Storm of Progress: German Art After 1800 from the Saint Louis Art Museum
EXHIBITION
Storm of Progress: German Art After 1800 from the Saint Louis Art Museum
EXHIBITION

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DateNovember 8, 2020 - February 28, 2021
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VenueSaint Louis Art Museum
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Main Exhibition Galleries, East Building
Storm of Progress: German Art after 1800 from the Saint Louis Art Museum presents the Museum’s world-class collection of German art of the last 200 years. From Romanticism in the 1800s to the eclectic globalism that followed the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, this exhibition highlights how art, politics, and history are inextricably linked.
For centuries, the concept of the storm has provided German artists with a powerful metaphor for forces of nature, destruction, and the hope of rebirth. Since the beginning of the 19th century, Germany’s upheavals found expression in its art as political and cultural conventions underwent radical change, paving the way for both tyrannies and revolutions.
The exhibition brings together 120 works in chronological and thematic sections that explore key ideas and events from German art and history spanning national unification, industrialization, World Wars I and II, the Holocaust, and the Cold War and its aftermath. Art in a wide range of media, from paintings to decorative arts, shows the richness of the Museum’s collection, and many works will be on view for the first time.
Storm of Progress is cocurated by Simon Kelly, curator of modern and contemporary art; Hannah Klemm, associate curator of modern and contemporary art; Melissa Venator, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow for Modern Art; and Molly Moog, research assistant for modern and contemporary art.
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Image Caption: Gerhard Richter, German, born 1932; Ölberg, 1986; oil on canvas; 118 1/2 x 98 9/16 inches; Saint Louis Art Museum, Museum Purchase 107:1987; © 2013 Gerhard Richter
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Admission is free.
Space is limited for each 15-minute entry time. Reservations are highly recommended.
There is a $3 per ticket service charge.
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- Service charge: $3.00/ticket
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Exhibition tickets for entry from 10-11 am are reserved for seniors and those with underlying health conditions.
- Admission is available every 15 minutes during entry hours.
- The specific tour time will be listed on-screen prior to your purchase and in on-screen and email confirmations.
- MetroTix.com sales end 1 hour prior to each tour hour. (All 10am times - 10:00am, 10:15am, 10:30am, 10:45am - will end sales at 9am on the day of event, etc.) Day of event sales will be delivered electronically, either via print-at-home or mobile ticketing.
- There is a SIX ticket purchase/reservation limit per transaction.
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