BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Fritz Ascher Society - ECPv6.17.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Fritz Ascher Society X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://fritzaschersociety.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Fritz Ascher Society REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Berlin BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20170326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20171029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20180325T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20181028T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20190331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20191027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20200912T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20200912T160000 DTSTAMP:20200930T103857Z CREATED:20200903T193121Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200930T103857Z UID:4276-1599922800-1599926400@fritzaschersociety.org SUMMARY:Guided Tour through the Exhibition “The Loner. Clowns in the Art of Fritz Ascher"by Curator Julia Diekmann\, Höxter (Germany) DESCRIPTION:Exhibition curator Julia Diekmann guides through the exhibition. \nWhether in dramatic context or as individual figure\, the clown always plays the role of the outsider\, of the one opposite the many. He is laughed at and ridiculed\, is the fool\, despised\, and humiliated\, always operating from the margin. In Ascher’s work\, the figure of the clown\, the Bajazzo\, appears first around 1916. It becomes a lifelong interest\, expressed in paintings\, drawings\, lithographs and poems. Based on the opera I Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919)\, which was popular in the 1920s\, Ascher creates both dramatic scenes of the tragic love burlesque and studies of the Bajazzo\, the Pagliaccio or clown as a single figure. The intensity in the artistic expression of the figure\, especially the face\, encourages us to see these works as analogies to the artist himself\, the increasing parallelism between role and own artistic self. In the exhibition\, these depictions of clowns are contrasted with the powerful landscapes that dominate the work from 1945 onwards. \n\n\n\n\nDue to the corona protection regulations\, the number of participants is limited and registration is required. \nForum Jacob Pins\nWesterbachstr. 35/37\, 37671 Höxter\nT: +49 (5271) 694 74 41\nE: forum@jacob-pins.de\nwww.jacob-pins.de \nThe exhibition is on view until November 29\, 2020\, Tuesday – Sunday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm. \n\n\n\n\nThe exhibition is co-organized by The Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted\, Ostracized and Banned Art\, Inc.\, New York and the Jacob Pins Gesellschaft Kunstverein Höxter e.V.\, and is co-curated by Rachel Stern and Julia Diekmann. The exhibition is sponsored by the Ministry for Culture and Science of North Rhine Westphalia. Support for the catalogue was provided by Reinwald GmbH\, Leipzig. \nDEUTSCH \nAusstellungs-Kuratorin Julia Diekmann führt durch die Ausstellung. \nOb in szenischem Zusammenhang oder als Einzelfigur\, der Clown nimmt immer die Rolle des Abseitigen ein\, die des Einzelnen gegenüber Vielen. Er wird belacht und verlacht\, ist Narr\, Verachteter und Erniedrigter\, handelt immer aus einer Randposition heraus. Seit ca. 1916 setzt sich Fritz Ascher in Gemälden\, Zeichnungen\, Lithografien und Gedichten intensiv mit der Figur des Clowns\, des Bajazzo auseinander. Ausgehend von der in den 1920er Jahren beliebten Oper „I Pagliacci“ von Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857 – 1919) kreiert er sowohl szenische Darstellungen der tragischen Liebesburleske als auch Studien des Bajazzo\, des Pagliaccio oder Clowns als Einzelfigur. Die Intensität im künstlerischen Ausdruck der Figur verweist auf Analogien zu ihm selbst\, die zunehmende Parallelität zwischen Rolle und eigenem künstlerischem Ich. In der Ausstellung werden diese Darstellungen von Clowns den kraftvollen Landschaften gegenübergestellt\, die das Werk ab 1945 dominieren \nDie Ausstellung wurde von der Fritz Ascher Gesellschaft für verfolgte\, geächtete und verbotene Kunst\, Inc.\, New York in Zusammenarbeit mit der Jacob Pins Gesellschaft organisiert und von Rachel Stern und Julia Diekmann kuratiert. Die Ausstellung wird vom Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft Nordrhein-Westfalens gesponsert. Den Katalog unterstützte die Reinwald GmbH\, Leipzig. \nDie Ausstellung ist zu sehen vom 6. September bis 29. November 2020 im Forum Jacob Pins\, Westerbachstr. 35/37\, 37671 Höxter\, Tel.: 05271-694 74 41\, www.jacob-pins.de\, Di. – So. 10:00 – 17:00 Uhr. URL:https://fritzaschersociety.org/exhibition-event/julia-diekmann-9-12-2020/ LOCATION:Forum Jacob Pins\, Westerbachstr. 35-37\, Höxter\, 37671\, Germany CATEGORIES:Events,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fritzaschersociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Druck_A3_Poster-Hochformat_Der-Vereinsamte_200819-copy-3.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Gewandhaus zu Leipzig":MAILTO:forum@jacob-pins.de END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200906 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201130 DTSTAMP:20201214T193507Z CREATED:20200424T111012Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201214T193507Z UID:3970-1599350400-1606694399@fritzaschersociety.org SUMMARY:“Der Vereinsamte. Clowns in der Kunst Fritz Aschers"Forum Jacob Pins\, Höxter\, Germany DESCRIPTION:“The Loner. Clowns in the Art of Fritz Ascher (1893-1970)” \nWatch the German language video of the opening lecture by Julia Diekmann\, Curator at Forum Jacob Pins HERE.\nWatch a short German language video about the installation of the exhibition HERE.\nYou can order the bilingual (German/English) exhibition catalogue HERE. \nOn the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the artist’s death\, Forum Jacob Pins shows around 40 paintings and works on paper by the Expressionist Fritz Ascher (1893-1970). Persecuted by the National Socialists as a “degenerate” artist and as a born Jew\, Ascher lived through two world wars\, existential social and political unrest\, the persecution by the National Socialists and the development of a divided Germany. The exhibition for the first time shows Ascher’s entire group of works on the subject of the clown\, which occupied the artist throughout his life\, and contrasts these works with the soul landscapes that dominated his work after 1945. \nWhether in dramatic context or as individual figure\, the harlequin always plays the role of the outsider\, of the one opposite the many. He is laughed at and ridiculed\, is the fool\, despised\, and humiliated\, always operating from the margin. \nFrom about 1916 Fritz Ascher has dealt intensively with the figure of the clown\, the Bajazzo\, in paintings\, drawings\, lithographs and poems\, at about the same time with artists such as Max Beckmann\, Marc Chagall\, or Pablo Picasso. Based on the opera I Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919)\, which was popular in the 1920s\, he created both scenic representations of the tragic love burlesque and studies of the bajazzo\, the Pagliaccio or the clown as a single figure. The intensity in the artistic expression of the figure refers to analogies to himself\, the increasing parallelism between role and own artistic self. \nFritz Ascher was born into a Jewish family in Berlin on October 17\, 1893 and baptized in 1901 at the age of eight. At the age of 16\, he attended the Königsberg Art Academy on the recommendation of the renowned painter Max Liebermann\, followed by studies with Lovis Corinth\, Adolf Meyer and Curt Agthe in Berlin. He soon joined the city’s avant-garde art circles. Influenced by Expressionist painters such as Edvard Munch\, Emil Nolde and Wassily Kandinsky\, he found his own artistic language alongside his contemporaries Max Beckmann\, Georges Rouault and Ludwig Meidner\, in which he combined elements of Expressionism and Symbolism and chose expressive brushstrokes and intense colors with descriptive outlines and combined a flat application of paint. In numerous drawings he recorded Berlin society and the increasing political and social polarization. At the same time\, the artist was interested in mystical and spiritual topics. With paintings like “Bajazzo and Artists” (1916/1945) and “Bajazzo”\, (1924/1945) “Beethoven” (1924/1945)\, “Golgatha” (1915) and “Golem” (1916) he created important major works\, which often depict traditional themes in a radically new way. \nIn 1933\, this very fruitful creative period came to an abrupt halt. 12 long years of persecution by the National Socialists followed\, in which the Jewish-born Ascher\, who created “degenerate” art\, was in constant fear of death\, hiding for three years in the basement of a residential building. \nWhen Ascher started painting again in 1945\, he initially revised earlier works. But soon he turned to nature. The artist worked with new immediacy and urgency and simplified forms and media. Thick\, light pigments suggest both lively\, life-affirming joy and\, in the rough nature of its brush strokes\, a dark\, inner fear that turns into light. \nThe exhibition explores the importance of the Bajazzo theme in Ascher’s work and in a historical context\, but also in direct comparison with the clowns that Jacob Pins (1917-2005) created. The figure of the fool plays a special\, always reflexive role in Pins’ work\, to whom the forum is dedicated. While Pins\, a generation younger\, has varied the motif again and again since the 1950s\, with Ascher the otherness of the clown comes to the fore over time\, misunderstood and suffering\, in the struggle for life and in existential loneliness. \nThe exhibition is accompanied by a richly illustrated\, bi-lingual catalogue. \nIt is co-organized by The Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted\, Ostracized and Banned Art\, Inc.\, New York and the Jacob Pins Gesellschaft Kunstverein Höxter e.V.\, and is co-curated by Rachel Stern and Julia Diekmann. The exhibition is sponsored by the Ministry for Culture and Science of North Rhine Westphalia. Support for the catalogue was provided by the Arbeitskreis Ausland für kulturelle Aufgaben e.V. and by Reinwald GmbH\, Leipzig. \nThe exhibition is on view September 6 – November 29\, 2020 at Forum Jacob Pins\, Westerbachstr. 