"The Bauhaus was arguably the world's most influential art, architecture and design movement, and in 2025 is celebrating a century since it moved from Weimar to the city of Dessau. But even before it kicked off the centennial event dubbed "To the Core. Bauhaus Dessau 100," the legendary modernist institution was already making headlines. In October 2024, Germany's right-wing populist party Alternative for Germany (AfD) warned against "glorifying" the art and design school through the upcoming centennial. The party complained that Bauhaus has promoted "globalist uniformity," and submitted a motion demanding that the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt carry out a critical reassessment of the artistic movement."
"The extreme right National Socialist party also denounced the Bauhaus, calling its work "degenerate art" and "cosmopolitan" before shutting down the insitution in 1933 after Adolf Hitler came to power. The director of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, Barbara Steiner told DW that the AfD motion was "quashed." That wasn't the end of the matter, however. "Not a day passes without me giving an interview somewhere about the AfD," she said. Nonetheless, the centennial show, which kicks off September 5, will go on with exhibitions and events that focus on the evolution and use of modern materials in contemporary architecture and design."
"Architect Walter Gropius founded Bauhaus in 1919 in the city of Weimar, located in the German state of Thuringia. He envisioned a school that would bring together art, design and architecture. It would feature multidisciplinary courses in which students were able to experiment with materials used in furniture, architecture, art or design. In 1925, Bauhaus moved to the city of Dessau, in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, after h"
Walter Gropius founded Bauhaus in 1919 in Weimar to unite art, design and architecture through multidisciplinary courses and experimentation with materials. The institution relocated to Dessau in 1925 and shaped modernist approaches to furniture, architecture and design. The centennial celebration "To the Core. Bauhaus Dessau 100" opens September 5, 2025, with exhibitions focused on the evolution and use of modern materials in contemporary architecture and design. In October 2024 the AfD warned against glorifying Bauhaus, alleging "globalist uniformity," and submitted a reassessment motion that was quashed. The National Socialist party previously denounced Bauhaus as "degenerate art" and shut it down in 1933. Barbara Steiner, director of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, faces frequent media attention linked to the AfD controversy.
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