Culture for All: Expanding access to culture in Zürich
Launched in 2024, Zürich’s Transformation Grants for Cultural Participation support cultural institutions in removing barriers to access and embedding diversity in their structures. Funded jointly by the City and.
Preserving film culture in Zürich through The Cinematic Campus
Launched in 2023 by Filmpodium and the University of Zürich, The Cinematic Campus brings film studies students and the wider public back into the cinema. Through live lectures followed.
Artist Feedback: Zürich’s Try-Out festival where artists can get feedback on work in progress
Launched in 2023 by Theater am Hechtplatz, Hecht Jetzt is Zürich’s annual try-out festival for emerging Swiss theatre artists. Held over 3–4 days each summer, it gives artists one.
Saving the arts: Zürich supports the cultural sector during the pandemic
The City of Zurich created a temporary Covid Working Grant to help creatives through a difficult period and retain their talent in the sector.
TRENDS
Diversity Across Cultural Institutions
The MeToo and Black Lives Matters movements have created an urgency for diversity across cultural institutions, with support for a more representative range of artists.
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INFRASTRUCTURE
The Kunsthaus museum expansion was completed in 2020, with the creation of a fourth building by architects David Chipperfield, making it the largest museum in Switzerland.
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A stage for all: Zürich introduces transparent funding model with Kultur labour
To diversify performing arts offerings, a new funding format has created a collaborative process between artists and experts from science, society and research settings.
Why new funding models are strengthening the performing arts of Zürich
The City plans to radically overhaul its funding with a new grants system from 2024, as well as creating some targeted networks and funding pots to fill gaps in.
Zürich
Zurich boasts established cultural institutions, including renowned museums like Kunsthaus Zürich, chamber and symphony orchestras such as Tonhalle Zürich, and significant theatres like Schauspielhaus Zürich, Theater Neumarkt, and Gessnerallee