'Art in the Interwar Years, Part 2: Wassily Kandinsky' Webinar

Tickets: $18.88 (fees included) (includes access to the full replay for one week)

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Art doesn’t exist in a vacuum — and between the end of World War I and the eve of World War II, artists were anything but untouched by the chaos. How did the horrors of war, the collapse of empires, deadly pandemics, and ideological revolutions influence the creative minds who lived through it all? From personal grief to utopian ideals, it's time to explore how European artists responded to the rapidly shifting world around them — whether resisting, retreating, reimagining, or redefining what art could mean in the face of overwhelming uncertainty.

Join New York Adventure Club for a five-part series that traces how artists across Europe absorbed and responded to the seismic shifts of the interwar years. In Part Two: Wassily Kandinsky, we’ll follow the personal and artistic journey of a visionary who pushed the boundaries of abstraction while navigating the turbulence of revolution, war, and exile.

Led by art historian, museum educator, and lecturer Mariska Beekenkamp-Wladimiroff, this art-centric virtual journey will feature:

• A look at Kandinsky’s unconventional path to painting, beginning with his late transition from law and economics to the art world
• A discussion around his return to Russia during WWI, and how national folklore and political change pushed him briefly back toward figurative art
• An overview of the influence of Russian Suprematism, which reignited his pursuit of abstraction through geometric form
• Insight into his years at the Bauhaus, where collaboration and experimentation transformed his artistic vision
• A closer look at Kandinsky’s final chapter in Paris, where illness, displacement, and new biomorphic forms defined his later style
• The lasting tragedy surrounding his legacy, from postwar neglect to the violent death of his wife shortly after his passing

Afterward, we'll have a Q&A with Mariska — any and all questions are welcomed and encouraged!
Can't make it live? Don't worry, you'll have access to the full replay through one week after the entire series concludes.
See you there, virtually!

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About Mariska
Mariska is a Social Psychologist by trade but took up her love for the arts again after the birth of her children. ​
Heavily pregnant with number 3, Mariska finished her MA at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, in Dutch Baroque Art. Soon after this she was lucky enough to lecture for the most wonderful group of students. She decided this was what she wanted to do and set up Art Historical London offering art historical lectures, courses, tours, travel and events from London and Amsterdam, and since 2020 online. ​
Fully accredited in the UK to teach the over 16, Mariska also lectures for NAFDAS, an arts education society with members in the UK and Mainland Europe, New Zealand and Australia. She is a lecturer with the public program of the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London, and can provide live, online and recorded lectures for groups or individuals.

Art in the Interwar Years Series
Part 1: New Styles After the Great War (Monday, January 26 @ 1:30pm ET)
Part 2: Wassily Kadinsky (Monday, February 2 @ 1:30pm ET)
Part 3: Henri Matisse (Monday, February 9 @ 1:30pm ET)
Part 4: Piet Mondrian (Monday, February 16 @ 1:30pm ET)
Part 5: Käthe Kollwitz (Monday, February 23 @ 1:30pm ET)

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