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Why did so many people want to see "Degenerate Art" in 1937?

Or: The Worst Exhibition in the World

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Katja Hoyer
Jun 28, 2026
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Entartete Kunst, Hofgarten arcade, Munich, July 1937. Img: From The Worst Exhibition in the World: Degenerate Art, 1937 by John-Paul Stonard

On 23 March 1939, there was a flurry of excitement in the p…

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