Swiss cultural region

Basel & Tri-National Region

Basel thinks internationally: Art Basel, pharma, the Rhine promenade. Guests expect intellectual entertainment with polish — not loud, but pointed.

Why Agnes Avagyan is ideal for events in Basel

Agnes travels regularly to north-west Switzerland and knows logistics around the fair and congress centres.

Holbein's portrait precision meets her warm live presence — ideal for VIP receptions and product presentations.

Multilingual (DE/EN/RU/AM), she makes international guests at the Rhine feel at ease.

Fair reception and corporate dinner
Wedding in Basel or the tri-national region
Foundation and cultural evening

Non-binding inquiry (live-karikaturen.ch)

Three masters of the region – context for your event

Celebrating in Basel & Tri-National Region connects you to a long line of visual craftsmanship. These three artists help explain the light, colour, and quality expectations at an occasion – and why live-painted portraits again count as gifts with lasting value.

Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901)

Arnold Böcklin · Böcklin - Bildnis Angela Böcklin als Muse, 1863, 1451 · 2022-03-02 04:31:28 · http://sammlungonline.kunstmuseumbasel.ch/eMu — Public domain Wikimedia

Arnold Böcklin · Die ToteninselIsle of the Dead · May · 1. Unknown sourceUnknown source2. Bridgeman Art Library: Object 838233. Kunstmus — Public domain Wikimedia

Arnold Böcklin · Bildnis Clara Bruckmann-Böcklin · http://sammlungonline.kunstmuseumbasel.ch/eMuseumPlus?service=direct/1/ResultDet — Public domain Wikimedia

Böcklin's mysterious color spaces shaped Basel. For events with cultural ambition, he reminds us that mood is made by hand — Agnes's live watercolor starts exactly there.

Arnold Böcklin dossier

Hans Holbein der Jüngere (ca. 1497–1543)

Hans Holbein der Jüngere · Spanish: Los Embajadores The Ambassadors · 1533 · Google Arts & Culture — bQEWbLB26MG1LA — Public domain Wikimedia

Hans Holbein der Jüngere · Der Kaufmann Georg Gisze The Merchant Georg Gisze · 1532 · Google Arts & Culture — VwFTBKeaJVASog — Public domain Wikimedia

Hans Holbein der Jüngere · Edward VI as a Child · probably 1538 · fgGYFrGD2c5Etg at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level — Public domain Wikimedia

Holbein's Basel portraits set the standard of the European Renaissance. Agnes's quick live portraits honour that tradition without museum copying — fresh for your occasion.

Hans Holbein dossier

Meret Oppenheim (1913–1985)

Meret Oppenheim · Basel - Meret-Oppenheim-Hochhaus1 · 2019-06-04 · Own work — FAL Wikimedia

Meret Oppenheim · Steinen - Oppenheim-Haus · 2022-03-09 · Own work — CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikimedia

Meret Oppenheim · Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse · 2013-09-19 12:52:49 · Own work — CC BY-SA 3.0 Wikimedia

Oppenheim broke rules with elegance. Basel events seeking originality benefit from Agnes's unconventionally warm fine-art approach instead of a standard photo booth.

Meret Oppenheim dossier

Artwork images mostly via Wikimedia Commons (public domain or free licences). Source links on each image.