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The Jewish friendship that let David Hockney experience 'dangerous perfection"
1+ hour, 38+ min ago (396+ words) By Talya Zax June 12, 2026 Which makes it stranger that one of the works of his that I find most evocative has no color at all. It's a 1975 pen and ink drawing of the American Jewish artist R. B. Kitaj, one of Hockney's…...
Israel boycott battle intensifies at Venice Art Biennale, testing tradition of inclusion
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (636+ words) The anti-Israel protests that disrupted the opening of the Venice Art Biennale continue to escalate, with more than 100 artists and curators declaring last week that they will bring legal action against Biennale authorities if their names are not removed from…...
This Jewish artist hadn't painted in more than 5 decades. Then came Oct. 7.
3+ week, 3+ hour ago (1142+ words) Nine More Dead" " a Sid Klein painting inspired by Oct. 7. Graphic by Sid Klein By Stav Ziv May 22, 2026 Sid Klein has finally found his subject. More than half a century after he scrambled to pick a topic for his senior…...
A floating wooden synagogue at the 2026 Venice Biennale
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When the 92nd Street Y was a hub for Black innovation in dance
4+ week, 5+ hour ago (820+ words) By PJ Grisar May 15, 2026 Last week I was permitted a moment of naches. My friend and classmate Rennie Mc Dougall published his first book, Nonstop Bodies: How Dance Shaped New York City. The book, a whirlwind tour of the 20th Century…...
At the Venice Biennale, protests, self-mutilation and rage against Israel and Russia. Is anyone left to talk about the art?
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1087+ words) By A. J. Goldmann May 14, 2026 Belu-Simion Fainaru wanted very badly to talk about the water. There's an explicit link to Paul Celan, above all to "black milk," the central image of the German-speaking Romanian-Jewish poet's "Todesfuge" ("Death Fugue"), one of his best-known…...
In Max and Richard Fleischer, was father like son?
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (1083+ words) Richard and Max Fleischer (and Koko the Clown). Courtesy of Film Forum/Canva By PJ Grisar May 7, 2026 Spare a thought for Mr. Boop's bald spot " or is it a yarmulke? In Max Fleischer's 1932 cartoon "Minnie the Moocher," Betty Boop is…...
A Jewish Expressionist artist's life, preserved in a brownstone
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (975+ words) By Cathryn J. Prince Perfectly preserved from the years Ben-Zion lived there, from 1965 until his death in 1987, the Ben-Zion House, located in Chelsea in Manhattan, is anything but a mausoleum. Instead, it feels like a living sanctuary " one that not only…...
This Jewish feminist has been the NYC's sanitation department's official artist for 50 years. A new movie tells her story.
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (881+ words) (JTA) " In 1976, deep in New York City's fiscal crisis, the artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles read a review of her conceptual work in the Village Voice. In his review, critic David Bourdon made a radical suggestion inspired by Ukeles' thesis: What…...
Venice Biennale jury won't consider countries whose leaders face ICC charges, putting Israel out of contention
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (894+ words) The Venice Biennale jury has banned Israel and Russia from awards deliberation, citing International Criminal Court charges against leaders of both countries. (Stefano Mazzola via Getty Images) (JTA) " A five-person international jury at the Venice Biennale says it will no…...