A prestigious Swiss institution is attempting to navigate the troubled waters of displaying an art collection with questionable origins dating back to World War II and Nazi looted art.
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00:24 We've seen that in the history of the Bühler Collection there's always been moments of controversy that respond to the sign of the times.
00:31 And we live in a different time now and we thought it was important to openly address the problematic issues that have been discussed in the media in the past years but never here in our house.
00:42 But also to signal that we move on. We don't stop with this exhibition. This exhibition doesn't resolve anything.
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00:59 The artworks themselves are not guilty but they are a testimony to this history of horror.
01:07 So we wanted, for two reasons, we wanted to show the collection to address the historical issues but also to be able to make sure that the artworks are still to be seen and don't disappear from view.
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