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One Fine Show: “Modern Art and Politics in Germany 1910-1945” at the Minneapolis Institute of Art

Seventy works from the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin show how Germany's most provocative artists responded to the political chaos that would eventually consume them.

Audioguides at institutions can be hit or miss. They can be plodding, patronizing or somehow make the material before you dull. I would recommend the one narrated by John Stamos at Graceland, though it is mandatory, and the one at the Neue Galerie in New York. The voice for the tour of the latter collection of pre-1945 art from Germany and Austria is none other than that of Ronald Lauder, the man who collected it. As he says on the tour, he has three levels of art that he likes: “oh,” “oh my” and “oh my god.” He only collects the last one.

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There was a lot to be impressed with coming out of the region in that period, which is the subject of “Modern Art and Politics in Germany 1910-1945: Masterworks from the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin,” a new exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. The show brings together over 70........

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