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From his artistic breakthrough as part of the Secession in turn-of-the-century Vienna to his famous portrait of German chancellor Adenauer in 1966, Austrian painter Oskar Kokoschka’s works span the history of 20th-century Europe.

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In recent years, works by photographers who lived in the GDR before the fall of the Berlin Wall have been rediscovered and reappraised.  An exclusive look at a world that no longer exists.

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<p>From his artistic breakthrough as part of the Secession in turn-of-the-century Vienna to his famous portrait of German chancellor Adenauer in 1966, Austrian painter Oskar Kokoschka’s works span the history of 20th-century Europe.</p>

An exclusive look at photography from the GDR, a world that no longer exists.

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