Joseph Beuys also expressed his awareness of the Nazis' destructive rage in his artistic actions. In 1942, Hitler's army razed the town of Lidice, located 20 kilometers west of Prague, and killed ...

Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) was a German artist connected to the Fluxus movement, who created pioneer happening and performance art works, and was also a sculptor, installation artist, graphic artist, ...

Joseph Beuys might be one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, but he is a difficult artist to exhibit. So much of his work was in performance, existing now only in grainy ...

Getting a clear picture of Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) can feel impossible—the German artist was a perennial shapeshifter whose ...

Joseph Beuys’ art was often political ... As an impulse generator, his greatest legacy is two-fold: his performance pieces with living and dead animals have made him an important reference for ...

In May 2021, Germany is celebrating a special art centenary on what would have been legendary artist Joseph Beuys’ 100th birthday. We look at what made the provocative lateral thinker tick. Anyone who ...

This exhibition of work by postwar German artist Joseph Beuys features a selection from the ‘Braunkreuz’ series: drawings, the legendary fat chair, and his objects in vitrines. Beuys ...