The Kunsthaus bailout with Helene Obrist, Tages Anzeiger
Zurich spent nearly two decades planning a bigger, more ambitious Kunsthaus. A new building by celebrated architect David Chipperfield, more space for art, and the promise of putting Zurich on the international art map.
But just a few years after the extension opened in 2021, the museum was running a deficit. And now it's asking the city for another seven million francs in public funding, not just once, but every year.
Host Katarina Hagstedt speaks with journalist Helene Obrist, journalist at Tages-Anzeiger, about how the Kunsthaus ended up in financial trouble, the controversy surrounding…
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