Outrage at Antifa Art Prize: Ministry withdraws support!

Outrage at Antifa Art Prize: Ministry withdraws support!

The art prize, which is endowed with over 30,000 euros, ensures huge outrage in society. The jury and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research have withdrawn their support for the award winner, Hanna Schiller. Schiller, a detained member of Antifa, is on trial because of her alleged participation in a brutal attack in Budapest and for attempted murder before the Munich Higher Regional Court. These developments throw a shadow on the planned award ceremony, which was originally supposed to take place in November 2025 because Schiller is in custody and cannot participate.

The jury of the price, which occasionally occurred with a buffing ignorance of the prize winner's background, announced that there were no disputes about the candidates before the award ceremony. The Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg reacts to the controversy by removing all the references to Schiller from your website. The ministry explains that there was no knowledge of Schiller's entanglements and withdraws its support for the allocation of the scholarship, which includes almost 18,000 euros in addition to the main prize and is financed from tax money.

chip of the award ceremony

In view of the media criticism and the legal problems of Schiller, the award ceremony is now on the brink. The organizer of the event confirms that the procedure will be paused until further notice. While there is a possibility that the award ceremony will still take place, those responsible have decided to observe the situation closely and, if necessary, make adjustments.

art in the context of the Antifa

In a further context of the discussion about Antifa and Art, a remarkable work of art refers to the topic. The Peng media collective! shows in her installation "Antifa - Mythos and Truth" during the opening of the city art show "Continued / Presences" on Thursday in Chemnitz how political topics can be presented in art. More than 20 artists have been invited to this event to create local sculptures and installations, to promote reliable discussions about social issues.

nika Blum, the spokeswoman for the collective, explains the intention behind the selected objects, including a burned shopping cart that is supposed to link art and social issues. This critical examination of current topics caused a sensation in the art scene and illustrates that art acts not only as a aesthetic goal, but also as a platform for political and social statements.

The current debate about the art prize and the activities of the Peng! Collective show how narrow art, politics and social perceptions are linked. The latest developments are an example of how art can act as a mirror of society and what tensions exist in the discussion about contemporary topics. In order to learn more about the background and the various perspectives, Compact Online comprehensively about the controversy around the price. The Süddeutsche Zeitung addresses the role of art and collective such as Peng! in the current political landscape.