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The Swiss Institute for Art Research (SIK-ISEA), founded in 1951, is a competence centre for art scholarship and art technology. Its primary activities are research, documentation, dissemination of knowledge and services in the field of fine art.

SIK-ISEA employs staff at its sites in Zurich, Lausanne and Lugano.

The Swiss Institute for Art Research (SIK-ISEA) is the centre of competence for art in Switzerland.

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Portrait on film

Roger Fayet portrays the Institute and talks about the particular demands on SIK-ISEA’s skilled employees.