Freedom's Fall Art from Germany 1910 - 1945

The exhibition consists of masterpieces from Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin.

Discover a series of icons from the most pivotal period of the 20th century and from one of Germany’s most important art collections in Berlin – never before shown in Denmark. Freedom’s Fall surveys a collection of German artworks created in the years before The First World War until the end of The Second World War. It is a story of survival and defiant hope in an age of war and dictatorship.

The exhibition traces the shift from a period of artistic freedom and cultural euphoria to a darker era of repression, where art became subject to political control and censorship. Several of the works on display at ARoS were banned under the Nazi regime and now stand as enduring symbols of art’s powerful ability to resist oppression and inspire hope.

Featuring works by Otto Dix (1891–1969), Hannah Höch (1889–1978), Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938), Paul Klee (1879–1940), Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945), and others, the exhibition speaks to the present day when freedom of expression, identity and political unrest are once again at the forefront of global concern.

This exhibition has been organized by the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin in cooperation with ARoS.

Curators:

• Jakob Vengberg Sevel, Curator, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum

• Dr. Irina Hiebert Grun, Curator, Neue Nationalgalerie

• Dr. Dieter Scholz, Curator, Alte Nationalgalerie (idea and concept)

• George T.M. Shackelford, Kimbell Art Museum (idea and concept)

Augustinus Fonden

Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond

Beckett Fonden

Nordjyllands Fonden

C.A.C. Fonden

Kemp & Lauritzen Fonden

Hoffmann og Husmans Fond

Lemvigh-Müller Fonden

Lektor Peer Rander Amundsens Legat

Aage og Ulla Filtenborgs Fond af 8. November

Goethe Instituttet

Arne V. Schleschs Fond

TOYOTA-Fonden

Aarhuus Stiftstidendes Fond

Lizzi og Mogens Staal Fonden

Credit front photo:
Alice Lex-Nerlinger, Field Grey Creates Dividends, 1931/1961 © Neue Nationalgalerie, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin