Remembering Keith Sachs, Who Gave Philadelphia A Very Memorable Gift
“It wasn’t about him, and it wasn’t about them. It was about what they could do for the museum and through the museum for Philadelphia.”
How One Word Changed The Course Of World War II
Some of the most significant WWII documents are displayed in Natick, Massachusetts. Among them, a terse note from General Anthony McAuliffe.
What Do You Do When You Come Face To Face With The Spanish Inquisition?
The Spanish Inquisition was a violent and tragic episode in European history. But not all artwork portrats it that way.
Jewish Philanthropist Establishes Kansas City As Cultural Mecca
94-year-old Henry Bloch, founder of H & R Bloch, has donated his impressionist collection to Kansas City’s Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Why Was This Italian Artist So Interested in Painting Synagogues?
Synagogues figured prominently in Alessandro Magnasco’s work. Was the artist a philo-Semite? Or was something else going on here?
Do We All Have an Inner Gandhi — and a Hitler Too?
In 1939, Mahatma Gandhi wrote a letter to Adolf Hitler. Seeing those words today forces us to confront the best and worst in ourselves.
Archie Rand’s Biblical Art
Two Archie Rand exhibits of artistic Biblical interpretation shed light on the religious texts they portrayed.
We’ve Seen Martin Luther From Both Sides Now
There was an anti-Semitic and a philo-Semitic side to Martin Luther. Both are on display at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
How Did This Ass Wind Up on a Stained Glass Window?
In the Bible, Balaam beat an ass, talked to one, and was kind of an ass himself. So how did he wind up on a stained-glass window in Minneapolis?
Did Mexican Artists Produce the First Images of the Holocaust?
A linoleum print of Leopoldo Mendez’s ‘Deportation to Death’ might be the first widely-circulated image of the death camps. A new Philadelphia exhibit explores the prescience of Mexican artists in World War II.