Marian's Lectures at the Met

Mar 2. Early history of Berlin and the origin and development of museums. A discussion of the Museum Insul, a unique, concentrated block of museums in the island hunting estate of the emperor.
Mar 9. The Rise of German Expressionism, 1905-1913: die Brucke, founded in Dresden, moves to Berlin. Kirchner, Nolde and others.
Mar 16. 1911-1914. Der Blaue Reiter, founded in Munich, finds an outlet at the Magazine and gallery Der Sturm in Berlin. Kandinsky, Klee and others.
Mar 23. The vital and decadent city; 1918-33. Expressionist renewal. Kathe Kollwitz, George Grosz, and Max Beckmann.
Mar 30. 1989-present. The Berlin Wall comes down. The museums of East and West Berlin are reunited. Mies van der Rohe's National Gallery of Modern Art. Daniel Libeskind's Holocaust Museum.