25 February - 26 May 2024
This exhibition looks at how artists negotiated the extraordinary changes and tragedies of the early 20th century: the mass casualties in the First World War, economic despair because of worldwide depressions, colonised people struggling for freedom, and the rise of communism, fascism, and totalitarian dictatorships.
Some artists looked to the serenity offered by beauty, academic art of the previous century, Greek mythology, or to the woman as a muse and object of longing. Others embraced outright political causes and protest. Still others focused on newfangled consumer distractions, like smoking.
This exhibition draws exclusively from the Museum’s collection and includes work by Eileen Agar, Gunther Gerzso, Käthe Kollwitz, Wifredo Lam, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, José Clemente Orozco, Carlos Orozco Romero, Pablo Picasso, and Rufino Tamayo.
View the Santa Barbara Museum exhibition page here.
The exhibition includes works by several artists that are in our collection including Henri Matisse and Joan Miro original paintings and works on paper which are currently available for sale at Andipa.
