László Moholy-Nagy, a photographic innovator and instructor at the Bauhaus in the 1920s, claimed that anyone who remained ignorant of the photographic...
Lectures and Courses
The Bauhaus Movement
February 12–March 21, 2019
Wassily Kandinsky, Kleine Welten VI (detail), 1922. Woodcut, cream wove paper. Gift of Lois B. Torf in loving memory of Barbara B. Goldberg.
Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus Movement by exploring its legendary figures and their relationships to the Boston area.
Tuesdays, February 12–March 19, 10:30 am–Noon (no session on Feb 19)
Remis Auditorium
OR
Thursdays, February 14–March 21, 7–8:30 pm (no session on Feb 21)
Alfond Auditorium
Take the full five-week course or choose the lectures that interest you most.
Audience members who would like to learn more about the Bauhaus movement are encouraged to attend the MFA's film offerings on the subject, and to visit the exhibition "Radical Geometries: Bauhaus Prints, 1919-33," currently on view.
Ticket Packages
Past Events
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March 19, 2019
10:30 am–12:00 pm
László Moholy-Nagy, a photographic innovator and instructor at the Bauhaus in the 1920s, claimed that anyone who remained ignorant of the photographic...
Course
March 14, 2019
7:00 pm–8:30 pm
In the Bauhaus Manifesto of 1919, Walter Gropius announced the school’s decision to admit “any person of good repute, without regard to age or sex.”...
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March 12, 2019
10:30 am–12:00 pm
In the Bauhaus Manifesto of 1919, Walter Gropius announced the school’s decision to admit “any person of good repute, without regard to age or sex.”...
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March 7, 2019
7:00 pm–8:30 pm
The Bauhaus cultivated a dialogue about design that merged interests in honest functionality with a celebration of the new materials of the machine...
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March 5, 2019
10:30 am–12:00 pm
The Bauhaus cultivated a dialogue about design that merged interests in honest functionality with a celebration of the new materials of the machine...
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February 28, 2019
7:00 pm–8:30 pm
Founded with the utopian goal of bridging the divide between fine art and industrial design, the Bauhaus encompassed seemingly irreconcilable...
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February 26, 2019
10:30 am–12:00 pm
Founded with the utopian goal of bridging the divide between fine art and industrial design, the Bauhaus encompassed seemingly irreconcilable...
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February 14, 2019
7:00 pm–8:30 pm
More than a school of experimental art, design, and architecture, the Bauhaus defined what it meant to be modern in the 20th century. Meet major...
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February 12, 2019
10:30 am–12:00 pm
More than a school of experimental art, design, and architecture, the Bauhaus defined what it meant to be modern in the 20th century. Meet major...
