Friday
April 1

On July 18, 1937 at the Munich Archeological Institute, an art exhibition opened that would prove to draw more people (over two million) than any art exhibit had ever done before. Among the more than six hundred works on display were paintings by such well-known artists as Marc Chagall, Paul Gauguin and Henri Matisse. But their art was not being presented for the purpose of admiration and appreciation, but for revulsion and derision. The title of the exhibition was Entartete Kunst—“Degenerate Art”—and was sponsored by Adolf Hitler’s government as an object lesson in how homosexuals, “Jewish Bolsheviks,” and other urban bohemians had contaminated the contemporary art world.
See a prize-winning documentary on the Entartete Kunst exhibition and join an evening of reflection (through slides and discussion) on what constitutes “degenerate” art and literature, past and present. Presenters: Marthe Aponte, Charles Hood, Santi Tafarella

Time	7-10 p.m.
Location:	Room: SSV-151
Flex Credit:	3.0 Hours