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… Siri Peyer, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts A public art collection buys performance art – a field test Since 1931 Lucerne collects art from the region of Central Switzerland. Each year, the committee for Fine Arts, consisting of representatives of the city and external experts, disposes a sum of 80’000 Swiss Francs in … medias that are not easy to include in the collection, such as performances and other ephemeral practices. One of the challenges is the lack of knowledge in handling ephemeral art und the fear of political debates that call for justification when buying something that is not a clearly defined object. 2015, the committee bought within the scope of a pilot experiment three works from local performance artist. As this was the first time the committee had to develop modes of handling these …