Joseph Koerner for the Kunsthistorisches Museum: Art in a State of Siege

An art historical epic for dangerous times

What do works of art look like in extreme cases of collective experience? What signals do artists send when enemies stand at the city gates and the legal order collapses, or when a tyrant suspends the law to attack from within? Art in a State of Siege tells the story of three striking images created in critical moments, and of the people – from Philip II of Spain to Carl Schmitt – whose panicked gaze transformed these works of art into omens.

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