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Source: <http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/eventseducation/beckreconsid.htm>. _________________________________________________________ TATE MODERN Friday 7 March 11.00-17.30 Beckmann Reconsidered One of the most significant German artists of the twentieth century, Max Beckmann adapted his commitment to figurative painting to the turbulent cultural and political landscape of his times. The highly personal vision that marked his entire career drew on his engagement with modernism, abstraction and a deep spiritual crisis provoked by the rise of Nazism and Beckmann's subsequent exile from Germany. Historically affiliated with both Expressionism and Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity), Beckmann was ultimately an artist deeply embroiled in the spirit of his age. A panel of international Beckmann scholars, including Hans Belting, Amy Hamlin, Charles W Haxthausen, Olaf Peters, Carla Schulz-Hoffmann, Reinhard Spieler, Ortrud Westheider and Stephan von Wiese will present papers in this specialist symposium. They will discuss recent Beckmann scholarship, and the place of the artist in cultural history. Supported by the Goethe Institut Inter Nationes Starr Auditorium Tickets £15 (£10 concessions) For tickets call 020 7887 8888 or email [log in to unmask]