The reception of Hannes Meyer’s tenure as director of the Bauhaus between 1928 and 1930 for a long…

The reception of Hannes Meyer’s tenure as director of the Bauhaus between 1928 and 1930 for a long time has been dominated by discussions surrounding his political orientation and the right-wing attacks on the school. These discussions in fact blocked the engagement with the substance of his directorship and how he shaped the Bauhaus and its curriculum. In recent years Philipp Oswalt has been…