoned.
Klaus Littmann
This manifesto appears as part of the exhibition COLLECTION MARTIN AND VERONIKA BURCKHARDT – Of Private Treasures and Public Commitment.
The exhibition honours the commitment of the Basel collector couple and highlights the importance of private cultural engagement—today and in the future.
To learn more about the collection and the shift taking place in cultural patronage, watch the Kulturzeit programme on 3sat from 6 May 2026, starting at 24:22.
more about FOR ART – A Temporary Art Intervention by Littmann Kulturprojekte. Basel 2025–2028
