Mirroring Evil
WNYC's Sara Fishko looks at the controversial show Mirroring Evil at New York’s Jewish Museum. The exhibition features contemporary artwork about the Nazis and the Holocaust.
View ArticleDatebook: Sept. 9, 2010
Feminist painting at the Jewish Museum, J-pop at the Asia Society and a bajillion gallery shows in Chelsea. The arts season is officially in full swing. Here's your guide to what's happening...
View ArticleJewish Museum Explores Legacy of 'The Great' Houdini
Houdini: Art and Magic, opening Friday at the Jewish Museum, explores the life of master illusionist Harry Houdini and his lasting impact on contemporary culture.On view are 163 objects and 26 recent...
View ArticleActivities For the Holiday Weekend
For the last 20 years on Christmas Day, New York City historian Seth Kamil has been leading groups on a walking tour of the Jewish Lower East Side. On one recent holiday, almost 700 people showed up to...
View ArticleJewish Museum Announces New Director
On Wednesday, the Jewish Museum announced Claudia Gould, who currently runs Philadelphia's Institute of Contemporary Art (I.C.A.), will take over leadership of the museum. Gould will replace Joan...
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This Week: Must-See Arts in the City
Get ready for art OVERLOAD. This week, the sleeping monster that is the art industry wakes up and comes roaring back to life all over the city: uptown, downtown, in the museums and in just about every...
View ArticleThis Week: Must-See Arts in the City
Photos chronicling the grinding poverty of the Depression, daily life during World War II and the rise of 1950s consumerism. The hyperreal sculptures of an Italian conceptualist-prankster....
View ArticleMaurice Sendak Curates Hannukah Lamp Show at the Jewish Museum
In the grand tradition of the winter holiday spirit, the Jewish Museum is prepared for Hannukah ahead of the start of the Festival of Lights. For the holiday, which begins this year on Dec. 20, the...
View ArticleNYC Police Ramps Up Security at Jewish Sites
The NYPD has stepped up security at synagogues and other sites around the city in the wake of a deadly attack on a Jewish school in France.Police spokesman Paul Browne said Monday that there are no...
View ArticleNYC Police Ramps Up Security at Jewish Sites
The NYPD has stepped up security at synagogues and other sites around the city in the wake of a deadly attack on a Jewish school in France.Police spokesman Paul Browne said Monday that there are no...
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Minimalism Originated Here? Maybe Not.
Forty-eight years ago, The Jewish Museum put Minimalism on the map by hosting the art movement's first American exhibition.Now it's presenting a show highlighting early examples from Africa, Asia the...
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Two Artists Overshadowed in the '40s Get a Second Look
When Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning were transforming abstract expressionism in New York City in the '40s and '50s, they were not alone.Several artists were showing their work in the same...
View ArticleKehinde Wiley on the World Stage
Kehinde Wiley paints contemporary kings. His portraits are opulent collages that take young, urban men — many of them African-American, many of them anonymous — and turns them into heroes and...
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The Fun and Dark World of Makeup
Photographer Laurie Simmons has been spending a lot of time on YouTube lately, looking at videos of girls and women doing makeup demonstrations of how to look like a doll.The result is in “How We See,”...
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Vibrant Color Meets Pop-Culture: Designer Isaac Mizrahi's Provocative Work
Brooklyn-born designer Isaac Mizrahi may be best known for his prolific work in the fashion industry, but a new exhibit at the Jewish Museum showcases his 30-year career which includes acting,...
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Review: Carmen Herrera is No Grandma Moses, Which Is a Good Thing
If you’ve never heard of Carmen Herrera, a Cuban-born, New York painter who happens to be 101-years-old, you can be forgiven. Virtually no one has seen her work in depth. She did not sell her first...
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Review: How Not to Handle Your Art Career.
Florine Stettheimer is everyone’s favorite underknown artist. A retrospective of her work opening today at the Jewish Museum is likely to expand her fan club. Stettheimer remains an essential eccentric...
View ArticleUnruly Isaac Mizrahi
There’s just one more month to see fashion icon Isaac Mizrahi’s career-spanning retrospective at the Jewish Museum in New York through August 7. It’s called Isaac Mizrahi: An Unruly History and it’s...
View ArticleIva Bittová at The Jewish Museum
Gig Alert: Iva Bittová at The Jewish MuseumTickets: $12-$18. Show at 7:30PMThe Czech violinist, vocalist and composer Iva Bittová is a remarkable figure – now based here in the States, she draws on...
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Review: Chaim Soutine’s Meaty Accomplishments
Chaim Soutine is one of the titans of modern art, but his reputation has been in eclipse. He is not nearly as familiar today as Marc Chagall, his fellow Russian-Jewish painter from Lithuania. Both...
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