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Magazine presentation of Kunstforum International on the theme of "Cuteness" and discussion with Annekathrin Kohout, Katrin Köppert, Josefine Schulz and Wolfgang Ullrich

Cuteness in art? For a long time that was considered a contradiction in terms. Art could be many things, beautiful and ugly, funny and ironic, grand and sublime, escapist and activist, but certainly not cute. But a change is on the horizon: Artists worldwide are now using the visual language of cute motifs, shapes, colors, and materials for a variety of aesthetic, intellectual, and political purposes. Editor Annekathrin Kohout talks with authors Katrin Köppert and Wolfgang Ullrich and artist Josefine Schulz about the historical, social, cultural, and political conditions that have made artistic engagement with cuteness necessary in the present and what cute art can look like.