11 December @ 2.00 pm - 2.30 pm
This exhibition will present one of the most important and powerful modernist achievements of the 20th century – the singular and complex artwork Life? or Theatre? by German-Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon (b. Berlin 1917 – d. Auschwitz 1943). Discover more about the exhibition’s themes and content in this intimate tour of the exhibition, led by one of the Museum’s Curators.
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