Citing “cost reasons,” the Haus der Kunst has canceled both retrospectives, choosing to instead host a Markus Lüpertz exhibition, which some say upholds the outdated standards of German art hegemony. This decision follows the controversial ousting of former director Okwui Enwezor.
Haus der Kunst
Battlefield Kunst: Scientology Scandal Shakes Leading German Art Museum
Scientologists have reportedly “infiltrated” Munich’s Haus der Kunst.
Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: vandals tag a Munich museum with swastikas, hunters venture onto Texan museum’s grounds, and a public sculpture is mysteriously beheaded.