Austria, homophobic vandalism against Anne Imhof exhibition

Homophobic vandalism in Austria against the posters of the exhibition of Anne Imhof, one of Germany’s leading contemporary artists, being held at the Kunsthaus Bregenz. Indeed, posters in the city advertising the exhibition, entitled Wish you were gay (“I wish you were gay”), were deliberately torn down. The dastardly act targeted six posters from the exhibition by the artist who represented Germany at the 2017 Venice Biennale. Reporting the incident, which dates back to the night of July 23, was Imhof herself via her Instagram account.

The exhibition displays a core group of Imhof’s works, including reliefs, oil paintings, large-scale sculptures and videos, on the theme ofsame-sex love, which is also meant to testify to the hostility that members of the LGBT community face every day. And the act of vandalism suffered by the exhibition posters is further proof: “This attack on love, creativity and freedom only serves as evidence of this struggle, but this hate crime cannot take away our hope for a world free of homophobia and free of discrimination for each of us.”

In addition, Imhof noted, destroying the billboards at the Kunsthaus Bregenz “is not only an attack on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, bi-spiritual and undecided people, but it is an attack on the Bregenz community.” The billboards will be replaced as soon as possible, however, dismay at the gesture remains. Condemnation also comes from the director of the Kunsthaus Bregenz, Thomas Trummer: “This is a cowardly attack on art and human rights. Homophobia must have no place in our society.”

Austria, homophobic vandalism against Anne Imhof exhibition

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