The exhibition ART IN BATTLE deals with battles over art initiated by Nazi policies and
European conquests on several arenas. Expounding the problems of the overfamiliar dichotomy of
Degenerate versus Great German art it examines propaganda exhibitions in occupied Norway as
well as hitherto unseen art by soldiers stationed in Norway. This exceptional catalog both
documents this ground-breaking show and assembles leading experts on the history and ideology
of Nazi cultural campaigns in both Germany and Norway to initiate a fresh discussion of the
relationships between center and periphery within the artworlds of the Third Reich. Beyond
historical re-assessment this project also asks more pressingly: How do we encounter these
battles over art today?