35/37\, 37671 Höxter\, Tel .: 05271-694 74 41\, www.jacob-pins.de\, Tuesday – Sunday 10:00 .m. – 5:00 pm. \nDEUTSCH \nAnlässlich des 50. Todestages des Künstlers zeigt das Forum Jacob Pins rund 40 Gemälde und Grafiken des Berliner Spät-Expressionisten Fritz Ascher (1893-1970). Von den Nationalsozialisten als „entarteter“ Künstler und geborener Jude verfolgt\, überlebte Ascher zwei Weltkriege\, existentielle soziale und politische Unruhen\, die Verfolgung durch die Nationalsozialisten und den Aufbau eines geteilten Deutschlands. Die Ausstellung wurde in Zusammenarbeit mit der Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted\, Ostracized and Banned Art in New York organisiert und zeigt erstmalig Aschers gesamte Werkgruppe zum Thema des Clowns\, das den Künstler sein Leben lang beschäftigte\, und stellt diesen Arbeiten die nach 1945 dominierenden Seelenlandschaften gegenüber. \nOb in szenischem Zusammenhang oder als Einzelfigur\, der Clown nimmt immer die Rolle des Abseitigen ein\, die des Einzelnen gegenüber Vielen. Er wird belacht und verlacht\, ist Narr\, Verachteter und Erniedrigter\, handelt immer aus einer Randposition heraus. \nSeit etwa 1916 setzt sich Fritz Ascher in Gemälden\, Zeichnungen\, Lithografien und Gedichten intensiv mit der Figur des Clowns\, des Bajazzo auseinander\, etwa gleichzeitig mit Künstlern wie Max Beckmann\, Marc Chagall\, oder Pablo Picasso. Ausgehend von der in den 1920er Jahren beliebten Oper I Pagliacci von Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857 – 1919) kreiert er sowohl szenische Darstellungen der tragischen Liebesburleske als auch Studien des Bajazzo\, des Pagliaccio oder Clowns als Einzelfigur. Die Intensität im künstlerischen Ausdruck der Figur verweist auf Analogien zu ihm selbst\, die zunehmende Parallelität zwischen Rolle und eigenem künstlerischem Ich. \nFritz Ascher wird am 17. Oktober 1893 in eine jüdische Familie in Berlin geboren und 1901 im Alter von acht Jahren getauft. 16-jährig besucht er auf Empfehlung des renommierten Malers Max Liebermann die Kunstakademie Königsberg\, gefolgt von einem Studium bei Lovis Corinth\, Adolf Meyer und Curt Agthe in Berlin. Bald schliesst er sich den avantgardistischen Kunstkreisen der Stadt an. Beeinflusst von expressionistischen Malern wie Edvard Munch\, Emil Nolde und Wassily Kandinsky findet er neben seinen Zeitgenossen Max Beckmann\, Georges Rouault und Ludwig Meidner seine eigene künstlerische Sprache\, in der er Elemente des Expressionismus und des Symbolismus vereint und ausdrucksstarke Pinselstriche und intensive Farben mit beschreibenden Umrissen und einem flachen Farbauftrag kombiniert. In zahlreichen Zeichnungen hält er die Berliner Gesellschaft und die zunehmende politische und soziale Polarisierung fest. Gleichzeitig interessiert sich der Künstler für mystische und spirituelle Themen. Es entstehen wichtige Hauptwerke\, wie „Bajazzo und Artisten“ (1916/1945) und „Bajazzo“\, (1924/1945) „Beethoven“ (1924/1945)\, „Golgatha“ (1915) und „Golem“ (1916). \n1933 kommt diese sehr fruchtbare Schaffenszeit zu einem abrupten Halt. Es folgen 12 lange Jahre der Verfolgung durch die Nationalsozialisten\, in denen der jüdisch geborene Ascher in permanenter Todesangst lebt\, davon drei Jahre versteckt im Keller eines Wohnhauses. \nAls Ascher 1945 wieder anfängt zu malen\, überarbeitee er zunächst frühere Arbeiten. Aber schon bald wendet er sich der Natur zu. Der Künstler arbeitet mit neuer Unmittelbarkeit und Dringlichkeit und vereinfachte Formen und Medien. Seine dicken\, hellen Pigmente suggerieren sowohl lebendige\, lebensbejahende Freude als auch in der rauen Natur seiner Pinselstriche eine dunkle\, innere Angst\, die sich in Licht verwandelt. \nDie Ausstellung im Forum Jacob Pins erkundet die Bedeutung der Bajazzo Arbeiten im Werk Aschers und im historischen Kontext\, aber auch im direkten Vergleich mit den Clowns\, die Jacob Pins (1917-2005) nach 1945 schafft. Auch in Pins´ Werk spielt die Figur des Narren eine besondere\, stets reflexiv angelegte Rolle. Während der um eine Generation jüngere Pins das Motiv seit den 1950er Jahren immer wieder variiert\, tritt bei Ascher im Verlauf der Zeit dieAndersartigkeit des Clowns in den Vordergrund\, missverstanden und leidend\, im Kampf ums Leben und in existenzieller Einsamkeit. \nZur Ausstellung erscheint ein zweisprachiger\, reich illustrierter Katalog. \nDie Ausstellung wurde von der Fritz Ascher Gesellschaft für verfolgte\, geächtete und verbotene Kunst\, Inc.\, New York in Zusammenarbeit mit der Jacob Pins Gesellschaft organisiert und von Rachel Stern und Julia Diekmann kuratiert. Die Ausstellung wird vom Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft Nordrhein-Westfalens gesponsert. Der Katalog wurde unterstützt vom Arbeitskreis Ausland für kulturelle Aufgaben e.V. und von der Reinwald GmbH\, Leipzig. \nDie Ausstellung ist zu sehen vom 6. September bis 29. November 2020 im Forum Jacob Pins\, Westerbachstr. 35/37\, 37671 Höxter\, Tel.: 05271-694 74 41\, www.jacob-pins.de\, Di. – So. 10:00 – 17:00 Uhr. Die Vernissage findet am 6. September um 11:30 Uhr statt. Aufgrund der Corona-Schutzbestimmungen ist die Teilnehmerzahl begrenzt und somit eine Anmeldung erforderlich. URL:https://fritzaschersociety.org/exhibition-event/fritz-ascher-der-vereinsamte_forum_jacob_pins_hoxter/ LOCATION:Forum Jacob Pins\, Westerbachstr. 35-37\, Höxter\, 37671\, Germany CATEGORIES:Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fritzaschersociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/jp_fassade_568x350px.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Gewandhaus zu Leipzig":MAILTO:forum@jacob-pins.de END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200902T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200902T130000 DTSTAMP:20201130T013216Z CREATED:20200807T214024Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201130T013216Z UID:4118-1599048000-1599051600@fritzaschersociety.org SUMMARY:Flight or Fight. stories of artists under repressionThe difficult case of painter Emil Nolde (1867-1956)Aya Soika\, Berlin DESCRIPTION:View a recording of the event HERE. \nLecture featuring\nAya Soika\, Professor of Art History at Bard College Berlin\, Germany\nModerated by \nRachel Stern\, Executive Director of the Fritz Ascher Society in New York \nThe German Expressionist Emil Nolde is arguably one of most prominent victims of the Nazis’ art politics: No other painter had so many works confiscated\, or was presented as prominently in the show „Degenerate Art\,“ which opened in Munich in July 1937. Yet\, his position differs fundamentally from that of many other artists who will be presented in the Fritz Ascher Society’s lecture series “From Flight to Fight”: Nolde was not just a victim but also a loyal supporter of the regime whose world views were radicalized by antisemitic propaganda in the early 1940s. Despite of the fact that his pictorial oeuvre was attacked by many traditionalists he did not give up hope that the Nazi leadership would ultimately acknowledge his role as a pioneer of ‘pure’ German art (which did not happen). On the occasion of the Nolde exhibition in Berlin’s National Gallery in 2019 the curators Aya Soika\, Bernhard Fulda and Christian Ring took a fresh look at the ‘legendary’ artistic persona of Nolde\, focussing on the complex dynamics between Nolde’s biography and his own writings\, his art and his reception up until today. The findings presented in our show triggered an international public debate on how to deal with one of the icons of early twentieth century German Expressionism. \nAya Soika is professor of art history at Bard College Berlin. She was born and raised in Berlin\, and gained a PhD from King’s College\, Cambridge. She has published widely in the field of German Expressionism and is author of the catalogue raisonné of Max Pechstein’s oil paintings (2 vols\, 2011)\, the monograph Max Pechstein The Rise and Fall of Expressionism (with Bernhard Fulda\, 2012)\, a book on the Brücke artists during the First World War (2014) and one on Max and Lotte Pechstein’s journey to the South Seas (2016). Together with Bernhard Fulda and Christian Ring she has curated the exhibition on Emil Nolde during the Nazi period at Berlin’s National Gallery at Hamburger Bahnhof last year; and in parallel together with Meike Hoffmann and Lisa Marei Schmidt the show Die Brücke artists during the Nazi period at the Brücke Museum Berlin. On the occasion of the two exhibitions her research (and that of the above mentioned colleagues) was published in the accompanying catalogues. \nThe event is part of our monthly series\nFlight or Fight. stories of artists under repression \nSponsored by Allianz Partners. \n\nImage: Aya Soika\, Berlin.\n\n  \nDer schwierige Fall des Malers Emil Nolde (1867-1956) \nDer deutsche Expressionist Emil Nolde ist wohl eines der prominentesten Opfer der Kunstpolitik der Nazis: Von keinem anderen Maler wurden so viele Werke beschlagnahmt\, kein anderer wurde in der im Juli 1937 in München eröffneten Ausstellung „Entartete Kunst“ so prominent präsentiert. Seine Position unterscheidet sich grundlegend von der vieler anderer Künstler\, die in der Vortragsreihe “From Flight to Fight” der Fritz Ascher Society vorgestellt werden: Nolde war nicht nur ein Opfer\, sondern auch ein treuer Anhänger des Regimes\, dessen Weltanschauung durch antisemitische  Propaganda in den frühen 1940er Jahren radikalisiert wurde. Trotz der Tatsache\, dass seine Kunst von vielen Traditionalisten angegriffen wurde\, gab er die Hoffnung nicht auf\, dass die nationalsozialistische Führungsriege letztendlich seine Rolle als Pionier der “reinen” deutschen Kunst anerkennen würde (was nicht geschah). Anlässlich der Nolde-Ausstellung in der Berliner Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof im Jahr 2019 wurde ein neuer Blick auf Emil Nolde geworfen und die komplexe Dynamik zwischen Noldes Biografie und seinen eigenen Schriften\, seiner Kunst und seiner Rezeption bis heute untersucht. Die in unserer Ausstellung präsentierten Ergebnisse lösten eine internationale öffentliche Debatte über den Umgang mit einer der Ikonen des deutschen Expressionismus des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts aus. URL:https://fritzaschersociety.org/exhibition-event/aya-soika-berlin/ LOCATION:1014 – space for ideas\, 1014 5th Avenue\, New York\, New York\, NY\, 10028\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fritzaschersociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/1_IMG_8302-copy-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200805T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200805T160000 DTSTAMP:20200806T022006Z CREATED:20200625T104131Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200806T022006Z UID:4061-1596639600-1596643200@fritzaschersociety.org SUMMARY:Flight or Fight. stories of artists under repression Jewish Identity and Communist Belief.Lea Grundig's Path from Dresden to Palestine and back to DresdenLecture by Eckhart Gillen\, Berlin DESCRIPTION:Watch the video of this event HERE \nLecture featuring\nEckhart Gillen\, Independent Curator based in Berlin\, Germany\nModerated by \nRachel Stern\, Executive Director of the Fritz Ascher Society in New York \nThe lecture tells how the daughter of the Jewish clothing and furniture retailer Moritz Langer leaves her family’s Orthodox milieu to study at the Dresden Art Academy. There she meets art student Hans Grundig. With him she joined the German Communist Party in 1926. From now on she wanted to put her art at the service of the working class.\nAfter returning from exile in Palestine\, she used her art for the newly founded GDR. There she had a career as a professor and as president of the Association of Fine Artists of the GDR. In this function\, she unconditionally served the official art policy of the SED and also supported the “anti-Zionist” anti-Semitic policies of the GDR.