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A new exhibition at Hauser & Wirth in Basel, Switzerland, features Max Beckmann's painting "Variety Show," a 1927 artwork that art historians suggest might have foreshadowed the rise of Nazism.
Basel, Switzerland
Who
Max Beckmann, Lucy Wasensteiner, Carlo Knoell
What
A new exhibition at Hauser & Wirth in Basel, Switzerland, features Max Beckmann's painting "Variety Show," a 1927 artwork that art historians suggest might have foreshadowed the rise of Nazism.
When
Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:49:16 GMT · 2h 17m ago
Where
Basel, Switzerland ·
Why
The painting, depicting a chaotic cabaret scene, is interpreted by art historians as reflecting the precarious and unstable social and political climate of Germany during the Weimar Republic, hinting at future turmoil.
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More than 500 of Beckmann's paintings were later confiscated by the Nazis and included in the "Degenerate Art" exhibition, highlighting the regime's disapproval of modernist artistic styles and its efforts to control cultural expression. This event reflects the broader suppression of artistic freedom under totalitarian rule.
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