Jonathan Guggenberger

In the organizer's words:

Reading: Sacrificial art

Venice, April 2024, International Art Biennale: Irish performance artist Aaron Geldof goes up in flames on a cross - for the freedom of Palestine; a sacrificial death. The media and politicians in Germany quickly recognized the real motive for his martyrdom: Hatred of Jews. But for Geldof's closest confidant, the cultural journalist Enzo Bamberger, the flaming death in Venice was only one thing: art. On behalf of his British newspaper, he embarks on a journey into the depths of the art world. In the thicket of sex, power and manipulation, he gets on the trail of gray eminences with long fingernails who are spinning intrigues in the background. Do they have the answer to his question: Why did Aaron have to die?