\nBut the communist Lea Grundig is only one aspect of her life and work. The accusation of being a degenerate artist in the sense of Nazi terminology and the prohibition of pictures and memories of the genocide of the Jews became a test for the loyalty of the faithful communist and self-confident Jew Lea Grundig. \nEckhart Gillen\, Art Historian\, Independent Curator\, born 1947 in Karlsruhe\, Germany\, based in Berlin. Study of art history\, German and Sociology at the University of Heidelberg\, where he received the Doctorate from the Faculty of Philosophy. He has organized numerous exhibitions and published widely on Russian\, American\, and German art of thetwentieth century. Among his exhibition catalogs and books are „Amerika –Traum und Depression 1920/40“\, Akademie der Künste\, Berlin 1980; „German Art from Beckmann to Richter: Images of a Divided Country“; Yale University Press 1997; „Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures 1945-1989“\, LACMA\, L.A.\, Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nuremberg\, Deutsches Historisches Museum Berlin 2009 (in collaboration with Stephanie Barron); „Feindliche Brüder? Der Kalte Krieg und die deutsche Kunst 1945-1989“\, Berlin 2009; R.B.Kitaj – The Retrospective\, 2012\, Jewish Museum Berlin\, Jewish Museum London and Hamburger Kunsthalle; Art in Europe 1945-1968: Facing the Future\, BOZAR\, Brussels\, ZKM\, Karlsruhe\, Pushkin Museum\, Moscow\, 2016/17; „FLASHES OF THE FUTURE. The Art of the 68ers“\, Ludwig Forum\, Aachen\, 2018; „Constructing the World. Art and Economy 1919 to 1939 in USA\, Soviet Union and Germany“ in the Kunsthalle Mannheim\, 2018/19.\nNumerous distinctions\, including „einheitspreis – Bürgerpreis zur deutschen Einheit“ 2003 (bestowed by the Federal Agency for Civic Education)\, AICA-USA 2009 for Best Thematic Museum Show\, and the Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge Award 2011 conferred by the foundation Preußische Seehandlung  for unconventional art communication (together with Stefanie Barron). Adjunct professor for art history at the Film University in Potsdam-Babelsberg since 2011. \nThe event is part of our monthly series\nFlight or Fight. stories of artists under repression \nSponsored by Allianz Partners. \n\nImage: Lea Grundig\, Discussion (in the Street) Between Workers Belonging to the KPD and the SPD [Diskussion (auf der Straße) zwischen KPD- und SPD-Arbeitern]\, 1930/31\, Linocut\, 10.8 x 14.4 inches [27\,5 × 36\,5 cm]. Akademie der Künste\, Berlin.\n\n  \nJüdische Identität und kommunistischer Glaube \nLea Grundigs Weg von Dresden nach Palästina und zurück nach Dresden \nDer Vortrag erzählt\, wie die Tochter des jüdischen Kleider- und Möbelhändlers Moritz Langer das orthodoxe Milieu ihrer Familie verlässt\, um an der Kunstakademie Dresden zu studieren. Dort trifft sie den Kunststudenten Hans Grundig. Mit ihm tritt sie 1926 in die Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands ein. Sie wollte von nun an ihre Kunst in den Dienst der Arbeiterklasse stellen.\nNach Rückkehr aus dem Exil in Palästina setzt sie ihre Kunst für die neu gegründeten DDR ein. Dort macht sie Karriere als Professorin und als Präsidentin des Verbandes Bildender Künstler der DDR. In dieser Funktion diente sie bedingungslos der offiziellen Kunstpolitik der SED und unterstützte auch die „antizionistische“ in Wahrheit antisemitische Politik der DDR.\nDoch die Kommunistin Lea Grundig ist nur ein Aspekt ihres Lebens und Werkes. Der Vorwurf\, eine entartete Künstlerin im Sinne der Nazi-Terminologie zu sein und das Bilder- und Erinnerungsverbot an den Völkermord an den Juden wurde für die Loyalität der gläubigen Kommunistin und selbstbewußten Jüdin Lea Grundig zu einer Zerreißprobe. URL:https://fritzaschersociety.org/exhibition-event/flight-or-fight-stories-of-artists-under-repression-jewish-identity-and-communist-belieflea-grundigs-path-from-dresden-to-palestine-and-back-to-dresdenlecture-by-eckhart-gillen-berlin/ LOCATION:1014 – space for ideas\, 1014 5th Avenue\, New York\, New York\, NY\, 10028\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fritzaschersociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/02_Diskussion_auf-der-Straße.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200715T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200715T150000 DTSTAMP:20200715T212403Z CREATED:20200709T183821Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200715T212403Z UID:4081-1594821600-1594825200@fritzaschersociety.org SUMMARY:Zoe Strimpel\, British HistorianRhodes Must Stand: a lightly Jewish perspective on why we must learn to live with the past\, not destroy it DESCRIPTION:Lecture featuring\nZoe Strimpel\, British Historian and flagship columnist for the Sunday Telegraph\nModerated by \nRachel Stern\, Director of the Fritz Ascher Society in New York \nSince the Black Lives Matter movement gained new urgency following the police murder of George Floyd\, much material – not just statues and monuments to the past but culture more broadly – has been flagged as racist and therefore undeserving of a continued place in the public sphere. Recently\, Dickens has attracted the condemnation of anti-racists. But nobody has ever\, or is likely to\, pore over the anti-Semitic connotations or history of art or industry. Jews have learned to live with the prominence of Wagner; of authors from Trollope to Kingsley Amis\, with statues to Martin Luther\, and with the ubiquity in Christian architecture and iconography: the Judensau of Cathedrals all around Europe. But in living with the past\, we do not lose out – on the contrary\, we are greatly enriched. \nZoe Strimpel is a historian of gender and intimacy in modern Britain\, and a flagship columnist for the Sunday Telegraph. She is also the author of What the Hell Is He Thinking? All the Questions You Ever Asked About Men Answered (2010)\, The Man Diet: One Woman’s Quest to End Bad Romance (2012) and Seeking Love in Modern Britain: Gender\, Dating and the Rise of ‘The Single’ (Bloomsbury\, 2020). \nRachel Stern is the Executive Director of The Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted\, Ostracized and Banned Art\, Inc. in New York. \nThe event is sponsored by Allianz Partners. URL:https://fritzaschersociety.org/exhibition-event/zoe-strimpel/ LOCATION:1014 – space for ideas\, 1014 5th Avenue\, New York\, New York\, NY\, 10028\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fritzaschersociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Me-Spain.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200701T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200701T180000 DTSTAMP:20200729T131341Z CREATED:20200527T231102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200729T131341Z UID:4040-1593622800-1593626400@fritzaschersociety.org SUMMARY:Flight or Fight. stories of artists under repression Hans Hofmann:Coming to AmericaLecture by Karen Wilkin\, NY DESCRIPTION:Watch the video of this zoom event HERE \nLecture featuring\nKaren Wilkin\, Independent Curator and Critic\nModerated by \nRachel Stern\, Director of the Fritz Ascher Society in New York \nHans Hofmann (1880-1966) first arrived in the US from Munich in 1930\, to teach a summer art course at the University of California\, Berkeley. He returned twice more\, extending his 1932 visit to pursue teaching opportunities. In 1933\, he decided to remain in the US\, opening the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts in 1934. He did not return to Europe until 1949\, for an exhibition in France\, and to Germany until 1962\, for a touring retrospective. Before coming to America\, Hofmann had only drawn for 15 years\, because of the demands of running his Munich school. While he initially used drawing to record his discovery of the US\, he began to paint again in 1934. Many other milestones followed: publication of his book of art theory\, important exhibitions\, representing the US at the Venice Biennale and Documenta\, and more. This talk explores Hofmann’s response to his new country and his New York colleagues. \nKaren Wilkin is a New York-based curator and critic specializing in 20thcentury modernism. The author of monographs on Stuart Davis\, David Smith\, Anthony Caro\, Kenneth Noland\, Helen Frankenthaler\, Giorgio Morandi\, Georges Braque\, and Hans Hofmann\, she has organized exhibitions of their work internationally. She was a juror for the American Pavilion of the 2009 Venice Biennale. The Contributing Editor for Art for the Hudson Reviewand a regular contributor to The New Criterionand the Wall Street Journal\,Ms. Wilkin teaches in the New York Studio School’s MFA program. \nRachel Stern is the Director and CEO of The Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted\, Ostracized and Banned Art\, Inc. in New York. Her book\, The Expressionist Fritz Ascher\, was co-edited with Ori Z. Soltes and published by Wienand in 2016. Raised in Germany and educated at Georg-August Universität Göttingen with an MA in Art History and Economics\, she immigrated to the US in 1994. She worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and as an independent writer and curator. Rachel is a recipient of a 2002 NEA Grant and the 2017 Hans and Lea Grundig Prize. \nThe event is part of our monthly series\nFlight or Fight. stories of artists under repression \nSponsored by Allianz Partners. URL:https://fritzaschersociety.org/exhibition-event/flight-or-fight-stories-of-artists-under-repression-hans-hofmann/ LOCATION:1014 – space for ideas\, 1014 5th Avenue\, New York\, New York\, NY\, 10028\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fritzaschersociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Hans-Hofmann_Storm-Haus-on-the-Hill_1943_1943-gouache-on-paper-18”-x-24.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200603T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200603T180000 DTSTAMP:20200623T191855Z CREATED:20200527T013942Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200623T191855Z UID:4017-1591203600-1591207200@fritzaschersociety.org SUMMARY:Flight or Fight. stories of artists under repression More Surreal Than Surrealism:Hedda Sterne's Emigration DESCRIPTION:Watch the event video HERE.