Abstract
On 14 October 2022, Vincent Van Gogh’s famous painting “Sunflowers” was pelted with tomato soup by two climate activists. We wonder why the art world did not react immediately, when it had been the direct target of these attacks? The exhibition “Econoclasm” asks what it means for emerging artists when their peers use artworks as targets for their protest. The exhibition brings together works by art students from the Faculty of Design and Art - Free University of Bozen-Bolzano on this explosive question.