This exhibition presents some 100 works of art from the intriguing Schwabing Trove, a collection discovered in 2012 amassed by Dr. Hildebrand Gurlitt (1895-1956), who was a museum director, art dealer, and agent for the Third Reich.

Lisa Reihana’s acclaimed video projection in Pursuit of Venus [infected] was inspired by a 19th-century French scenic wallpaper that envisioned the Pacific islands as an exotic paradise. Taking this product of European fantasy as her framework, Reihana reimagines the past.

In the past two decades it has become increasingly common to see Jewish and Muslim women alike covering their entire body with several layers of shawls, wraps, and veils in adherence to strict laws of religion and modesty. From a distance it is difficult to tell them apart, and some also recall Greek and Russian Orthodox nuns.