Gallery Conversation: Degenerate Art (Jul 10)

In Post-World War I Germany, the Nazi party regarded most Modern art as evidence of moral decline and cultural decay. Artists who tended toward abstraction and expressionism and the works they created were deemed degenerate, or entartete, by the authorities. Beginning in 1933, the Nazi government confiscated nearly 20,000 works from state-run museums. Four years later, several hundred works of modern, avant-garde art were exhibited by the Nazis in Munich in an exhibition titled Entartete Kunst .
Join us for a conversation in the gallery to learn more about works in the Art Institute’s collection by artists deemed “degenerate” in Nazi Germany.
What to Expect This program will begin in Gallery 391, on the third floor of the Modern Wing, which is accessible via stairs or elevator. The group will move to nearby galleries on the third floor for discussion of a handful of artworks. Staff will be on hand to assist with navigation. ASL interpretation is available upon request at museum_interpretation@artic.edu . Requests must be made at least two weeks in advance.