Bauhaus in Exile: How the Nazis Scattered Germany's Modernist Architects

In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the diaspora of Bauhaus artists and architects after the Nazi crackdown. They trace the paths of figures like Walter Gropius, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Marcel Breuer to new homes in the United States, Britain, and beyond. The conversation covers the closure of the Dessau school, the 1938 Bauhaus exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art, and the lasting impact of Bauhaus pedagogy through institutions like Black Mountain College. They also discuss the controversy over the Bauhaus legacy in postwar Germany, where some saw it as a foreign import. Along the way, they touch on individual stories, such as Gropius's work on the John F. Kennedy Federal Building in Boston and Mies's design of the Seagram Building in New York. #Bauhaus #Exile #Modernism #WalterGropius #MiesVanDerRohe #MarcelBreuer #BlackMountainCollege #MoMA #Dessau #Weimar #NaziGermany #Architecture #Design #Pedagogy #Emigration #BauhausDiaspora #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo