Pioneering women of the 1920s – artistic research from the Modeschule Berlin at the JMB
Public presentation as part of the exhibition Defiance: Jewish Women and Design in the Modern Era
For six months, budding designers at the Berlin Fashion School have been intensively studying Jewish women designers of the modern era. To what extent can references to their biographies, life realities and works be established - and expressed? With this question in mind, today's fashion designers have artistically explored the pioneers of the 1920s.
Fr, 18 Jul 2025, 10:30 am
Where
Old Building, Lotte Kaliski Room
Lindenstraße 9–14
10969 Berlin
In the context of the exhibition, each student at the Modeschule Berlin conducted artistic research on a female modernist designer. In their search for links between then and now, they have created a work that presents what moves them today, here and now.
The fashion designers from the Modeschule Berlin present their results in video works, pictures, sculptures, performances, texts and/or in dialog. Their work will also be on display in the Lotte Kaliski Room until 20 July 2025.
Defiance: Jewish Women and Design in the Modern Era
- Exhibition Webpage
- Defiance: Jewish Women and Design in the Modern Era (11 Jul to 23 Nov 2025): Insights and information about the exhibition's topics
- Accompanying Events
- Exhibition Opening: Thu, 10 Jul 2025, 7 pm (exhibition open to visitors from 5 pm)
- Current page: Pioneering women of the 1920s – artistic research from the Modeschule Berlin at the JMB: Public presenation, Fri 18 Jul 2025, 10.30 am
- Publications
- Exhibition catalog: 2025, in German
- Guided Tours
- Public Tour in German: Sun 13 Jul, 10 Aug & 28 Sep 2025, 11 am
- Public Tour in English: Sat 2 Aug & 6 Sep 2025, 3 pm
- Guided Tour & Brunch: Sun 27 Jul, 24 Aug & 14 Sep 2025, 10.15 am
- Bookable Tour for Groups and Schools: Tour by appointment
- Digital Content
- Puppet Show, Menu Card, Children's Book: Digital Copies Accompanying the Exhibition (in German)
- Do you know Eva Samuel? How the Research for the Exhibition Took Off
- See also
- Jewish Women Ceramists from Germany after 1933: Online feature on Google Arts & Culture, in German
