There was an exhibition in Munich in 1937, 'Degenerate Art,' which included work by Klee, Kandinsky, Beckmann and many others. The work was called 'sick' and put in the trash heap. The sentiments expressed toward contemporary art by Jesse Helms,… — Hans Haacke Copy Share Image
I have a particular interest in corporations that give themselves a cultural aura and are in other areas suspect. Philip Morris presents itself in New York as the lover of culture while it turns out that if you look behind… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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
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 Image
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 Image
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 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
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 Image
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 Image
