Exhibition Tour: Made in Germany? Art and Identity in a Global Nation

About the Event

Join us for an in-depth, hour-long tour of our special exhibition Made in Germany? Art and Identity in a Global Nation (September 13, 2024–January 5, 2025).

Made in Germany? takes an unprecedented look at German art after 1980. Featuring artists from different generations and diverse backgrounds, the exhibition complicates notions of German identity, especially the idea of ethnic and cultural homogeneity. The works on view—many recently acquired—present a range of reflections on German national identity, one shaped by labor migration after World War II, the unification of the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic in 1990, and the influx of asylum seekers since 2015. As the pointedly interrogative title suggests, Made in Germany? asks rather than offers easy answers to the question of who or what represents Germany today.

Please check in with museum staff at the Visitor Services desk in the Calderwood Courtyard to request to join the tour. Tours are limited to 18 people and are available on a first-come, first-served basis; no registration is required.

The Harvard Art Museums offer free admission every day, Tuesday through Sunday. Please see the museum visit page to learn about our general policies for visiting the museums.

Made in Germany? Art and Identity in a Global Nation is made possible by the Daimler Curatorship of the Busch-Reisinger Museum Fund, the Carola B. Terwilliger Bequest, German Friends of the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Care of the Busch-Reisinger Museum Collection Endowment. Additional support was provided by the Goethe-Institut Boston and the Dedalus Foundation. Related programming is supported by the Richard L. Menschel Endowment Fund and the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Series Endowment Fund. Modern and contemporary art programs at the Harvard Art Museums are made possible in part by generous support from the Emily Rauh Pulitzer and Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., Fund for Modern and Contemporary Art.

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