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Design and Architecture

New Objectivity

The vision of modernity at CES creates excitement -- and bewilderment. But the new has always been disturbing, as shown in LACMA's New Objectivity: Modern German Art In The Weimar Republic, 1919–1933 , featuring works by Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, George Grosz and many others.

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By Frances Anderton • Jan 12, 2016 • 1 min read

The vision of modernity at CES creates excitement -- and bewilderment. But the new has always been disturbing, as shown in LACMA's New Objectivity: Modern German Art In The Weimar Republic, 1919–1933, featuring works by Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, George Grosz and many others. Curator Stephanie Barron talks about how the social convulsions and ambitions of Germany's fledgling democracy were captured in moody art -- and in idealistic architecture.

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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    Independent Producer

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    Stephanie Barron

    Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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