Opening Day Events: Modern Art and Politics in Germany 1910-1945
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Opening Events on Saturday, August 23:
11:00am: Exhibition Tour
with Irina Hiebert Grun, Curator, Neue Nationalgalerie
2pm: Opening Talk
with Irina Hiebert Grun, Curator, Neue Nationalgalerie
Explore the powerful intersection of art and politics in early 20th-century Germany through the opening day events for Modern Art and Politics in Germany 1910–1945: Masterworks from the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, on view August 23, 2025 – January 4, 2026. The exhibition traces a pivotal chapter in history from the final years of the German Empire, through World War I and the vibrant Weimar Republic, to the rise of National Socialism and the devastation of the Holocaust. It explores how artists responded to and were shaped by the turbulent forces of their time. Irina Hiebert Grun is joining us from Germany to celebrate the opening.
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Christian Schad, Sonja (detail), 1928, oil on canvas, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin © Christian Schad Stiftung Aschaffenburg / ARS, New York, 2024, photo: Jörg P. Anders © Neue Nationalgalerie, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin
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