Über die Welt hinaus. Der Blaue Reiter

At the beginning of the 20th century, a circle of artists with a vision formed in Munich. They shared the common goal of renewing art and transforming society. Particularly important in this endeavour were the two exhibitions of the Redaktion Der Blaue Reiter in Munich in 1911–12. The title explicitly referred to the aims of the almanac: this programmatic yearbook established Der Blaue Reiter as part of a worldwide, epoch- and genre-transcending artistic practice. Der Blaue Reiter was, however, more than that: it was based on a network of exchange that understood cultural differences as a creative resource. In a transnational dialogue – from the German Empire and France to the Russian Empire and the USA – the participants created new visual languages for a changing world.