The Triennial of Modernism 2025 has the motto ‘Torn Modernism(s)’. The starting point is the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus’s move from Weimar to Dessau in 1925, which is seen as a symbol of migration, displacement and new beginnings. However, the motto not only addresses historical ruptures, but also focuses on current social and political tensions.

‘Torn apart’ refers to conflicts with tradition and anti-modernism, as well as experiences of fascism and violence, but also internal tensions within reform movements and the contradictions of modern developments. These ambivalences are addressed in various locations: in Weimar with a focus on the Bauhaus years from 1919 to 1925, in Dessau on the new beginning from 1925 onwards, and in Berlin with the 100th anniversary of the Hufeisensiedlung and other examples of New Building.
In addition, 80 years of reconstruction and post-war modernism as well as 50 years of the European Charter of Monuments of 1975 also play a role.