The Albuquerque Museum will present "Modern Art and Politics in Germany 1910-1945: Masterworks from the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin" from August 23, 2025, to January 4, 2026. The exhibition features over 70 paintings and sculptures tracing German modern art from the early 20th-century avant-garde through the Weimar Republic to the Nazi dictatorship, including works by Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, George Grosz, Hannah Höch, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, and Salvador Dalí, many rarely shown in the U.S.
This exhibition matters because it explores how modern art shaped national identity during a turbulent political era, including works displayed in the 1937 "Degenerate Art" exhibition or created in response to it. By highlighting individual artists' stories of resistance, adaptation, and persecution, the show connects historical art to broader themes of political oppression and human resilience, offering New Mexico audiences a rare opportunity to see major works from Berlin's Neue Nationalgalerie.