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title: "Blank spots in history"
date: 2017-01-13
last_modified: 2025-02-03T12:53:15+01:00
generated_at: 2026-04-08T04:05:25Z
url: "https://www.schirn.de/en/schirnmag/interview-curator-philipp-kaiser-pavillon-switzerland-venice-biennale-hubbard-birchler-bove-interviews-en/"
description: "Philipp Kaiser is curating the Swiss Pavilion at the Venice Biennale this year. Curator Esther Schlicht spoke to him about the influence of the artist Alberto Giacometti on our present day."
image: "https://www.schirn.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Header__2Interview_Interview_Kurator_Philipp_Kaiser_SuissePavillon_Venedig_Biennale_Giacometti.jpg"
language: "en-US"
---

# Blank spots in history