Ann Demeester likes to take things head on. The new director of the Zurich Kunsthaus had only been in office for six months when she ventured into Zurich’s conservative heart. As a guest of honor, she took part in the Sechseläuten parade, the famous spring festival that is still primarily a men’s festival and secondarily a rendezvous for the city’s middle-class elite. How was it for the 48-year-old woman from Belgium, who shook up the Dutch art world with progressive positions before moving to Switzerland? Ann Demeester has to look for the right expression, no, not like in the Middle Ages, but “deep traditions, wow!”
Kunsthaus Zürich: How the new director wants to deal with the crisis – culture
