The Neue Galerie in New York City will feature George Grosz’s masterpiece Eclipse of the Sun in the exhibition Neue Sachlichkeit / New Objectivity. The loaned painting will be on view February 20 to May 26, 2025. This exhibition will be the last opportunity for Grosz admirers to see Eclipse of the Sun — considered one of the most significant artworks in a public collection on Long Island — this year.
The painting was last featured in The Heckscher Museum’s George Grosz: The Stick Men, which Hyperallergic tapped as one of the 5o best international exhibitions for 2024!
In 2026 the Museum will celebrate Eclipse of the Sun‘s 100th anniversary with a timely and relevant exhibition.
The Neue Galerie’s focus is on German and Austrian art and design of the twentieth-century and describes its new exhibition this way:
“In February 2025, Neue Galerie New York will open “Neue Sachlichkeit / New Objectivity,” marking the centenary of Gustav F. Hartlaub’s 1925 groundbreaking survey held at the Kunsthalle Mannheim. The New Objectivity movement is now considered one of the most significant artistic developments of the twentieth century. Hartlaub’s presentation showcased a new style of art that had emerged in the aftermath of World War I, characterized by its critical realism, social commentary, and detailed depiction of contemporary life, and marking a significant departure from Expressionism’s emotional intensity.
The Neue Sachlichkeit movement was divided by two philosophies—the unflinching and socially critical Verists (represented by Otto Dix, George Grosz, Georg Scholz, for example), and the Classicists (such as Alexander Kanoldt, Georg Schrimpf, and Christian Schad), who focused on harmony and beauty. The show will offer a wide-ranging perspective, exploring the tension between the Verists and the Classicists, which will be illustrated through a multidisciplinary installation, featuring paintings, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, 
works on paper, and film…The presentation interprets these two camps as a coherent chapter in art history, focusing on the ways that the New Objectivity proponents mirrored the Weimar Republic’s cultural, political, and social complexities.”
The exhibition is curated by Dr. Olaf Peters, a professor of modern art at Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.
In addition to Eclipse of the Sun, the Museum has loaned Untitled (Man and Woman) to the Neue for this exhibition.
