“They quickly became close friends: Dr. Paul Alexandre, the young French physician, enamored of art, and Amedeo Modigliani, the fledgling Italian Jewish artist, recently arrived in Paris. Between 1907 and the outbreak of World War I in 1914 they met almost daily. Despite his modest… Read More
“The Arcades Project foreshadows our experience of modernity: we absorb an overwhelming mass of information and cultural activity, yet it comes to us in a fragmented form, often through social and digital media, without the orderly coherence that thinkers and artists once predicted for the… Read More
“The Jewish Museum presents the first U.S. exhibition focused on French designer and architect Pierre Chareau (1883-1950). Showcasing rare furniture, lighting fixtures, and interiors, as well as designs for the extraordinary Maison de Verre, the glass house completed in Paris in 1932, Pierre Chareau: Modern Architecture… Read More
“Memphis Does Hanukkah focuses on Menorah #7 (1986) by the Los Angeles-based designer and artist Peter Shire (American, b. 1947). Made with industrial materials and “finish-fetish” detailing, it recalls the Pop, car, and surf cultures of the artist’s hometown. The style speaks to Shire’s knowledge… Read More
“In a conventional museum experience, you, the visitor, may consume art only by looking at the paintings, sculptures, or photographs on view. You are not allowed to touch the works, and certainly not able to take them home. In defiance of this well-established standard, Take… Read More
Mrs. Carl Meyer and her Children by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) is a seductive and deeply revealing group portrait that captures the world of a privileged family of Jewish origin in late Victorian England. It depicts Adèle Meyer, a wealthy British philanthropist, well-known society hostess, and political activist, with… Read More
“Roberto Burle Marx (1909–1994) was one of the most influential landscape architects of the twentieth century, yet he is not a familiar figure outside of his native Brazil. He is best known for his iconic seaside pavements on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach, and for… Read More
Isaac Mizrahi: An Unruly History is the first exhibition focused on the influential American fashion designer, artist, and entrepreneur. The exhibition starts with his first collection in 1987 and runs through the present day with over 250 works, including clothing and costume designs, sketches, photographs, and an immersive video… Read More
“Unorthodox is a large-scale group exhibition featuring 55 contemporary artists from around the world whose practices mix forms and genres without concern for artistic conventions. Though the artists in Unorthodox come from a wide variety of backgrounds and generations, they are united in their spirit of independence… Read More
“From early vanguard constructivist works by Alexander Rodchenko and El Lissitzky, to the modernist images of Arkady Shaikhet and Max Penson, Soviet photographers played a pivotal role in the history of modern photography. The Power of Pictures: Early Soviet Photography, Early Soviet Film will examine… Read More
“This exhibition focuses on Stieglitz’s enduring 1907 photogravure of steerage-class passengers aboard the ocean liner Kaiser Wilhelm II. This much-reproduced image has often been regarded as evidence of the poor conditions under which many immigrants arrived in America, but in fact was taken on a voyage… Read More
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