Labouring Bodies: Feminist Exhibition at Museum Tinguely Explores Women and Machines

Museum Tinguely in Basel presents "Labouring Bodies," a summer group exhibition examining the intersection of female bodies and machines through a feminist lens. Running from June 10 to November 8, 2026, the show brings together multiple generations of artists who interrogate how industry has shaped, controlled, exploited, and sometimes liberated the female and feminized body—from the factory loom to the 21st-century domestic software. The exhibition is staged at the museum known for housing the bricolage sculptures of Basel-born artist Jean Tinguely.