By Anne Joseph
“London seems to be in my bloodstream,” said artist Leon Kossoff. “It is always moving — the skies, the streets, the buildings. The people who walk past me when I draw have become part of my life.”
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By Anne Joseph
The story of five gay, cross-dressing Filipino migrants in cosmopolitan Tel Aviv who work by day as caretakers for elderly Hasidic men and by night transform into a musical drag act, might seem improbable. But it is a true story. Based on Tomer Heymann’s award-winning
2006 documentary of the same name, the world premiere of “Paper Dolls,” a play with music, is
currently showing at the innovative Tricycle Theatre in Kilburn, north London.
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By Anne Joseph
At the end of this month, selections of work from the exhibit “R.B. Kitaj (1932-2007): Obsessions” will be transferring from its
successful run at the Jewish Museum Berlin to two venues in the U.K. It will exhibit concurrently at
Pallant House Gallery in Chichester and the
Jewish Museum London, before returning to Germany. Both British institutions have links with the artist. M.J. Long, the architect whose practice was responsible for the refurbishment of the Jewish Museum as well as the extensions to Pallant House, also designed Kitaj’s London studio.
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By Anne Joseph
Secret listener Fritz Lustig was told by his commanding officer that his job was “more important for the war effort than firing a machine gun or driving a tank.” Recruited by British intelligence during the Second World War, listeners — who were Austrian or German refugees — monitored, recorded and made detailed transcripts of private conversations between Nazi prisoners of war in the U.K. The listeners’ primary motive was to elicit military, naval and air force information. Lustig, a former cellist and an ex-German Jewish refugee, now 93, was talking about his experience at a
recent event held at London’s Jewish Museum.
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By Anne Joseph
The work of pioneering American feminist artist Judy Chicago is not for the prudish. Her current exhibition at
Ben Uri The London Jewish Museum of Art displays graphic imagery of the male and female form alongside pieces addressing the notion of female subjugation and masculine power. Yet nestled next to artworks that can challenge and shock are collaborative needlework gems of absolute beauty.
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