Wednesday, 29 October 2014
Cover up and collusion in the art world of 1930's Germany.
This terrible indictment of collusion and cover up in the art world of the 1930's in Germany is also a story of greed and denial. The very fact of being a Jew was sufficient reason for being labelled as a degenerate, and especially so if you also loved contemporary art and were a collector. Alan Yentob tells this horrendous story of art and that makes the skin cringe with guilt by association in Imagine: The Art that Hitler Hated. An auction house in Germany that profited from the sale of art due to duress as the war approached. Was this taking advantage of the Jewish customer or doing a good business deal? The auction house defended their approach, others saw it as profiteering. The shadow of WW2 hangs over the art world today - as more information comes to light of deeds down during the Nazi era and the death camps. A programme that should be watched in this two part programme.
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