#1 Anti-Nazi Artist's First-Ever German Exhibition

Watch the news, because Arthur Szyk will be enjoying international attention in the next two months! The Society has been working closely alongside the phenomenal staff of the Deutsches Historisches [German Historical] Museum (DHM) in Berlin, Germany, to prepare the major solo exhibition, “Arthur Szyk – Drawing Against National Socialism and Terror”, which opens August 29, 2008. The exhibition will focus on Szyk’s unflinching artwork created during World War II, of which The German “Authority” in Poland from 1939 (see above) is an outstanding example.

Considering that Szyk often skewered the German people and their leaders in his work, it is commendable that Germany is eager to exhibit it. Can you think of another major exhibition in recent memory where the host country is willing to risk that sort of exposure?