Fall of Freedom

In conjunction with Fall of Freedom's national call to artists, Portico Gallery will host a video screening of Degenerate Art (David Grubin, 1993) followed by an open discussion of ways we might move forward as an art community in these trying times.  

Saturday November 22 from 2-4:00 PM.

2:00-2:30 light refreshments

2:30 -3:15 Video Screening Degenerate Art 

3:15 -4:00 Open Discussion

Fall of freedom is an urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation: our democracy is under attack, threats to free expression are rising, dissent is being criminalized, and institutions and media have been recast as mouthpieces of propaganda.”

Degenerate Art, 1993, examines the historical context of the infamous ENTARTETE KUNST (degenerate art) exhibition mounted by the Nazis in Munich in 1937 and the far-reaching effects of the Nazis vilification of the avant-garde in Germany. The film includes archival footage of Nazi book burnings, installation shots of the original ENTARTETE KUNST exhibition, and interviews with historians, art critics, family members of several defamed artists, and eyewitnesses to the 1937 exhibition which lend a poignancy and immediacy to this powerful story of the Nazis’ attack on modern culture. 

Portico will host this event in the Studio 3807 Amenity space, enter at Studio's front door. 3807 Rhode Island Ave. Brentwood, MD 20722