Author: Hans Haacke

Quotes

A standard line, promoted by people like Clement Greenberg, is that politics contaminates art, and Manet is often cited as an example of art for art's sake.

A standard line, promoted by people like Clement Greenberg, is that politics contaminates art, and Manet is often cited as an example of art for art's sake.

- Hans Haacke

Museums are not normally presenting the works on the walls as provocations to work. It's more like going to a Jacuzzi.

Museums are not normally presenting the works on the walls as provocations to work. It's more like going to a Jacuzzi.

- Hans Haacke

Artists and art institutions have to learn how to play hardball. A democratic society needs a democratic art and we have a right to demand it.

Artists and art institutions have to learn how to play hardball. A democratic society needs a democratic art and we have a right to demand it.

- Hans Haacke

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