“She always understood the power of an image.” ...
Three concurrent exhibitions—in New York, Israel and Germany—mark the centennial of Kafka's death and celebrate his art. ...
“It came to me that a view of Israel through his unique lens would capture the people and land in a fresh, moving, artistic and informative manner.” ...
“Nothing is by the book in this story.” ...
“The Jewish refugees now had a possible path of escape, if only they could get across the water.” ...
The first Impressionist exhibition opened in Paris on April 15, 1874 and included five paintings from Camille Pissarro. ...
Walking into the room in New York’s Jewish Museum where Israeli artist Zoya Cherkassky’s darkly vivid and intense drawings, “The 7 October 2023 Series,” were on display, one felt a visceral sense of assault. ...
The devastating October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel and the ensuing war, along with the contradictory and perplexing media accounts of the clash, underscore the necessity for a nuanced understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ...
Fans, gowns, beaded dress pumps, even a French hat ornament constructed from the stuffed body of a bird-of-paradise, complement the 50 paintings assembled for “Fashioned by Sargent” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, currently on view through January 15, 2024. ...
A remarkable and rare pair of elaborate silver Torah finials have been jointly acquired by New York’s Jewish Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston. ...
Sometime in the late 1970s, my father-in-law, who owned a bookstore in Chicago, arranged a book-signing party for the photographer Richard Avedon. ...
The art Landau has created in this primal moonscape, the lowest land-based elevation on earth, explores the dualities of life and death, injury and healing, destruction and hope—a central theme of the current exhibition and a motivating force behind Landau’s art. ...