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In recent years, art has increasingly come under suspicion of ideology. A neutral position seems impossible. Competition and the formation of camps are on the agenda. For some, arrogance and elitist aloofness prevail, expressed in a cultural hegemony of moral know-it-all left-green slogans. For the others, traditionalist notions of art tied to the European canon are structurally linked to anti-democratic movements and their politics of fear. Thirdly, between them stands an art market that is itself seen as an ideologically driven machine of commercialisation.

How is philosophy involved in these contemporary art relations? Can it perhaps contribute to easing the tensions? What is to be made of the constantly invoked front lines of a 'culture war' that run through the centre of society?

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