The ‘New Woman’ in 1920s Berlin: Image and Reality
Sun, Jun 28
|Online talk
Join our monthly online talk with Nicky on anything Germanic Art! This week we'll be scrutinising the German icon of the ‘neue Frau’. The lecture surveys the extraordinary opportunities and persistent challenges for women in the modern metropolis. more info below
Time & Location
Jun 28, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Online talk
About the Event
The ‘New Woman’ in 1920s Berlin: Image and Reality examines the powerful myth and complex reality of the German neue Frau in the Weimar era. This lecture explores how the democratic freedoms of the Weimar Republic opened unprecedented opportunities for women artists such as Hannah Höch, Lotte Laserstein and Jeanne Mammen, who moved fluidly between art, craft, technology and the emerging world of mass culture with remarkable innovation. At the same time, it considers how the growing dominance of images in an age of technological reproduction generated new social expectations and commercial pressures for the independent urban woman, revealing the tensions between emancipation, visibility and modern life in 1920s Berlin.
Part of our series: Germanic Art with Nicky
delivered by Nicky Shearman.
Upon booking your will receive a link with instructions on how to join. The talk will be delivered live online. A replay will be available for one week only.