World War I and the Rise of Modernism

Admission is free.

In commemoration of the World War I Centennial, this exhibition explores the impact of the Great War on the art and artists of that tumultuous era.

Part one examines the art of the German Expressionists, French Cubists, Italian Futurists, British Vorticists and American artists as they responded to pre-war industrialism and urban energy. Part two explores the course of modernism during the devastating war years. Part three focuses on the two main artistic directions that emerged after the war. While French Surrealism probed the irrationality that had led to war, artists at the German Bauhaus embraced rational principles of efficiency and economy, as they sought to build anew.

In collaboration with the National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial, the Kansas City Symphony, the Kansas City Ballet and the Lyric Opera.

KC ARTS:
REMEMBERING THE GREAT WAR

Look for information about these events in Kansas City.

Kansas City Symphony
Soundtrack for a New Time, 2014–15 Concert Series.

Harriman-Jewell Series
Beyond Zero: 1914-1918. Kronos Quartet, October 18, 2014

Friends of Chamber Music
Ariel String Quartet, Conversation and performance at National World War I Museum – January 28, and concert at Folly Theater, January 30.

Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Lyric Opera Guild, At Ease Lectures, February 2, February 9, 2015
Silent Night: An Opera in Two Acts, February 20–21, 2015

Kansas City Repertory Theatre
An Iliad, January 23–February 15, 2015

This exhibition supported by The Donald J. Hall Initiative.