As the centennial of the entry of the United States in World War I approaches next month, artistic commemorations of this event and of the war are being offered at museums across the United States, as well as in a dance film on public television. The first major museum exhibition to revisit this unprecedented global event through the eyes of American artists, World War I and American Art shows how American artists translated their wartime experience, opinions and perceptions into works that chronicle this transformative moment in American culture. On April 5, the Museum of the City of New York will offer Posters and Patriotism: Selling World War I in New York. Airing in commemoration of the centennial of World War I, the feature-length film was shot on location in northern France. Looking back at a subsequent world war, St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn through April 9 is presenting the production of 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips” of Kneehigh, a UK theater company.

Source: Forbes April 01, 2017 03:55 UTC