Flight or Fight. stories of artists under repression
More Surreal Than Surrealism:
Hedda Sterne’s Emigration
Watch the event video HERE. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Conversation featuring Dr. Sarah Eckhardt, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, VA and Shaina Larrivee, Director of The Hedda Sterne Foundation in New York Moderated by Rachel Stern, Director of the Fritz Ascher Society in New York Hedda 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 [...]
