Artist Collective Claims Responsibility for Stolen Beuys Sculpture

Artist Collective Claims Responsibility for Stolen Beuys Sculpture, Artforum, Oct. 23, 2020.

In a text accompanying the posted video, Frankfurter Hauptschule claims that the work is now on display “alongside traditional objects of the craftsmanship of the Hehe tribe.” The group further asserts, “Under the colonial regime, art objects, cultural assets and skulls of Hehe leaders were stolen from Iringa and brought to Germany in inextricable numbers.”