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# A New Movie on Moholy-Nagy, Inspiring Artist and Teacher
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/the-new-bauhaus-moholy-nagy-screening/
- Published: 2020-11-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T15:36:20.000Z
- Description: The New Bauhaus traces the artist’s journey from joining the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany to founding the New Bauhaus in Chicago.
- Author: Elisa Wouk Almino
- Tags: Art, California, Events, Film, LACMA, László Moholy-Nagy, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 09:08 (2019, 2020, part 3)

"My father decided to become an artist after the war," shares Hattula Moholy-Nagy, the daughter of [László Moholy-Nagy](https://hyperallergic.com/tag/laszlo-moholy-nagy/), "and then he met Gropius, and he went to the Bauhaus." The quote is from [*The New Bauhaus: The Life & Legacy of Moholy-Nagy*](https://imgsrvr.net/open/rumptqNJqK2XCXYk?ref=hyperallergic.com), a new documentary by [Alysa Nahmias](http://ajnafilms.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com), that traces the artist's journey from joining the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany to founding the New Bauhaus in Chicago in 1937, after immigrating to the United States.

The Hungarian-born artist [worked in so many media](https://hyperallergic.com/302064/the-fluid-experimentation-of-laszlo-moholy-nagy-in-a-long-awaited-retrospective/) that it is hard to sum up his craft. From experimental photographer to graphic designer and metalsmith, Moholy-Nagy was also an influential teacher. In the 10 years that he spent in Chicago, he left a lasting impression on his students, creating an environment where art-making was a joyous, childlike, and mind-opening experience. *The New Bauhaus* foregrounds this chapter in the artist's life, while also interviewing contemporary artists, including [Olafur Eliasson](https://hyperallergic.com/174725/olafur-eliasson-on-turning-light-into-color/) and Barbara Kasten, who see Moholy-Nagy as a major influence on their work.

The film, which was produced by the film company Opendox, will have a national release in 2021, but in the meantime, mark your calendars: you can catch [an early (and free!) screening](https://www.lacma.org/event/film-screening-new-bauhaus-and-post-screening-conversation-alysa-nahmias?ref=hyperallergic.com) on Friday, December 4 as part of FILM at LACMA. A conversation with directorAlysa Nahmias will follow the film.

https://vimeo.com/398547736

**When:** Friday, December 4, 10am–10pm (Pacific)  
**Where:** Online at FILM at LACMA

*More info at* [*FILM at LACMA*](https://www.lacma.org/event/film-screening-new-bauhaus-and-post-screening-conversation-alysa-nahmias?ref=hyperallergic.com)