'A dark and violent scene': The 1927 painting that foretold Germany's downfall 14.3%
BBC - By Precious Adesina - 6/12/2026, 11:00 AM
Ambiguity (Equivocation) 12.8% - Hindsight Bias 12.6% - Negativity Bias 10.3%
In the 1927 painting Variety Show by German painter Max Beckmann, a cabaret performance is turned on its head. A man in a red military overcoat lies on the floor. Another walks a slack tightrope over his supine body and nearby a figure stands with their face covered in a blue cloth, while a seemingly uninterested man on a stool faces... more