Zurich mayor on Bührle art collection: ‘We should have reacted earlier’

Zurich's mayor, Corine Mauch, has criticised the lack of critical view of the Bührle art collection. "We should have reacted earlier," she said in an interview with CH Media. Check out our selection of newsletters. Subscribe here. By "we" she meant the city, the canton, the art society, herself, "all of us", she said in the interview published on Monday. The city should have critically assessed the loan agreement, which has since been replaced, at an earlier stage, Mauch said. + Zurich art museum to remove suspected Nazi-looted works An investigation led by historian Raphael Gross concluded that the Bührle Foundation's previous provenance research was inadequate. Many of the works were owned by Jews during the Second World War. + Historian urges further scrutiny of Zurich art collection’s provenance The investigation was commissioned by the City and Canton of Zurich and the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft, the sponsor of the Kunsthaus Zürich, where numerous works from the collection are ...