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Past Exhibits

Parallel Beginnings: New German Expressionists & Ida Kerkovius Parallel Beginnings: New German Expressionists & Ida Kerkovius
Works from the Art Collection Deutsche Bundesbank and the Guido Goldman Art Collection
Apr 16, 2024 — May 31, 2024
Jacek E. Giedrojć Gallery, Adolphus Busch Hall

The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) and the Art Collection Deutsche Bundesbank invite visitors to experience German abstract art by three artists of the Frankfurt Quadriga group – Karl Otto Götz, Heinz Kreutz, and Bernard Schultze – as well as the colorful works by Riga-born Ida Kerkovius.

Remember Yugoslavia? Remember Yugoslavia?
Photographs by Martin Karplus
Sep 25, 2019 — May 1, 2021
Jacek E. Giedrojć Gallery, Adolphus Busch Hall

The exhibition featured photographs of the former Yugoslavia in 1955 taken by Martin Karplus, Theodore William Richards Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Harvard University and 2013 Nobel Laureate.

The Dream of a United Europe The Dream of a United Europe
Apr 4, 2019 — Jun 1, 2019
Jacek E. Giedrojć Gallery, Adolphus Busch Hall

In 1950, the U.S.-based Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA) which administered the European Recovery Program (ERP), announced an art competition in Marshall Plan countries, offering prizes for the best posters that aesthetically represented “Intra-European Cooperation for a Better Standard of Living.” This exhibit features the final 25 posters selected by a jury of prominent graphic artists from among 10,000 entries.

Occupying Paris Occupying Paris
1968 and the Spaces of Protest
Mar 7, 2018 — Dec 30, 2018
Jacek E. Giedrojć Gallery, Adolphus Busch Hall

On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the May 1968 movement, “Occupying Paris” featured a selection of period posters and photographs to reconsider an extraordinary month of civil disobedience, evaluate the impact it made then, and assess the legacy it bequeathed for practitioners of dissent to this day.

Poles Apart: Poland's Culture Wars Poles Apart: Poland's Culture Wars
Apr 13, 2017 — Dec 30, 2017
Jacek E. Giedrojć Gallery, Adolphus Busch Hall

Almost three decades after the successful transition to democracy, Polish society was torn apart by growing political polarization and conflicts. In recent years, millions of Poles took to the streets to express opposing views about the country's politics, history and future. In this exhibit, five Warsaw-based photographers of the NAPO Images agency documented the deep chasm and clashes of political visions pitting Poland's traditional values and a nationalistic identity against modern liberal ideas and a European identity.

Łódź: Still the Promised Land Łódź: Still the Promised Land
A Project by Jan Kubasiewicz
May 5, 2016 — Oct 31, 2016
Jacek E. Giedrojć Gallery, Adolphus Busch Hall

The description of the city of Łódź, Poland as "The Promised Land" is borrowed from the title of a novel by Władysław Reymont, a Polish novelist and the recipient of the 1924 Nobel Prize in Literature. The show exhibited three snapshots of the history of Łódź.

West Meets East West Meets East
The Photography of Barbara Klemm
Oct 8, 2015 — Dec 31, 2015
Jacek E. Giedrojć Gallery, Adolphus Busch Hall

Commemorating the 25th anniversary of German reunification, the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) hosted the photography of renown German photographer Barbara Klemm who documented momentous events in East and West Germany since the 1970s.

Landscapes of History Landscapes of History
Oct 13, 2013 — Sep 27, 2014
Jacek E. Giedrojć Gallery, Adolphus Busch Hall

Italian landscapes are inseparable from European art history and its aesthetic self-awareness. This exhibit reflected on these timeless landscapes.

Politics on Paper
 Politics on Paper

Contemporary Polish Poster Art
Oct 2, 2013 — Sep 12, 2014
Jacek E. Giedrojć Gallery, Adolphus Busch Hall

The exhibition included the selection of 25 unique posters from 1957 to 2013. The selection represented the highest aesthetic quality of the work of multiple generations of Polish poster artists and their embeddedness in the European culture and political imagery.

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