\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \nConversation featuring \nDr. Sarah Eckhardt\, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond\, VA and \nShaina Larrivee\, Director of The Hedda Sterne Foundation in New York\nModerated by \nRachel Stern\, Director of the Fritz Ascher Society in New York \nHedda Sterne (1910-2011) was born in Bucharest\, Romania in 1910 and came of age as an artist in the midst of the Dada and Surrealist movements in Bucharest and Paris. In 1941 she narrowly escaped the Bucharest Pogrom and was one of the fortunate few who managed to leave Europe for the United States amid the refugee crisis. Settling in New York\, she quickly became a part of the artistic community surrounding Peggy Guggenheim and Max Ernst\, exhibiting her work alongside established European Surrealists as well as rising American artists\, including Jackson Pollock\, Barnet Newman\, and Mark Rothko. Sterne frequently described the United States as “more surreal than Surrealism.” This conversation will explore Sterne’s shift in artistic practice\, from the Surrealist collage techniques and dream imagery she utilized in Europe\, to her experiments in New York visually expressing the temporal reality of American technology and urban landscapes. \nDr. Sarah Eckhardt\, VMFA’s Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art\, joined the museum in 2011. She received her BA from Valparaiso University and her MA and PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\, where she was awarded a Henry Luce Dissertation Fellowship for her dissertation\, Hedda Sterne and the Abstract Expressionist Context. At VMFA the Modern & Contemporary department is responsible for the museum’s early 20th-century European holdings as well as the mid-to-late 20th-century and 21st-century collections\, including photography and the sculpture garden. Her current exhibition\, Working Together: Louis Draper and the Kamoinge Workshop\, about a collective of fifteen African American photographers founded in New York in 1963\, just opened on February 1. She is also working on an exhibition and database project that will digitally reunite VMFA’s Rosy and Ludwig Fischer Collection of German Expressionist art with other portions of the family’s collection that were dispersed or lost after Hitler seized power and the Fischers were forced to flee Germany. She recently participated in the German/American Provenance Research Exchange Program which focused on increasing Nazi-era restitution research networks between German and American museum professionals. \nShaina Larrivee is Director of The Hedda Sterne Foundation\, New York\, an organization established by the artist Hedda Sterne and dedicated to exploring her philosophy of art as a process of engagement and discovery. As its first Director\, Larrivee has overseen the organization of the Foundation’s collections and the development of its programming. Previously she served as Managing Editor of the Isamu Noguchi Catalogue Raisonné project\, and has written and lectured on various topics including research methodology and the stewardship of artists’ legacies. \nRachel Stern is the Director and CEO of The Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted\, Ostracized and Banned Art\, Inc. in New York. Her book\, The Expressionist Fritz Ascher\, was co-edited with Ori Z. Soltes and published by Wienand in 2016. Raised in Germany and educated at Georg-August Universität Göttingen with an MA in Art History and Economics\, she immigrated to the US in 1994. She worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and as an independent writer and curator. Rachel is a recipient of a 2002 NEA Grant and the 2017 Hans and Lea Grundig Prize. \nThe event is part of our monthly series\nFlight or Fight. stories of artists under repression \nSponsored by Allianz Partners. URL:https://fritzaschersociety.org/exhibition-event/hedda-sterne/ LOCATION:1014 – space for ideas\, 1014 5th Avenue\, New York\, New York\, NY\, 10028\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fritzaschersociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/hedda-sterne-met.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200520T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200520T180000 DTSTAMP:20200527T104741Z CREATED:20200303T132032Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200527T104741Z UID:3912-1589994000-1589997600@fritzaschersociety.org SUMMARY:OTHERNESS AND HIDING.Jewish Life in Nazi Germany.with Celebration of Competition Winners DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE EVENT HERE \nThe University of Richmond Museums and the Fritz Ascher Society present Otherness and Hiding: Jewish Life in Nazi Germany\, celebrating the closing of the exhibition Fritz Ascher: Expressionist\, on view at the Harnett Museum of Art.  Keynote speaker is Professor Marion A. Kaplan\, NYU. There is also a celebration of the student winners of the Fritz Ascher competition in prose\, poetry\, or images on paper based on the theme of “Otherness.” \nThe event was opened by Rachel Stern\, Executive Director of the Fritz Ascher Society of Persecuted\, Ostracized and Banned Art\, Inc.\, New York. \nIn her keynote\, Marion A. Kaplan\, Skirball Professor of Modern Jewish History at New York University\, New York spoke about Hiding: Jewish Life in Nazi Germany.  What was it like to be a Jew in Nazi Germany? For those trapped in the Nazi terror regime\, mere survival became a nightmare. Those who went underground\, including Fritz Ascher\, endured the terrors of nightly bombings and the even greater fear of being discovered by the Nazis.  All were pressed to the limits of human endurance and loneliness. \nKaplan is a three-time National Jewish Book Award winner for The Making of the Jewish Middle Class: Women\, Family and Identity in Imperial Germany (1991)\, Between Dignity and Despair: Jewish Life in Nazi Germany (1998)\, and Gender and Jewish History (with Deborah Dash Moore\, 2011). Kaplan is a writer and editor of numerous publications on German-Jewish and women’s history. She has taught courses on German-Jewish history\, European women’s history\, German and European history\, as well as European Jewish history\, and Jewish women’s history. \nFollowing the lecture\, Dr. Ori Z. Soltes from Georgetown University\, Washington\, D.C. recognized the student competition winners. In conjunction with the exhibition\, the Fritz Ascher Society invited students to submit an essay\, a poem\, or an artwork that reflected on the theme of “Otherness.” The winners of the student competition are: \n\nLuis Caceres\, 12thgrade\, Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics\, New York\, NY\nStephen Cain\, 10thgrade\, St. Joseph’s Preparatory School\, Philadelphia\, PA\nBetty Isakov\, 12thgrade\, Hebrew Academy of Nassau County\, NY\nJoseph Murphy\, 10thgrade\, St. Joseph’s Preparatory School\, Philadelphia\, PA\nStella Wright\, 7thgrade\, Tomahawk Creek Middle School\, Midlothian\, VA\n\nThe jurors for the competition were Ori Z. Soltes and Rachel Stern\, Fritz Ascher Society\, and Richard Waller\, Executive Director\, University of Richmond Museums. \nThe event was sponsored by the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art\, University of Richmond and The Fritz Ascher Society. It is co-sponsored by Allianz Partners. \nInformation: info@fritzaschersociety.org \nImage: Fritz Ascher\, Self Portrait\, 1953. White and grey gouache over black ink and watercolor on paper\, 18 x 12.4 inches. URL:https://fritzaschersociety.org/exhibition-event/zoom-event-award-ceremony/ LOCATION:ONLINE\, VA\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fritzaschersociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Kat55_FritzAscher_MalePortrait_1953_Whitegouacheoverblackinkandwatercolouronpaper_18x12.4in_45.5x31.5cm_PrivatecollectionP1090304-copy-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200326T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200326T210000 DTSTAMP:20200527T103507Z CREATED:20200318T235105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200527T103507Z UID:3933-1585252800-1585256400@fritzaschersociety.org SUMMARY:Housebound and Hiding.From Fritz Ascher in 1942 to Ourselves Today in 2020 Eva Fogelman\, Ori Soltes\, Rachel Stern DESCRIPTION:WATCH THE EVENT HERE \nJoin us as we commemorate the 50th anniversary of Fritz Ascher’s death by discussing the psychological repercussions of having to go into hiding for a long stretch of time–especially for someone who was almost stereotypically a “sensitive artist.” This topic seems particularly relevant to conditions right now\, when so many of us are in hiding. \nDr. Eva Fogelman is a social psychologist\, psychotherapist\, author and filmmaker. She is in private practice in New York City and was co-founder and co-director of Psychotherapy with Generations of the Holocaust and Related Traumas at Training Institute for Mental Health\, and Jewish Foundation for Christian Rescuers\, ADL (Jewish Foundation for the Righteous)\, currently co-director Child Development Research (includes International Study of Organized Persecution of Children). Dr. Fogelman is co-editor of Children During the Nazi Reign: Psychological Perspective on the Interview Process and Children in the Holocaust and Its Aftermath. She is the writer and co-producer of the award-winning documentary Breaking the Silence: The Generation After the Holocaust(PBS). Dr. Fogelman is a Pulitzer Prize nominee for Conscience and Courage: Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust.Her hundreds of writings appear in professional as well as popular publications.  Dr. Fogelman is a pioneer in therapeutic interventions for generations of the Holocaust and related historical traumas\, and is a frequent consultant and speaker nationally and internationally. \nDr. Ori Z. Soltes teaches at Georgetown University across a range of disciplines\, from art history and theology to philosophy and political history. He is the former Director of the B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum\, and has curated more than 85 exhibitions there and in other venues across the country and overseas. He has authored or edited 21 books and scores of articles and essays. Some of his recent books include Our Sacred Signs: How Jewish\, Christian and Muslim Art Draw from the Same Source; Searching for Oneness: Mysticism in Judaism\, Christianity and Islam; Untangling the Web: Why the Middle East is a Mess and Always Has Been;andTradition and Transformation: Three Millennia of Jewish Art & Architecture. \nRachel Stern is the Director and CEO of The Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted\, Ostracized and Banned Art\, Inc. in New York. Her book\, The Expressionist Fritz Ascher\, was co-edited with Ori Z. Soltes and published by Wienand in 2016. Raised in Germany and educated at Georg-August Universität Göttingen with an MA in Art History and Economics\, she immigrated to the US in 1994. She worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and as an independent writer and curator. Rachel is a recipient of a 2002 NEA Grant and the 2017 Hans and Lea Grundig Prize. \nIn conjunction with the exhibition “Fritz Ascher\, Expressionist” at the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art\, University of Richmond\, Richmond\, VA (CLOSED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS). \nThe event is sponsored by Allianz Partners. URL:https://fritzaschersociety.org/exhibition-event/housebound-and-hiding/ LOCATION:1014 – space for ideas\, 1014 5th Avenue\, New York\, New York\, NY\, 10028\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200323T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200323T130000 DTSTAMP:20200319T000411Z CREATED:20200101T142142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200319T000411Z UID:3801-1584964800-1584968400@fritzaschersociety.org SUMMARY:ZOOM EVENTOri Z. SoltesSymbols of Faith: Art in the Jewish\, Christian and Muslim Traditions DESCRIPTION:March 23\, 2020\n12:00-1:30pm\nZOOM EVENT\nACCESS INFO AFTER TICKET PURCHASE\nT 212.415.5500 \nOri Z. Soltes\nSymbols of Faith: Art in the Jewish\, Christian and Muslim Traditions\nThis lavishly illustrated talk will explore how symbols—numbers\, colors\, geometric forms\, gestures\, and figures—are used in convergent and divergent ways in Jewish\, Christian\, and Muslim visual art; how so many of them derive from earlier imagery in pagan antiquity; and how they continue to be useful and relevant in the art of the modern secular world. URL:https://fritzaschersociety.org/exhibition-event/soltes-lecture-symbols-of-faith/ LOCATION:92nd Street Y\, 1395 Lexington Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10128\, United States CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fritzaschersociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/92Y_48059227562.