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Like its brilliant creator, Eva Hesse's 'Expanded Expansion' conveys the ephemerality of existence
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Indisputably, a Jewish genius — but also a pariah and a bumpkin
Steve Stern's 'The Village Idiot' fictionalizes the life of the Belarusian painter Chaim Soutine
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Was Morris Hirshfield’s Jewishness responsible for his fall from grace in the art world?
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A risk-taking photographer who addressed his own suffering by documenting the sufferings of others
David 'Chim' Seymour captured images of refugee children, as well as Audrey Hepburn and Gina Lollobrigida
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How come you’ve never heard of these Jewish artists?
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Tour the studio of artist Tobi Kahn
Watch a video of Kahn's work and process and register for an online and in-person discussion
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The Nazis recorded everything they stole. One artist is mining their archives for something new.
Lisa Oppenheim’s solo exhibition inverts Nazi archival photos to make the absence of stolen objects and stolen lives feel tangible
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A new New York law requires museums to label art looted by Nazis — but is it constitutional?
Some legal scholars say the law is an example of ‘compelled speech’ and may violate the First Amendment
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How a Holocaust survivor from Slovakia became a modern-day Chagall
93-year-old Tibor Spitz found a second (or maybe a third) life as an artist
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New York state wants museums to label their Nazi looted art. Will anything change?
The new law aims to educate museum-goers about the history behind certain artwork. But it doesn't account for the labyrinthine world of restitution.
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