On March 11, 2010, Neue Galerie New York opened Otto Dix, a retrospective of the German artist whose portraits and social scenes gave Weimar-era modernism some of its sharpest images. The show ran through August 30 and was documented as the first solo museum exhibition of Dix's work in North America. Organized by Olaf Peters, it premiered at the Neue Galerie before traveling to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Works highlighted in contemporary coverage included Portrait of the Dancer Anita Berber and other paintings from European and American collections, underscoring Dix's blend of New Objectivity precision, wartime trauma, and fascination with the theater of modern urban life.
The exhibition gave North American museum audiences a concentrated encounter with Dix's Weimar modernism.