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200212T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200212T200000 DTSTAMP:20200303T134609Z CREATED:20191231T153340Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200303T134609Z UID:3798-1581530400-1581537600@fritzaschersociety.org SUMMARY:Panel DiscussionExpressionisms: Germany and the United States Camp Concert Hall Modlin Center for the Arts Richmond\, VA DESCRIPTION:February 12\, 2020\n6:00-8:00pm\nCamp Concert Hall\nModlin Center for the Arts\n453 Westhampton Way\nRichmond\, VA 23173\nInformation: 804-289-8276 \nPanel Discussion\nExpressionisms: Germany and the United States \nAmong the diverse descriptive labels attached to the art of Fritz Ascher\, perhaps none is more evocative and distinct than “expressionist.” In the context of visual art\, that term has\, over the past century and a half\, connoted the articulation of strong emotion–through color\, brush work\, and the aggressive representation of figures and the elements of nature. This discussion will consider ways in which these features\, particularly in painting\, can explore and have explored embodying emotion and provoking it in the viewer. Also discussed will be the relationships of political identity\, the workings of the unconscious mind\, and the realm of the spiritual to the work of Ascher and other important artists\, before and contemporary with him\, both in Europe and the United States \nModerated by\nSarah Eckhardt\, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art\, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts\, Richmond \nWith speakers: \nEckhart Gillen\, Independent Curator\, Berlin\n“German and American Expressionism 1914\, 1933 and 1941: Franz Marc\, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Mark Rothko. Manifestations of National Identity and the Break of Civilization” \nElizabeth Berkowitz\, Mellon/ACLS Public Fellow\, Rockefeller Archive Center\n“Fritz Ascher and Ideological Color in Modern Art” \nOri Z. Soltes\, Teaching Professor\, Center for Jewish Civilization\, Georgetown University\, Washington D.C.\n“Expressionism and Spirituality” \nThe event is sponsored by the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art\, University of Richmond and The Fritz Ascher Society. It is co-sponsored by Allianz Partners. URL:https://fritzaschersociety.org/exhibition-event/panel-discussionexpressionisms-germany-and-the-united-states-joel-and-lila-harnett-museum-of-art-university-of-richmond-richmond-va/ LOCATION:Modlin Center for the Arts\, University of Richmond\, Richmond\, Virginia\, 453 Westhampton Way\, Richmond\, VA\, 23173\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fritzaschersociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_9091-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200116T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200116T141500 DTSTAMP:20200303T141511Z CREATED:20191209T165706Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200303T141511Z UID:3774-1579181400-1579184100@fritzaschersociety.org SUMMARY:Rachel Stern: Curator's Walk-Through Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art University of Richmond Richmond\, VA DESCRIPTION:January 16\, 2020\n1:30-2:15pm\nCurator’s Walk-Through \nJoel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art\nUniversity of Richmond Museums\n453 Westhampton Way\nRichmond\, VA 23173\nInformation: 804-289-8276 \nPlease join Rachel Stern\, Director of the Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted\, Ostracized\, and Banned Art and curator of “Fritz Ascher\, Expressionist” for a walk through the exhibition. \nThe event is sponsored by the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art\, University of Richmond and The Fritz Ascher Society. It is co-sponsored by Allianz Partners. URL:https://fritzaschersociety.org/exhibition-event/rachel-stern-gallery-conversation-joel-and-lila-harnett-museum-of-art-university-of-richmond-richmond-virginia/ LOCATION:Modlin Center for the Arts\, University of Richmond\, Richmond\, Virginia\, 453 Westhampton Way\, Richmond\, VA\, 23173\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fritzaschersociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_7678.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200116 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200525 DTSTAMP:20200527T085559Z CREATED:20190807T174907Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200527T085559Z UID:3677-1579132800-1590364799@fritzaschersociety.org SUMMARY:"Fritz Ascher\, Expressionist"Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art\, University of Richmond\, Richmond\, VA (USA) DESCRIPTION:“Fritz Ascher: Expressionist” presents works by this German Jewish artist\, who lived through the Weimar Republic\, the Nazi regime\, and into the postwar years. With the support of prominent Berlin painter Max Liebermann\, Fritz Ascher (1893–1970) studied in Berlin before traveling to Oslo\, where he met Edvard Munch. During a prolonged stay in Munich\, he associated with the artists who contributed to Simplicissimus magazine\, and back in Berlin\, he fell in with the artists of Die Brücke. His early work is steeped in old myths\, spirituality\, and reflections on the human condition. From 1933 he was forbidden to produce\, exhibit\, or sell his art. Interned at the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp in 1938\, he survived the Nazi era mostly in hiding\, writing poetry. After 1945 he returned to painting\, expressing his inner turmoil in colorful\, mystical landscapes devoid of human figures. The exhibition comprises 70 paintings and works on paper\, ranging from Ascher’s early academic studies to his final landscapes. “Fritz Ascher: Expressionist” is accompanied by an illustrated catalogue. \n“Fritz Ascher: Expressionist” is organized by the Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted\, Ostracized and Banned Art\, Inc. and curated by director Rachel Stern. The exhibition is co-sponsored by Allianz Partners. \nThe exhibition is open during the semester Sunday – Friday 1:00pm – 5:00pm.\nFor special opening hours please visit the museum website (link). URL:https://fritzaschersociety.org/exhibition-event/fritz-ascher-expressionist-joel-and-lila-harnett-museum-of-art-university-of-richmond-virginia/ LOCATION:Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art\, University of Richmond\, Richmond\, Virginia\, 410 Westhampton Way\, Richmond\, VA\, 23173\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fritzaschersociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Richmond_Harnett-Museum_RS.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200115T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200115T200000 DTSTAMP:20200303T142834Z CREATED:20191128T141707Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200303T142834Z UID:3762-1579111200-1579118400@fritzaschersociety.org SUMMARY:Opening Reception Fritz Ascher: Expressionist Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art University of Richmond\, Richmond\, VA DESCRIPTION:January 15\, 2020 from 6:00 to 8:00pm \n6:00-7:00pm   Lecture\nRachel Stern\, Curator and Director Fritz Ascher Society\n“Forgotten but not Lost: The German Expressionist Fritz Ascher (1893-1970)”\n7:00-8:00pm   Opening Reception and Exhibition Preview \nFritz Ascher: Expressionist \nJoel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art\nUniversity of Richmond Museums\n453 Westhampton Way\nRichmond\, VA 23173\nInformation: 804-289-8276 \nExhibition on view: January 16 – May 24\, 2020 \nWatch the video of the lecture here. \n“Fritz Ascher: Expressionist” presents paintings and works on paper by a Jewish artist who belonged to Germany’s Lost Generation – those whose careers were interrupted or destroyed by the Nazi terror regime. Coming to maturity during the Weimar Republic\, Fritz Ascher (1893-1970) was taken under the wing of prominent Berlin painter Max Liebermann and studied in Koenigsberg and Berlin. He traveled to Oslo\, where he met Edvard Munch\, and Munich\, where he associated with the artists of Blauer Reiter and the Simplicissimus group. Ascher’s early work is steeped in old myths\, spirituality\, and reflections on the human condition. From 1933 he was forbidden to produce\, exhibit\, or sell his art. He was deported to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in November 1938\, and from December he was incarcerated in Potsdam prison for five months. In 1942 Ascher went into hiding in Berlin\, writing poetry. He returned to painting after the war\, expressing his inner turmoil in colorful\, mystical landscapes devoid of human figures. \nFritz Ascher: Expressionist is organized by the Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted\, Ostracized and Banned Art\, Inc. and curated by director Rachel Stern. Support for the catalogue was provided by Reinwald GmbH\, Leipzig.\nThe exhibition and programs at the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art are co-sponsored by Allianz Partners.\nThey are made possible in part with funds from the Louis S. Booth Arts Fund. URL:https://fritzaschersociety.org/exhibition-event/opening-reception-fritz-ascher-expressionist-joel-and-lila-harnett-museum-of-art-university-of-richmond/ LOCATION:Modlin Center for the Arts\, University of Richmond\, Richmond\, Virginia\, 453 Westhampton Way\, Richmond\, VA\, 23173\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fritzaschersociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2020URMuseumFritzAscherExhibit-1454.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191028T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191028T163000 DTSTAMP:20200303T125616Z CREATED:20190809T172312Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200303T125616Z UID:3696-1572256800-1572280200@fritzaschersociety.org SUMMARY:Conference: Welcoming the Stranger. Abrahamic Hospitality and Its Contemporary ImplicationsGeorgetown University\, Washington D.C. DESCRIPTION:Welcoming the Stranger: Abrahamic Hospitality and Its Contemporary Implications\nOne of the signal moments in the narrative of the biblical Abraham is his insistent and enthusiastic reception of three strangers. That moment is a beginning point of inspiration for all three Abrahamic traditions as they evolve and develop the details of their respective teachings. On the one hand\, welcoming the stranger by remembering “that you were strangers in the land of Egypt” is enjoined upon the ancient Israelites\, and on the other\, oppressing the stranger is condemned by their prophets throughout the Hebrew Bible. These sentiments will be repeated in the New Testament and the Qur’an and elaborated in the interpretive literatures of Judaism\, Christianity\, and Islam. \nSuch notions have been seriously challenged on many occasions throughout history—at no time more profoundly than in the 20thand 21stcenturies. The Holocaust began by the decision of the German government in the mid-1930s to turn specific groups of German citizens into strangers\, a process that expanded over the following decade to overrun much of Europe. \nDeliberate marginalization leading to genocide is all too apparent in the next half century from Bosnia and Cambodia to Rwanda. In the aftermath of September 11\, 2001\, the United States—which has wrestled with the question of welcoming the stranger since the turn into mid-19th century—began an emphatic twist toward closing the door on those seeking refuge on these shores by the early 20thcentury. We have arrived at an unprecedented slamming of that door within the last two years—and have marginalized particular