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The International Reaction to the 'Degenerate' Art Campaign
Part of The Wiener Library’s London 1938 exhibition series.
The National Socialist exhibition of “Degenerate Art” in Munich was visited by over two million people during the summer of 1937. Abroad too, the show made headlines, widely reported across the French, British and American press. This talk will explore the attempts made in the following months to counter this attack on German modernist art. The most important of these: the exhibition of Twentieth Century German Art, which took place
The National Socialist exhibition of “Degenerate Art” in Munich was visited by over two million people during the summer of 1937. Abroad too, the show made headlines, widely reported across the French, British and American press. This talk will explore the attempts made in the following months to counter this attack on German modernist art. The most important of these: the exhibition of Twentieth Century German Art, which took place
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Free admission, registration essential
Free admission, registration essential
The Wiener Library, 29 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DP
Thu 12 Jul 2018
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