Expressionists - Kandinsky, Münter and The Blue Rider at Tate Modern
Season 2, Episode 476, Apr 26, 03:00 PM
‘Expressionists - Kandinsky, Münter And The Blue Rider’ is a major exhibition at Tate Modern that tells the story of the international circle of friends who came together in the early 20th century to transform modern art. From celebrated artists like Wassily Kandinsky, Gabriele Münter, Franz Marc and Paul Klee, to previously overlooked figures like Wladimir Burliuk and Maria Franck-Marc.
On Tuesday 23 April 2024 at the Press View of ‘Expressionists - Kandinsky, Münter And The Blue Rider’ at Tate Modern, RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey caught up with Genevieve Barton, Assistant Curator of the exhibition, to find out more about the background to the Blue Rider and how this exhibition reveals the multicultural and transnational nature of such a key moment in early modernist art.
About the exhibition ‘Expressionists - Kandinsky, Münter And The Blue Rider’ -
This major exhibition will tell the story of the international circle of friends who came together in the early 20th century to transform modern art. From celebrated artists like Wassily Kandinsky, Gabriele Münter, Franz Marc and Paul Klee, to previously overlooked figures like Wladimir Burliuk and Maria Franck-Marc.
The exhibition will reveal the multicultural and transnational nature of this key moment in early modernist art. Drawing on the world’s richest collection of expressionist masterpieces at the Lenbachhaus in Munich alongside rare loans from public and private collections, including some never seen before in the UK, it will celebrate their radical experimentation with form, colour, sound and performance. Experience a collection of masterpieces from paintings, sculpture, and photography to performance and sound.
The exhibition ‘Expressionists - Kandinsky, Münter And The Blue Rider’ continues at Tate Modern until 20 October 2024. Description tours are available for blind and partially sighted people but need to be booked in advance via hello@tate.org.uk or on 020 7887 8888.
More details about ‘Expressionists - Kandinsky, Münter And The Blue Rider’ at Tate Modern can be found by visiting the following pages of the Tate website-
https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/expressionists
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On Tuesday 23 April 2024 at the Press View of ‘Expressionists - Kandinsky, Münter And The Blue Rider’ at Tate Modern, RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey caught up with Genevieve Barton, Assistant Curator of the exhibition, to find out more about the background to the Blue Rider and how this exhibition reveals the multicultural and transnational nature of such a key moment in early modernist art.
About the exhibition ‘Expressionists - Kandinsky, Münter And The Blue Rider’ -
This major exhibition will tell the story of the international circle of friends who came together in the early 20th century to transform modern art. From celebrated artists like Wassily Kandinsky, Gabriele Münter, Franz Marc and Paul Klee, to previously overlooked figures like Wladimir Burliuk and Maria Franck-Marc.
The exhibition will reveal the multicultural and transnational nature of this key moment in early modernist art. Drawing on the world’s richest collection of expressionist masterpieces at the Lenbachhaus in Munich alongside rare loans from public and private collections, including some never seen before in the UK, it will celebrate their radical experimentation with form, colour, sound and performance. Experience a collection of masterpieces from paintings, sculpture, and photography to performance and sound.
The exhibition ‘Expressionists - Kandinsky, Münter And The Blue Rider’ continues at Tate Modern until 20 October 2024. Description tours are available for blind and partially sighted people but need to be booked in advance via hello@tate.org.uk or on 020 7887 8888.
More details about ‘Expressionists - Kandinsky, Münter And The Blue Rider’ at Tate Modern can be found by visiting the following pages of the Tate website-
https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/expressionists
(Image shows RNIB logo. 'RNIB' written in black capital letters over a white background and underlined with a bold pink line, with the words 'See differently' underneath)