In this recorded art talk, curator Lynette Roth takes a close look at Max Beckmann’s "Self-Portrait in Tuxedo (1927)," examining its institutional, art historical, and cultural-political significance in order to ask the question: what can this enigmatic, nearly century-old painting by a German artist tell us today? TAKE A CLOSER LOOK: + Max Beckmann, German, "Self-Portrait in Tuxedo," 1927. Oil on canvas. Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Association Fund, BR41.37. © Max Beckmann/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Germany. https://hvrd.art/o/304344 + Read "Making Modernity Max Beckmann’s Self-Portait in Tuxedo": https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2015/11/making-modernity + Watch "An Introduction to the Busch-Reisinger Museum:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCbxKaLSa6c --- Speaker: Lynette Roth, Daimler Curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum and Head, Division of Modern and Contemporary Art Copyright: Works of art by Max Beckmann © Max Beckmann/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Germany. Recorded Thursday, July 2, 2020. © President and Fellows of Harvard College. Video: Lynette Roth. For questions related to permission for commercial use of this video, please contact the Department of Digital Imaging and Visual Resources at am_divr@harvard.edu.