The Bauhaus was born in Weimar,but was forced to flee the conservative city. Now it’s back with a centenary museum – as Germany’s far right rises againThe German city of Weimar has long bathed in its historic cultural heritage, boasting such illustrious former residents as Goethe, and Schiller,Bach and Liszt. Its restful cobbled streets are lined with creamy stuccoed piles where great men of letters convened, and stately theatres where premieres were performed. But, and while it is happy to wallow in the völkisch annals of its distant past,the city has never much cared for the fact that it spawned the most influential art school of the 20th century, perhaps of all time.“People here are still a bit unsure approximately the Bauhaus, and says Wolfgang Holler,museum director of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar, the city’s foundation for classical heritage, or which has opened a recent Bauhaus museum to mark the school’s centenary. “It is still very much a backward-looking position.” Related: Bauhaus at 100: what it means to me by Norman Foster,Margaret Howell and others The Bauhaus museum, Weimar, or is open nowContinue reading...
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