Papers by Gregor Langfeld
Stedelijk Studies Journal, 2019
Today, a majority of many populations worldwide view migration negatively.[1] In times of increas... more Today, a majority of many populations worldwide view migration negatively.[1] In times of increasing xenophobia, with Europe’s walls-up policy and a steadily growing amount of border walls (three times as many as during the Cold War), migration is regarded as a disturbing element in society.[2] Politics mainly focuses on stemming migration flows, often with cruel consequences. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, migration denotes the movement of a person, group, or people from one locality or country to another, often for the purpose of settlement.[3] Such a relocation can be permanent, temporary, or seasonal. More specific terms are used in migration research, such as exile, diaspora, and transmigration.[4] Exile and diaspora refer to the experience of persecution and forced emigration from a home country. Exile, unlike diaspora (e.g., Jewish or African), tends to be considered an individual and temporary experience. However, the distinction between these terms can be provi...
The Journal of Art Historiography, 2014
This paper will consider why and how the negative attitude towards German expressionism in the US... more This paper will consider why and how the negative attitude towards German expressionism in the USA changed abruptly in the second half of the 1930s. At that time Alfred Barr, the director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, played a crucial role in canonizing this art. In order to gain insight into this volte-face, it will be necessary to consider the reception of German expressionism that preceded it as well. In general, this art met with disapproval for a long time. Although it could be seen in the USA since the beginning of the 1920s, it had only very few supporters and collectors.
German Art in The Netherlands before and after World War II
Avant-Garde and Criticism, 2007
... Although Cornelis Veth grudgingly called Max Pechstein the most able of the German painters, ... more ... Although Cornelis Veth grudgingly called Max Pechstein the most able of the German painters, he talked in the same breath of wild, bungling horrors, affected ugliness, misdrawing, crude colours, bad taste and perverse. ... Edited by Frits Boterman and Marianne Vogel. ...
The Journal of Art Historiography, 2018
Although the canon has recently been increasingly the focus of art-historical research, there doe... more Although the canon has recently been increasingly the focus of art-historical research, there does not seem to be clarity, much less agreement, on how such research should be conducted. Art historians have taken various positions on the subject. This article intends to explain the main positions that dominate literature on the canon and canon formation, the theoretical and methodological starting points that provide the framework for such research, as well as to propose that social art history offers a more comprehensive approach that might overcome the strict separation between these positions.
German Art in New York: The Canonization of Modern Art 1904-1957
The Routledge Companion to Expressionism in a Transnational Context., 2019
Paula Modersohn-Becker, 2006
Nederland en Duitsland in het interbellum. Wisselwerkingen en contacten: van politiek tot literatuur, 2003
Nolde im Dialog, 1905-1913, 2002
Utopia 1900-1940: Visions of a New World, 2013
Journal of Art Historiography, 2014
This paper will consider why and how the negative attitude towards German expressionism in the US... more This paper will consider why and how the negative attitude towards German expressionism in the USA changed abruptly in the second half of the 1930s. At that time Alfred Barr, the director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, played a crucial role in canonizing this art. In order to gain insight into this volte-face, it will be necessary to consider the reception of German expressionism that preceded it as well. In general, this art met with disapproval for a long time. Although it could be seen in the USA since the beginning of the 1920s, it had only very few supporters and collectors.
Journal of Art Historiography, 2018
Although the canon has recently been increasingly the focus of art-historical research, there doe... more Although the canon has recently been increasingly the focus of art-historical research, there does not seem to be clarity, much less agreement, on how such research should be conducted. Art historians have taken various positions on the subject. This article intends to explain the main positions that dominate literature on the canon and canon formation, the theoretical and methodological starting points that provide the framework for such research, as well as to propose that social art history offers a more comprehensive approach that might overcome the strict separation between these positions.
Journal of Art Historiography, 2018
This feature section explores the canonisation of modern art and, particularly, the decisive role... more This feature section explores the canonisation of modern art and, particularly, the decisive role exhibitions played in this process. Besides a general framing of art-historical concepts and approaches regarding the canon and canon formation, the contributions in this feature section explore the reception and canonisation of specific works of art, artists, artists’ groups and movements. Common concerns across these contributions are the interrelations between the aesthetic and the extra-aesthetic within canon formation and the function of ideology and politics (and depoliticisation) within this process. The case studies that are discussed range from the mural Swing Landscape (1938) by Stuart Davis, the Russian avant-garde artist Natalia Goncharova and surrealism to the Dutch Cobra group and post-war German art, up to the recent reception of Latin American and Eastern European art.
Book Reviews by Gregor Langfeld
Articles & chapters by Gregor Langfeld
Markt und Macht. Der Kunsthandel im "Dritten Reich.", 2017
The Stedelijk Museum and the Second World War, 2015
The Stedelijk and the Secnd World War, 2015
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