Art Censorship

The Degenerate Art Exhibition: When Art Became the Enemy

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The Degenerate Art Exhibition: Nazi Germany's War on Modernism

Munich, July 1937. The air thrummed not with the excitement of artistic discovery, but with a chilling, orchestrated fury. Beneath the soaring, neoclassical arches of the Hofgarten arcades, a spectacle designed to shock and disgust was unfolding. This was not an exhibition of beauty or innovation; it was a carefully curated assault on the senses, … Read more

Entartete Kunst: When the Nazis Declared War on Modern Art

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Entartete Kunst: When Nazis Declared War on Modern Art

In the annals of history, few regimes have wielded art as a weapon of ideological control with such brutal efficiency as Nazi Germany. From 1937 onwards, the term ‘Entartete Kunst’, or ‘Degenerate Art’, became a chilling label affixed to a vast spectrum of artistic expression that dared to deviate from the Nazi Party’s narrow and … Read more