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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner "Berlin Street Scene", 1913.
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Kirchner and the Berlin Street at MoMA: The Preview Reception on 29 July 2008
Originally aired 9/8/08


This exhibition (on view August 3-November 10, 2008) seeks to bring together German Expressionist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's renowned Street Scenes series, created between 1913 and 1915. Considered by many to be the highpoint of Kirchner's career as a whole, this series of seven to nine paintings is showcased with forty to fifty related prints and drawings. Art Radio speaks with curators and special guests at the preview reception on July 29, including the exhibition organizer, Deborah Wye, plus live DJ sets by DJ Spun!

With Deborah Wye, MoMA's Chief Curator of Prints and Illustrated Books; Dr. Ina-Maria Conzen, Curator of Modern Art, Staat Galarie-Stuttgart; Cornelia Henze, representing the Estate & Archive of Kirchner interviewed by MoMA curatorial assistant Gretchen Wegner; Nelson Blitz, Collector, lent Kirchner pieces from his collection; Reinhold Heller, Professor of Art History, University of Chicago.

Correspondent Zefrey Throwell; Announcers David Weinstein & Jeannie Hopper; DJ sets by DJ Spun-Rong Music.

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