religious and ethnic groups. The repercussions may be felt across the globe. \nThe purpose of this conference is to explore these issues\, from both a theoretical and theological perspective and a perspective that examines concrete historical instances within the past 85 years in which aspects of these issues have played out. \nProgram \nMorning \nWelcome and Introduction Ori Z Soltes\, CJC \nRachel Gartner\, Georgetown Jewish Chaplain (“Welcoming the Stanger in Judaism”) \nRev Craig Mousin\, DePaul University; Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (“Welcoming the Stranger in Christianity”) \nZeki Saritoprak\, Nursi Chair in Islamic Studies\, John Carroll University (“Welcoming the Stranger in Islam”) \nLUNCH BREAK \nAfternoon \nRachel Stern\, Founding Director\, Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted\, Oppressed\, and Banned Artists \nLindsay Balfour\, Assistant Professor\, Communication Studies\, Concordia College\, and author of Hospitality in a Time of Terror: Strangers at the Gate \nQ&A with all five speakers \nOri Z Soltes introduces and moderates \n  \nThe event is organized by Georgetown University’s Center for Jewish Civilization and co-sponsored by the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding\, Department of Theology and Religious Studies\, Georgetown Jewish Life\, and The Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted\, Ostracized and Banned Art\, Inc. URL:https://fritzaschersociety.org/exhibition-event/conference-georgetown_university_washingtondc/ LOCATION:Georgetown University\, 3700 O Street NW\, Arrupe Hall Multipurpose Room\, Washington\, DC\, 20057\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fritzaschersociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/3832348182_a700a0e6dc_o.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20191019T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20191019T173000 DTSTAMP:20200303T125535Z CREATED:20190810T143001Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200303T125535Z UID:3592-1571481000-1571506200@fritzaschersociety.org SUMMARY:Bus Tour with Three Stops: Between Utopia and Exile. Architecture\, Painting and Film in Potsdam around 1930Nikolaisaal\, Potsdam (Germany) DESCRIPTION:ZWISCHEN UTOPIE UND EXIL\nARCHITEKTUR\, MALEREI UND FILM IM POTSDAM UM 1930 \nEine musikalische Zeitreise mit dem Bus in drei Etappen \nAuf dieser Bustour wird das Potsdam am Ende der Weimarer Republik wieder lebendig. Lassen Sie sich überraschen von der Vielfalt der modernen Architektur und den faszinierenden Kunstwerken jener Zeit\, oft gespiegelt in den wechselvollen Lebenswegen ihrer Schöpfer. Zum Abschluss der Exkursion sind im selten zugänglichen Studio des Filmorchester Babelsberg die großen Hits der UFA-Zeit ebenso zu erleben wie die spannenden Geschichten ihrer Entstehung. \n\n10.30 Uhr Musikalischer Auftakt im Nikolaisaal \nMatthew Rubenstein\, Klavier \n11.00 Uhr Erste Etappe\nDie Architektur der Potsdamer Moderne (Rundfahrt mit Stopps u.a. am Luftschiffhafen)\nReferentin: Prof. Karin Flegel\, Urania Potsdam \n12.30 Uhr Intermezzo: Mittagessen im Kongresshotel Potsdam am Templiner See \n14.30 Uhr Zweite Etappe\n“Fern bist Du\, meine Seele” – Der Expressionist Fritz Ascher als Künstler der verschollenen Generation\n(Vortrag mit Musik im Potsdam Museum)\nReferentin: Dr. Jutta Götzmann\, Direktorin Potsdam Museum\nMusik: Matthew Rubenstein\, Klavier \n16.00 Uhr Dritte Etappe\nMusik und Film in Babelsberg um 1930 (Moderiertes Konzert im Studio des Deutschen Filmorchesters Babelsberg)\nReferentin: Prof. Dr. Ursula von Keitz\, Direktorin Filmmuseum Potsdam\nFilmmusik der UFA-Zeit mit dem Salonorchester des Filmorchester Babelsberg \n\nVeranstalter: Musikfestspiele Sanssouci und Nikolaisaal Potsdam gGmbH URL:https://fritzaschersociety.org/exhibition-event/between-utopia-and-exile-architecture-painting-and-film-in-potsdam-around-1930-bus-tour-with-three-stops-potsdam-germany/ LOCATION:Nikolaisaal Potsdam\, Wilhelm-Staab-Straße 10-11\, Potsdam\, 14467\, Germany CATEGORIES:Events,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fritzaschersociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Nikolaisaal_Potsdam.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Nikolaisaal Potsdam gGmbH":MAILTO:service@nikolaisaal.de END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190403T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190403T183000 DTSTAMP:20190407T114351Z CREATED:20181220T190022Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190407T114351Z UID:3232-1554316200-1554316200@fritzaschersociety.org SUMMARY:J. English Cook: Gallery Conversation Grey Art Gallery at NYU\, New York DESCRIPTION:April 3\, 2019\, 6:30-7:30pm\nJ. English Cook: Gallery Conversation\nGrey Art Gallery at NYU\, New York (please add map) \nPlease join J. English Cook\, Graduate Curatorial Assistant\, Grey Art Gallery\, and Ph.D. Candidate\, Institute of Fine Arts\, NYU for a gallery conversation. \nThe event is sponsored by the Grey Art Gallery\, New York University and The Fritz Ascher Society. It is part of Wunderbar Together: The Year of German-American Friendship 2018/19\, an initiative of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany and the Goethe-Institut\, with the support of the Federation of German Industries (BDI). URL:https://fritzaschersociety.org/exhibition-event/j-english-cook-gallery-conversation-grey-art-gallery-at-nyu-new-york/ LOCATION:Grey Art Gallery\, 100 Washington Square E\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fritzaschersociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Events_GreyArtGallery_NewYork.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190306T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190306T193000 DTSTAMP:20200303T142323Z CREATED:20190125T105619Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200303T142323Z UID:3425-1551897000-1551900600@fritzaschersociety.org SUMMARY:Panel Discussion: Expressionism for Our Time New York Studio School DESCRIPTION:Panel Discussion: Expressionism for Our Time\nNew York Studio School\, 8 West 8th Street\nWednesday\, March 6\, 6:30–7:30 pm \nExpressionism for Our Time features a brief history of Western Expressionism by art critic and curator Karen Wilkin\, followed by a conversation between contemporary artists Rochelle Feinstein\, Judy Glantzman\, and Adrianne Rubenstein with art historian Robert Slifkin. \nWatch the video of the event here. \nKaren Wilkin is an independent curator and critic\, a regular contributor to New Criterion\, the Wall Street Journal\, and Hudson Review. She teaches the New York Studio School’s MFA art history seminars. \nRobert Slifkin is Associate Professor of Fine Arts at the Institute of Fine Arts\, New York University. His book Out of Time: Philip Guston and the Refiguration of Postwar American Art (University of California Press\, 2013) was awarded the Philips Book Prize. His writing has appeared in October\, American Art\, Artforum\, Oxford Art Journal\, and the Art Bulletin. His next book\, The New Monuments and the End of Man: American Sculpture Between War and Peace\, 1945-1975 will be published by Princeton University Press next fall. \nRochelle Feinstein’s solo exhibition\, Image of an Image\, at The Bronx Museum of the Arts from November 7 – March 3\, 2019\, followed her three-venue\, critically acclaimed retrospectives in Switzerland and Germany\, 2015-2017.  Feinstein was a professor of painting at the Yale School of Art from 1994-2017 and lives and works in NY. \nJudy Glantzman is a New York-based artist represented by Betty Cuningham Gallery in NY. Glantzman first exhibited in the East Village in the 1980s at Civilian Warfare and the Gracie Mansion Gallery. She is a recipient of numerous awards including the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation\, Anonymous is a Woman\, and the New York Foundation for the Arts.   \nAdrianne Rubenstein is an artist and curator based in NY. She received her BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 2006 and her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2011. Recent solo exhibitions include The Pit\, Los Angeles\, CA; Cooper Cole\, Toronto\, ON; Reyes Projects\, Bloomfield Hills\, MI; and Fourteen30 Contemporary\, Portland\, OR. Upcoming curatorial projects include Tif Sigfrids\, Athens\, GA\, and Loyal Gallery\, Stockholm. \nOrganized by the New York Studio School as part of its Evening Lecture Series and co-sponsored by the Grey Art Gallery and the Fritz Ascher Society. URL:https://fritzaschersociety.org/exhibition-event/panel-discussion-expressionism-for-our-time-new-york-studio-school/ LOCATION:New York Studio School\, 8 W 8th St\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fritzaschersociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Event_NewYorkStudioSchool.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190228T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190228T193000 DTSTAMP:20200303T140433Z CREATED:20181220T190603Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200303T140433Z UID:3244-1551378600-1551382200@fritzaschersociety.org SUMMARY:Conversation: Methodology\, Resources\, Issues\, and Challenges in Nazi-Era Provenance Research Silver Center\, New York DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, February 28\, 6:30 pm\nConversation: Methodology\, Resources\, Issues\, and Challenges in Nazi-Era Provenance Research\nSilver Center\, Room 300 (enter at 32 Waverly Place)\, New York \nSharon Flescher\, PhD\, Executive Director\, International Foundation for Art Research (IFAR)\, and Lynn Rother\, PhD\, Senior Provenance Specialist\, Museum of Modern Art\, will discuss Nazi-era provenance research as it relates to museums\, collectors\, and the art market. \nThe event is co-sponsored by NYU’s Department of Art History\, Grey Art Gallery and The Fritz Ascher Society. It is part of Wunderbar Together: The Year of German-American Friendship 2018/19\, an initiative of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany and the Goethe-Institut\, with the support of the Federation of German Industries (BDI). \nOffered in conjunction with the exhibition Fritz Ascher: Expressionist\, on view at the Grey Art Gallery\, New York University\, 100 Washington Square East\, from January 9 to April 6\, 2019. URL:https://fritzaschersociety.org/exhibition-event/conversation-methodology-resources-issues-and-challenges-in-nazi-era-provenance-research-silver-center-new-york/ LOCATION:Silver Center\, 32 Waverly Place\, New York\, New York\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fritzaschersociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_7534.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190214T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190214T193000 DTSTAMP:20200303T132915Z CREATED:20181220T190502Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200303T132915Z UID:3240-1550169000-1550172600@fritzaschersociety.org SUMMARY:Film Screening: People on Sunday\, 1930 Silver Center\, New York DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, February 14\, 6:30 pm\nFilm Screening: People on Sunday\, 1930\nSilver Center\, Room 300 (enter at 32 Waverly Place)\, New York \nYears before they moved to Hollywood\, four young German filmmakers—later noir masters Robert Siodmak and Edgar G. Ulmer\, and future Oscar winners Billy Wilder and Fred Zinneman—collaborated on this effervescent\, sunlit silent about city dwellers enjoying a weekend outing in Weimar-era Berlin. Combining documentary footage with dramatic storytelling\, this experimental film became a mainstream hit\, presaging both Italian neorealism and the French New Wave. 73 min.