“Degenerate Art: The Attack on Modern Art in Nazi Germany, 1937” Exhibition
Neue Galerie
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Neue Galerie presents the exhibition “Degenerate Art: The Attack on Modern Art in Nazi Germany, 1937.” This will be the first major U.S. museum exhibition devoted to the infamous display of modern art by the Nazis since the 1991 presentation at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
The term “degenerate” was adopted by the National Socialist regime as part of its campaign against modern art. Many works branded as such by the Nazis were seized from museums and private collections. Following the showing on these works in a three-year traveling exhibition that criss-crossed Germany and Austria, most were sold, lost, or presumed destroyed. In this light, the recent discovery in Munich of the Gurlitt trove of such artwork has attracted considerable attention. The film “The Monuments Men,”directed by George Clooney and due to open in February 2014, suggests the level of popular interest in the subject.
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Schedule
from March 13, 2014 to September 01, 2014