The centerfold of The Last Judgment by Hans Memling
BCB faculty member
Marion Detjen’s article “Die Barbarei mit der Kunst” (The Barbarism with Art) was published on
Zeit-Online on April 5, 2022. The article explores Germany’s long standing foreign culture policy with Russia and how it was used to appease and to mitigate political and social conflicts. It critically assesses the de-politicization of art and of music, arguing that their presentation and performance are intrinsically linked to politics as “they correspond to the situation in which they are placed.” Detjen urges the German government, in this time of war, to stop instrumentalizing the intrinsic value of art and music for a compensation of political failures, and “to clarify whether and how art and culture can be used sensibly.”
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Post Date: 04-10-2022