German and Allied Art during WWI

On February 23, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. in the University Art Gallery, Dr. Tamara Schenkenberg, Associate Curator at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis, will give a lecture titled “German and Allied Art during the First World War,” which will draw on both exhibitions currently on display in the University Gallery: Join, Save, Buy and Arts Against the Great War. Dr. Schenkenberg’s visit is sponsored by the Department of Classical and Modern Languages and the Department of Art and is free and open to the public.

Dr. Tamara Schenkenberg is an Associate Curator for the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis, MO.  Recent exhibitions she curated include: Exquisite Everyday: 18th-Century Decorative Arts from the J. Paul Getty Museum, Home Soft Home: Claes Oldenburg’s Soft Sculptures, and Ellipsis.  Dr. Schenkenberg graduate from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2014 with a PhD in Art History, and apart from her dissertation, Kriegszeit and Der Bildermann, Agents of German Kultur: Paul Cassirer’s Flying Pages During the First World War, Dr. Schenkenberg has frequently presented and published research concerning German Art during WWI.

Since its opening in October 2001, Pulitzer Arts Foundation has become both a sanctuary for the ever-evolving experience of art and a laboratory for unprecedented collaborations and endeavors. Activating the dynamic use of light and space in its Tadao Ando-designed building, the Pulitzer presents a wide range of exhibitions, including those of Old Masters, Buddhist art, important modern and contemporary artists such as Dan Flavin and Ann Hamilton, and group exhibitions that explore a diverse array of themes and ideas. In addition to its curatorial platform, the Pulitzer offers a robust roster of programs that bring together leading figures from fields such as art, architecture, design, urban planning, social work, technology, and science. Established by curator, philanthropist, and arts patron Emily Rauh Pulitzer, Pulitzer Arts Foundation promotes the significance of art in everyday life and its impact on the health and success of a community.