\, black-and-white\, silent. \nIntroduced by Noah Isenberg\, George Christian Centennial Professor and Chair of the Department of Radio-Television-Film\, University of Texas at Austin\, and editor Weimar Cinema: An Essential Guide to Classic Films of the Era. \nThe event is co-sponsored by NYU’s New York Institute for the Humanities\, Grey Art Gallery and The Fritz Ascher Society. Co-presented by The Criterion Collection. It is part of Wunderbar Together: The Year of German-American Friendship 2018/19\, an initiative of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany and the Goethe-Institut\, with the support of the Federation of German Industries (BDI). \nOffered in conjunction with the exhibition Fritz Ascher: Expressionist\, on view at the Grey Art Gallery\, New York University\, 100 Washington Square East\, from January 9 to April 6\, 2019. URL:https://fritzaschersociety.org/exhibition-event/film-screening-people-on-sunday-1930-silver-center-new-york/ LOCATION:Silver Center\, 32 Waverly Place\, New York\, New York\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fritzaschersociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/mail.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190212T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190212T193000 DTSTAMP:20190214T032212Z CREATED:20181220T190317Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190214T032212Z UID:3236-1549996200-1549999800@fritzaschersociety.org SUMMARY:Conversation: Hiding: Jewish Life in Nazi Germany King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center\, New York DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, February 12\, 6:30 pm\nConversation: Hiding: Jewish Life in Nazi Germany\nKing Juan Carlos I of Spain Center\n53 Washington Square South \nWhat was it like to be a Jew in Nazi Germany? For those trapped in the Nazi terror regime\, mere survival became a nightmare. Those who went underground\, including Fritz Ascher\, endured the terrors of nightly bombings and the even greater fear of being discovered by the Nazis. All were pressed to the limits of human endurance and loneliness. \nMarion Kaplan\, Skirball Professor of Modern Jewish History\, NYU\, and\nRachel Stern\, Director of the Fritz Ascher Society and Curator of Fritz Ascher: Expressionist\, will discuss. \nThe event is co-sponsored by NYU’s Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies and Grey Art Gallery\, the Fritz Ascher Society\, and the Leo Baeck Institute–New York|Berlin. It is part of Wunderbar Together: The Year of German-American Friendship 2018/19\, an initiative of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany and the Goethe-Institut\, with the support of the Federation of German Industries (BDI). \nOffered in conjunction with the exhibition Fritz Ascher: Expressionist\, on view at the Grey Art Gallery\, New York University\, 100 Washington Square East\, from January 9 to April 6\, 2019. URL:https://fritzaschersociety.org/exhibition-event/conversation-hiding-jewish-life-in-nazi-germany-king-juan-carlos-i-of-spain-center-new-york/ LOCATION:King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center\, 53 Washington Square South\, New York\, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fritzaschersociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Event_NYU_KJCC.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190206T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190206T193000 DTSTAMP:20200303T142110Z CREATED:20181220T185955Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200303T142110Z UID:3230-1549477800-1549481400@fritzaschersociety.org SUMMARY:Rachel Stern: Gallery Conversation Grey Art Gallery at NYU\, New York DESCRIPTION:February 6\, 2019\, 6:30-7:30pm\nRachel Stern: Gallery Conversation\nGrey Art Gallery at NYU\, New York \nPlease join Rachel Stern\, Director of the Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted\, Ostracized\, and Banned Art and curator of “Fritz Ascher\, Expressionist” for a gallery conversation. \nThe event is sponsored by the Grey Art Gallery\, New York University and The Fritz Ascher Society. It is part of Wunderbar Together: The Year of German-American Friendship 2018/19\, an initiative of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany and the Goethe-Institut\, with the support of the Federation of German Industries (BDI). URL:https://fritzaschersociety.org/exhibition-event/rachel-stern-gallery-conversation-grey-art-gallery-at-nyu-new-york-2/ LOCATION:Grey Art Gallery\, 100 Washington Square E\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fritzaschersociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2019_4_3_school-visit-2281.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190130T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190130T200000 DTSTAMP:20200303T143120Z CREATED:20181220T215019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200303T143120Z UID:3259-1548871200-1548878400@fritzaschersociety.org SUMMARY:Panel Discussion: European Modernism and Spirituality CUNY Graduate Center DESCRIPTION:Panel Discussion: European Modernism and Spirituality\nCUNY Graduate Center\, 365 Fifth Avenue\, Room 9206\nWednesday\, January 30\, 6:00¬–8:00 pm \nThroughout much of the 20th century\, secularism has dominated Western thought\, yet art has often offered both overt and occult connections to spirituality. Fritz Ascher and El Lissitzky reflect this complicated truth in very different but equally compelling ways. \nWatch the video of the event here. \nPanel discussion moderated by Rose-Carol Washton Long\, Professor Emerita of 19th and 20th Century European Art\, CUNY Graduate Center\, with speakers Elizabeth Berkowitz\, Mellon/ACLS Public Fellow\, Rockefeller Archive Center; Matthew Drutt\, editor\, writer and independent curator; and Ori Z. Soltes\, Teaching Professor of Jewish Civilization\, Georgetown University. \nSponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies at The Graduate Center\, CUNY and the Art History Department at The Graduate Center\, CUNY; the Fritz Ascher Society; and the Grey Art Gallery\, NYU. This event is part of Wunderbar Together: The Year of German-American Friendship 2018/19\, an initiative of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany and the Goethe-Institut\, with the support of the Federation of German Industries (BDI). URL:https://fritzaschersociety.org/exhibition-event/panel-discussion-european-modernism-and-spirituality-cuny-graduate-center/ CATEGORIES:Events,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fritzaschersociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/thumbnail.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190129 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190801 DTSTAMP:20200303T140547Z CREATED:20190218T222354Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200303T140547Z UID:3515-1548720000-1564617599@fritzaschersociety.org SUMMARY:Im Reich der Nummern. Wo die Männer keine Namen haben.Gedenkstätte und Museum Sachsenhausen DESCRIPTION:“In the Country of Numbers. Where the Men have no Names” tells the story of the detention and exile of November pogrom prisoners in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp on the basis of twelve individual destinies. One of those individuals is Fritz Ascher. The interviews presented in the exhibition with children and grandchildren of the persecuted as well as family biographical photos and documents are new material first shown in Germany\, which was researched in the USA\, Great Britain and Israel. \nMore than 6\,300 Jewish men were brought to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp after the November pogroms in 1938. After a few weeks\, the vast majority was set free\, with the condition to emigrate immediately from Germany. Many have therefore survived. How was the life of these families influenced by forced emigration? What did the emigrants expect in their countries of refuge? Did they find a new home? These questions are addressed by the exhibition from the perspective of the children and grandchildren of those men. \n“Im Reich der Nummern. Wo die Männer keine Namen haben.” erzählt die Geschichte von Haft und Exil der Novemberpogrom-Gefangenen im KZ Sachsenhausen anhand von zwölf individuellen Schicksalen. Einer dieser Individuen ist Fritz Ascher. Bei den in der Ausstellung präsentierten Interviews mit Kindern und Enkeln der Verfolgten sowie familien-biografischen Fotos und Dokumenten handelt es sich um neues\, in Deutschland erstmals gezeigtes Material\, das in den USA\, Großbritannien und Israel recherchiert werden konnte. \nÜber 6\,300 jüdische Männer wurden nach den November-Pogromen 1938 in das KZ Sachsenhausen gebracht. Die grosse Mehrheit kam nach einigen Wochen unter der Auflage wieder frei\, sofort aus Deutschland zu emigrieren. Viele haben deshalb überlebt. Wie wurde das Leben dieser Familien durch die erzwungene Emigration beeinflusst? Was erwartete die Emigranten in ihren Zufluchtsländern? Fanden sie eine neue Heimat? Diesen Fragen geht die Ausstellung aus der Perspektive der Kinder und Enkel jener Männer nach. URL:https://fritzaschersociety.org/exhibition-event/gedenkstaette-und-museum-sachsenhausen/ LOCATION:Gedenkstätte und Museum Sachsenhausen\, Straße der Nationen 22\, Oranienburg\, Brandenburg\, 16515\, Germany CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fritzaschersociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/SachsenhausenEntrance_Photo_Harrier233_2006.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190116T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190116T193000 DTSTAMP:20190205T174424Z CREATED:20181220T185906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190205T174424Z UID:3226-1547663400-1547667000@fritzaschersociety.org SUMMARY:Rachel Stern: Gallery Conversation Grey Art Gallery at NYU\, New York DESCRIPTION:January 16\, 2019\, 6:30-7:30pm\nRachel Stern: Gallery Conversation\nGrey Art Gallery at NYU\, New York (please add map) \nPlease join Rachel Stern\, Director of the Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted\, Ostracized\, and Banned Art and curator of “Fritz Ascher\, Expressionist” for a gallery conversation. \nThe event is sponsored by the Grey Art Gallery\, New York University and The Fritz Ascher Society. It is part of Wunderbar Together: The Year of German-American Friendship 2018/19\, an initiative of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany and the Goethe-Institut\, with the support of the Federation of German Industries (BDI). URL:https://fritzaschersociety.org/exhibition-event/rachel-stern-gallery-conversation-grey-art-gallery-at-nyu-new-york/ LOCATION:Grey Art Gallery\, 100 Washington Square E\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fritzaschersociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Events_GreyArtGallery_NewYork.