A liberal public is interesting to have as an audience. It is for that very reason that corporations make such an effort… — Hans Haacke Copy Share Image
In order to gain some insight into the forces that elevate certain products to the level of 'works of art' it is… — 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
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 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
