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The Age of Anxiety

Detail photo of a black and white woodcut print by Kathe Kollwitz depicting a group of people mourning over a body.

Through jagged lines, shadowy settings, and unsettling beauty, the art of The Age of Anxiety: German Expressionism in Art and Film examines how artists of the time reflected the political and economic turmoil following World War I.

Paintings and graphic works appear alongside imagery from influential films. Together, they reveal the movement’s lasting impact on art, horror, science fiction, and visual culture.


The Age of Anxiety: German Expressionism in Art and Film is in cooperation with the Institute for Cultural Exchange and the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau Foundation.

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This exhibition is generously presented by Anne and Merritt Dyke.

ARTWORK: Käthe Kollwitz (Königsberg, East Prussia, 1867 – 1945, Moritzburg, Germany), In Memoriam Karl Liebknecht (detail), 1920, woodcut on paper, 26 3/4 x 31 7/8 in., On loan from the collection in the Willy-Brandt-House, Berlin, Germany.