House of Art

This guide to the House of Art in Munich follows two exhibitions that opened one day apart in July nineteen thirty-seven: the Nazi-approved show inside this very building, and the mocking display of confiscated modern art staged nearby. You'll hear how the two crowds compared, what officials did to disguise one show's poor reception, and what became of these halls after American officers moved in at the war's end. It traces the building's turn from a temple to approved taste toward something its architects never intended.