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Karin Sommerer

Participant in the fourth edition of the Leadership in Culture programme.

Keith Haring, Untitled (velum), 1986. Installatie 2017. Foto: Gert Jan van Rooij. Collectie Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

I call on the cultural sector of the Netherlands: put 80% of your marketing budget into cultural education.

by Karin Sommerer
29 January 201829 March 2022
6 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, VISUAL, Leadership in Culture, PERSONAL, SPECIALS, SPONSORED

In my work, I entice people to come into contact with art. And especially art with a big K. The art that is often marketed as 'difficult' or, in an attempt to get rid of its negative image, as 'vulnerable'. Liberal politicians would perhaps say art that 'doesn't act normal'. It is the kind of...