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Bauhaus Manifesto 2026 Calls for Stronger Institutions, Freedom

8/21/2026

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Minister of State for Culture Wolfram Weimer launched the Bauhaus Manifesto 2026 on August 20.
The manifesto urges stronger Bauhaus institutions and protection of creative freedom from anti-democratic attacks.
Signatories include the German Cultural Council, German Commission for UNESCO and the German Bishops' Conference.
The manifesto rebuts the AfD’s claim that Bauhaus is a ‘misguided aberration of modernity’.

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Minister of State for Culture Wolfram Weimer launched the Bauhaus Manifesto 2026 on August 20.
The manifesto urges stronger Bauhaus institutions and protection of creative freedom from anti-democratic attacks.
Signatories include the German Cultural Council, German Commission for UNESCO and the German Bishops' Conference.
The manifesto rebuts the AfD’s claim that Bauhaus is a ‘misguided aberration of modernity’.