Petroleum can be seen as a sign of progress over the last century, but also of wars, exploitation, and environmental destruction. ZDF heute Journal reports on the exhibition Oil. Schönheit und Schrecken des Erdölzeitalters ("Oil: the Beauty and Horror of the Petroleum Age") at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, curated by MPIWG Research Scholar Benjamin Steininger with cultural researcher Alexander Klose and Andreas Beitin, director of the Kunstmuseum.