Frankfurter Hauptschule

[1] The collective first garnered international attention by staging the theft of Joseph Beuys' multiple "Capri Batterie" from an exhibition in Oberhausen and later transferring it to a museum in Tanzania as an act of symbolic restitution.

[5] According to Frankfurter Hauptschule, Wagner, who has openly articulated anti-semitic sentiments,[6] had been receiving amnesty and praise from the German public for decades - despite his controversial views.

[8] After initial threats of banning, the performance was later successfully held in front of Frankfurt's City hall, Römer, and sparked both outrage and general discussion around the controversial open drug scene.

[1] The collective had worked together with Tanzanian curator Deonis Mgumba to raise awareness for Nazi-looted art that is still unrightfully on display in German museums.

[22] At their first solo exhibition at Neuer Aachener Kunstverein in 2022, the police had to remove a sculpture of a dreamcatcher the artist collective had installed in a nearby park.

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Film still from the performance "Bad Beuys go Africa" by Frankfurter Hauptschule