Museums are not normally presenting the works on the walls as provocations to work. It's more like going to a Jacuzzi. — Hans Haacke Copy Share Image
Artists and art institutions have to learn how to play hardball. A democratic society needs a democratic art and we have a… — Hans Haacke Copy Share Image
A standard line, promoted by people like Clement Greenberg, is that politics contaminates art, and Manet is often cited as an example… — Hans Haacke Copy Share Image
The artist's business requires an involvement in practically everything... The total scope of information he receives day after day is of concern. — Hans Haacke Copy Share Image
It would be bypassing the issue to say that the artist's business is to work with this and that material or manipulate… — Hans Haacke Copy Share Image
Art in the art world, and culture in general, are branches of the media, which produces our political and social thinking climate. — Hans Haacke Copy Share Image
When works of art are presented like rare butterflies on the walls, they're decontextualized. We admire their beauty, and I have nothing… — Hans Haacke Copy Share Image
An artist is not an isolated system. In order to survive he has to interact continuously with the world around him... Theoretically… — Hans Haacke Copy Share Image
If you look at the size of the art world in terms of the money that is being transacted compared to other… — Hans Haacke Copy Share Image
There was an exhibition in Munich in 1937, 'Degenerate Art,' which included work by Klee, Kandinsky, Beckmann and many others. The work… — Hans Haacke Copy Share Image
What I'm very upset about is the attempt to dictate to museums what they show, and the statements made by politicians in… — Hans Haacke Copy Share Image
Museums are managers of consciousness. They give us an interpretation of history, of how to view the world and locate ourselves in… — Hans Haacke Copy Share Image
A liberal public is interesting to have as an audience. It is for that very reason that corporations make such an effort to ally… — Hans Haacke Copy Share
There was an exhibition in Munich in 1937, 'Degenerate Art,' which included work by Klee, Kandinsky, Beckmann and many others. The work was called… — Hans Haacke Copy Share
I have a particular interest in corporations that give themselves a cultural aura and are in other areas suspect. Philip Morris presents itself in… — Hans Haacke Copy Share
Museums are not normally presenting the works on the walls as provocations to work. It's more like going to a Jacuzzi. — Hans Haacke Copy Share
It would be bypassing the issue to say that the artist's business is to work with this and that material or manipulate the findings… — Hans Haacke Copy Share
A standard line, promoted by people like Clement Greenberg, is that politics contaminates art, and Manet is often cited as an example of art… — Hans Haacke Copy Share
What I'm very upset about is the attempt to dictate to museums what they show, and the statements made by politicians in Washington that… — Hans Haacke Copy Share
The artist's business requires an involvement in practically everything... The total scope of information he receives day after day is of concern. — Hans Haacke Copy Share
If you look at the size of the art world in terms of the money that is being transacted compared to other parts of… — Hans Haacke Copy Share
When works of art are presented like rare butterflies on the walls, they're decontextualized. We admire their beauty, and I have nothing against that,… — Hans Haacke Copy Share
An artist is not an isolated system. In order to survive he has to interact continuously with the world around him... Theoretically there are… — Hans Haacke Copy Share
Art in the art world, and culture in general, are branches of the media, which produces our political and social thinking climate. — Hans Haacke Copy Share
Whenever the medium of photography is useful for a particular task, I use it. If another medium is more suitable I use that. — Hans Haacke Copy Share
