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  • Munich Museum Alters Title of Painting Depicting Native Americans, Spurring Pushback

    02/05/2024 1:16:31 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 35 replies
    ARTnews ^ | February 5, 2024 | Alex Greenberger
    The Lenbachhaus museum in Munich has redacted part of the title of a 112-year-old August Macke painting depicting Native Americans, a decision that has spurred controversy in Germany. The Macke work, previously titled Indians on Horseback Near a Tent (1911), has been in Lenbachhaus’s collection since 1964, and has hung ever since with that name. But the museum recently changed it so that the word “Indians” now appears as “I******” in its English label, with a similarly styled version for its German counterpart. The right-wing tabloid Bild accused the museum of “woke madness” in its display copy for its story...