An interview with Sam Keller, the director of the Fondation Beyeler

29/11/2018

Keller has a sharp mind, lots of charm, a showman’s talent and abundant charisma. During our conversation, which lasts about an hour, he smokes five cigarettes and the smile never vanishes from his face. We talk about what the museum as an institution can learn from nature and the laws that govern it, about the role of museums in the 21st century, and about why it was so important at precisely this moment for the Fondation Beyeler to organise an exhibition of work by controversial Polish-French artist Balthus (1908–2001). Read more...