Short Course: The Mad Square

Enhance your enjoyment of this exhibition by joining us for a detailed look at the themes and ideas that influenced this period in art. Includes afternoon tea.

Sat 11 Feb, 2–4.30pm:

Weimar Republic: The social world and cultural life of an extraordinary era

Speaker Dr Petra Kayser, Curator, Prints and Drawings, NGV

The German avant-garde

Speaker Professor Richard Read, Discipline Chair, Visual Arts, The University of Western Australia

Sat 18 Feb, 2–4.30pm:

Bauhaus: Architecture, diaspora and Australian legacy

Speaker: Professor Philip Goad, Director, Melbourne School of Design, Chair of Architecture, The University of Melbourne

Speaker: Maggie Finch, Assistant Curator, Photography, NGV

Speaker: Professor Andrew Benjamin, Faculty of Arts, Monash University

Bauhaus and modern design

Speaker: Amanda Dunsmore, Curator, Decorative Arts & Antiquities, NGV

Speaker: Tom Wright, Associate Director, Sydney Theatre Company

Weimar film

Speaker: Associate Professor Adrian Martin, Head of Film and Television Studies, Monash University