The Ricola Collection: an exemplary commitment to contemporaray art from Switzerland

Ricola is a Swiss global brand, famous for its herbal candies, based in the town of Laufen, near Basel. Since 1975, the shareholders of the still family-owned business have been building the Ricola Collection systematically with a focus on Swiss art. Open to the public and on display in buildings that celebrated Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron have designed for Ricola since 1983, the collection spans more than half a century and represents the latest trends in contemporary art.

This lavishly illustrated German-language book offers a lively insight into the collection, its history and presence in Ricola's corporate life, and places it within the Swiss art scene. Concise comments on a large selection of individual works round off this volume.

Autorentext
Roman Kurzmeyer lebt und arbeitet in Basel als Kunstwissenschaftler und Kurator. Er ist Leiter «Kunst und kulturelles Engagement» der Ricola Familienholding AG in Laufen.