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190109 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190407 DTSTAMP:20190616T141638Z CREATED:20181203T202048Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190616T141638Z UID:2712-1546992000-1554595199@fritzaschersociety.org SUMMARY:Fritz Ascher: Expressionist Grey Art Gallery\, New York University\, New York (USA) DESCRIPTION:Fritz Ascher: Expressionist presents works by this German Jewish artist\, who lived through the Weimar Republic\, the Nazi regime\, and into the postwar years. With the support of prominent Berlin painter Max Liebermann\, Fritz Ascher (1893–1970) studied in Berlin before traveling to Oslo\, where he met Edvard Munch. During a prolonged stay in Munich\, he associated with the artists who contributed to Simplicissimus magazine\, and back in Berlin\, he fell in with the artists of Die Brücke. His early work is steeped in old myths\, spirituality\, and reflections on the human condition. From 1933 he was forbidden to produce\, exhibit\, or sell his art. Interned at the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp in 1938\, he survived the Nazi era mostly in hiding\, writing poetry. After 1945 he returned to painting\, expressing his inner turmoil in colorful\, mystical landscapes devoid of human figures. The exhibition comprises 75 paintings and works on paper\, ranging from Ascher’s early academic studies to his final landscapes. Fritz Ascher: Expressionist is organized by the Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted\, Ostracized and Banned Art\, Inc.\, and accompanied by an illustrated catalogue. \nTom L. Freudenheim’s review in the Wall Street Journal from January 9\, 2019 can be read here\nAriella Budick’s review in the Financial Times from January 23\, 2019 can be read here \nRelated public programs can be found here \nFritz Ascher: Expressionist was organized by the Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted\, Ostracized and Banned Art\, Inc. and curated by director Rachel Stern. The exhibition is part of Wunderbar Together: The Year of German-American Friendship 2018/19\, an initiative of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany and the Goethe-Institut\, with the support of the Federation of German Industries (BDI). Support for the catalogue was provided by Reinwald GmbH\, Leipzig. The presentation at the Grey Art Gallery is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; Ruth Ivor Foundation; the Abby Weed Grey Trust; and the Grey’s Director’s Circle\, Inter/National Council\, and Friends. URL:https://fritzaschersociety.org/exhibition-event/fritz-ascher-expressionist-grey-art-gallery-new-york-university-new-york-usa/ LOCATION:Grey Art Gallery\, 100 Washington Square E\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fritzaschersociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1_20190115_Ascher_NewYork_GreyArtGallery_PhotoNicholasPapananias_003.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190108T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190108T200000 DTSTAMP:20200303T144140Z CREATED:20181213T222736Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200303T144140Z UID:3100-1546970400-1546977600@fritzaschersociety.org SUMMARY:Opening Reception Fritz Ascher\, Expressionist Grey Art Gallery\, New York University DESCRIPTION:2019\, January 8\, 6-8pm\nOpening Reception celebrating \nFritz Ascher: Expressionist \nGrey Art Gallery\, New York University\n100 Washington Square East\, NYC\nInformation: 212/998-6780 \nExhibition on view: January 9\, 2019 – April 6\, 2019 \n“Fritz Ascher: Expressionist” presents paintings and works on paper by a Jewish artist who belonged to Germany’s Lost Generation – those whose careers were interrupted or destroyed by the Nazi terror regime. Coming to maturity during the Weimar Republic\, Fritz Ascher (1893-1970) was taken under the wing of prominent Berlin painter Max Liebermann and studied in Koenigsberg and Berlin. He traveled to Oslo\, where he met Edvard Munch\, and Munich\, where he associated with the artists of Blauer Reiter and the Simplicissimus group. Ascher’s early work is steeped in old myths\, spirituality\, and reflections on the human condition. From 1933 he was forbidden to produce\, exhibit\, or sell his art. He was deported to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in November 1938\, and from December he was incarcerated in Potsdam prison for five months. In 1942 Ascher went into hiding in Berlin\, writing poetry. He returned to painting after the war\, expressing his inner turmoil in colorful\, mystical landscapes devoid of human figures. \nFritz Ascher: Expressionist is organized by the Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted\, Ostracized and Banned Art\, Inc. and curated by director Rachel Stern. The exhibition is part of Wunderbar Together: The Year of German-American Friendship 2018/19\, an initiative of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany and the Goethe-Institut\, with the support of the Federation of German Industries (BDI). Support for the catalogue was provided by Reinwald GmbH\, Leipzig. The presentation at the Grey Art Gallery is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; Ruth Ivor Foundation; the Abby Weed Grey Trust; and the Grey’s Director’s Circle\, Inter/National Council\, and Friends. URL:https://fritzaschersociety.org/exhibition-event/opening-reception-fritz-ascher-expressionist-grey-art-gallery-new-york-university/ LOCATION:Grey Art Gallery\, 100 Washington Square E\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fritzaschersociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2019_1_8_GreyArtGallery_opening_PhotoEmilyOstlander_IMG_0259-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181011T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181011T220000 DTSTAMP:20190807T173652Z CREATED:20181206T211952Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190807T173652Z UID:2882-1539288000-1539295200@fritzaschersociety.org SUMMARY:Concert Berliner Frauen-Vokalensemble St. Matthäus Church\, Berlin (Germany) DESCRIPTION:Composed by Gisbert Näther\, the Berliner Frauen-Vokalensemble (Berlin Women Vocal Ensemble) performs a selection of the Expressionist artist Fritz Ascher’s poems\, accompanied by Gerhard Scherer-Ruegert (accordion) and Liana Narubina (piano). Directed by Lothar Knappe. \nRecordings of the poems “Nachtbild”\, “Lied der Liebe”\, “Krieg”\, “Kein Leben ohne Träne” and “Leben um Leben” can be found here. URL:https://fritzaschersociety.org/exhibition-event/concert-berliner-frauen-vokalensemble-st-matthaus-church-berlin-germany/ LOCATION:St. Matthäus Church\, Kulturforum\, Berlin\, Germany CATEGORIES:Events,Past Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fritzaschersociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/00_2018_10_11_Berlin_StMatthaeusChurch_BerlinerFrauen-Vokalensemble.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180930 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181125 DTSTAMP:20181203T210656Z CREATED:20181012T151050Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181203T210656Z UID:1804-1538265600-1543103999@fritzaschersociety.org SUMMARY:"Leben ist Glühn" Der Expressionist Fritz Ascher 
Kallmann-Museum\, Ismaning (Germany) DESCRIPTION:Last German venue! (link) \nAt the Kallmann-Museum\, a representative group of powerful paintings and drawings spans Ascher’s whole oeuvre from first academic studies to monumental Expressionist figure compositions to late landscapes. Fritz Ascher’s poems\, written while hiding from Nazi persecution\, can be discovered as “unpainted paintings” in relation to his artwork. With this exhibition\, the Kallmann-Museum continues its examination of artists who became victims of the National Socialist art policy. \nPhotos by Gerald Förtsch\, Rasmus Kleine and Rachel Stern. \nA comprehensive German/English catalogue with essays by Jörn Barfod\, Eckhart Gillen\, Wiebke Hölzer\, Ingrid Mössinger\, Ori Z. Soltes and Rachel Stern accompanies the exhibition. (catalogue link) \nThe Fritz Ascher retrospective was on view at the Felix-Nussbaum-Haus in Osnabrück (September 25\, 2016 – January 15\, 2017)\, at Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz MUSEUM GUNZENHAUSER (MARCH 4 – JUNE 18\, 2017)\, at Museum Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf at Villa Oppenheim in Berlin (December 8\, 2017 – March 11\, 2018)\, Potsdam Museum (December 10\, 2017 – March 11\, 2018) and Museum Schlösschen im Hofgarten in Wertheim/Main (May 13 – September 9\, 2018). From 2019\, it will be shown in the US\, starting with the Grey Art Gallery in New York (January 9 – April 6\, 2019). URL:https://fritzaschersociety.org/exhibition-event/leben-ist-gluhn-der-expressionist-fritz-ascher-%e2%80%a8kallmann-museum-ismaning-germany/ LOCATION:Kallmann-Museum\, Schloßstraße 3B\, Ismaning\, 85737\, Germany CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fritzaschersociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/0_FRONT-IMAGE_2018_Ismaning_KallmannMuseum_FotoRachelStern_IMG_6688.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180929 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190128 DTSTAMP:20190205T174350Z CREATED:20181012T141634Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190205T174350Z UID:1803-1538179200-1548633599@fritzaschersociety.org SUMMARY:"Umkämpfte Wege der Moderne. Wilhelm Schmid und die Novembergruppe" 

Potsdam Museum - Forum für Kunst und Geschichte\, Potsdam (Germany) DESCRIPTION:The exhibition “Umkämpfte Wege der Moderne. Wilhelm Schmid und die Novembergruppe” is dedicated to the controversial epoch of 1918-1933 and the radical changes during the following period. (link) \nSome of the artistic pioneers took the 1918/1919 revolution as an opportunity to unite as the “November Group”\, probably the most prominent political artistic group of the Weimar Republic. These self-proclaimed “revolutionaries of the mind” set out on new paths of artistic expression with their motives\, colors and forms\, rejecting the old imperial conventions in form and content. \nThe members of the group not only caused a sensation with their revolutionary demand to participate in the new state in all art-related issues. For in the exhibitions – primarily at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition – their paintings\, watercolors\, graphics and sculptures were among the most discussed and controversial works. This radicalism of artistic expression\, which distinguished the group especially until 1923\, is sometimes tangible in the works of art shown. \nIncluded in this exhibition is a drawing by Fritz Ascher\, who witnessed the November Revolution in Berlin in 1918 and\, as an artistic chronicler\, has captured the chaos in the streets. \nOne of the main actors of the “November Group” was the cosmopolitan\, painter\, architect Wilhelm Schmid (1892-1971). Before the First World War he had moved from Switzerland to vibrant Berlin\, then in 1914 met his future wife Maria in Potsdam and settled there. After hostility by the National Socialists\, he left Potsdam together with his Jewish wife in 1937. URL:https://fritzaschersociety.org/exhibition-event/umkampfte-wege-der-moderne-wilhelm-schmid-und-die-novembergruppe-%e2%80%a8potsdam-museum-forum-fur-kunst-und-geschichte-potsdam-germany/ LOCATION:Potsdam Museum\, Am Alten Markt 9\, Potsdam\, 14467\, Germany CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Past Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fritzaschersociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/0_2017_Potsdam_PotsdamMuseum_outside.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR