Bauhaus Centenary: Exhibitions Across Saxony in 2019

The Bauhaus school, founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar in 1919, celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2019. Saxony, particularly Dessau where the school flourished from 1925 to 1932, hosts major events coordinated by the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation. In Leipzig, the Grassi Museum displays Josef Albers' reconstructed stained-glass windows alongside the special exhibition 'Bauhaus Saxony' (April 18 to September 9, 2019), featuring works by Wassily Kandinsky, László Moholy-Nagy, Paul Klee, and Albers. Dresden's Stadtmuseum presents 'Modernism in Dresden? Architecture and Urban Planning 1919–1939' (June 29 to October 27, 2019), highlighting iconic structures like the Kügelhaus, the first all-metal spherical building (1928, destroyed in war). Chemnitz, birthplace of the Raster-Noton label, hosts the 7th International Marianne Brandt Contest at the Industriemuseum (October 5, 2019 to January 27, 2020), focusing on glass in honor of the Bauhaus designer. The city also features the Schocken building (now Archaeology Museum) and Villa Esche by Henry van de Velde.