Public Artistic Freedom

More than just about any other country, the arts sector in Germany is characterised by public institutions and government funding. This entanglement of state and art becomes particularly explosive when the artists and institutions receiving funding do not act in accordance with the expectations of the public. What is the state allowed to do from a constitutional perspective, when, as in the case of documenta fifteen, government-subsidised art is confronted with accusations of antisemitism? In this book, Christoph Möllers and Nils Weinberg outline the foundations upon which artistic freedom can operate within the triangle of the democratic state, public cultural institutions, and publicly supported artists.