Publications by tag: german expressionism

From 30th July 2018 to 14th July 2019 Tate Modern in London, UK holds a year-long free exhibition Magic Realism: Art in Weimar Germany 1919-33 exploring German art in the period between WWI and WWII. The show commemorates the anniversary of the end of World War I and is accompanied by the Aftermath: Art in the Wake of World War One show held at Tate Britain.

2018 is the year of the Leopold Museum within frames of celebrating the anniversary year of Viennese Modernism and its protagonists Klimt, Schiele, Wagner and Moser. The Leopold Museum reconstructs the extraordinary cultural epoch from Modernism beginnings with Anton Romako to the Schiele jubilee exhibition, via Klimt, Moser, Gerstl, and Kokoschka. Read about the most interesting exhibitions at…

“The Blue Rider” art association was one of the most stellar and impetuous, daring and short-life art groups in the XX century. It only existed for three years (1911 – 1914). At first, in an enthusiastic whisper, and later at the top of voice, they began talking about the synthesis of all arts and about subjectless paintings, the value of paintings by madmen and children, the self-sufficiency of…

Why does ugliness attract as much as beauty? Perhaps, because caterpillars give butterflies, and manure produces juicy fruits. In life, one complements the other. Ugliness often makes people think and feel, which is the main role of art. It does not adorn, it summarizes and awakens. Who scared us all these years? We announce the list.