Adam Szymczyk brings an art world mindset to Swiss architecture

Adam Szymczyk is best known as a contemporary art curator who oversaw the 2017 edition of documenta, the first edition of the art show that was split between Kassel, its original setting in Germany, and Athens. In January, he took on a new post as director of the Swiss Architecture Museum in Basel. Swissinfo spoke to him about his leap from art to architecture – and why this switch is no rupture at all. When contemporary art curator Adam Szymczyk applied to lead one of the world's foremost…