Kunst kann nicht nur in Bezug auf ihre Schönheit und Handwerkskunst wahrgenommen werden. Sie müssen es auch im Lichte seiner politischen Botschaften bewerten.
(Art cannot solely be perceived in regard to its beauty and craftsmanship. You also have to evaluate it in light of its political messages.)
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Nah... That wasn't Dr. Goebbels speaking. I just slapped his photo above the German translation of a statement made a few days ago by one Max Hollein, the new director of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.*
I now look forward to a book-burning rally to be organized by the the New York Public Library in the near future.
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* "At the Entrenched Met Museum, the New Director Shakes Things Up", New York Times, 20 November 2019.
