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Art ‘A Jewish woman, a widow, a damn good painter and a little too independent’ — reclaiming Lee Krasner’s legacy
Freed from the shadow of Krasner's husband Jackson Pollock, another glorious solo show emerges
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Culture In a Jewish art dealer’s Paris apartment, a jaw-dropping collection of 20th-century masterworks
The Picasso Museum attempts to re-create the home of Léonce Rosenberg, dealer for Picasso, Léger, Ernst and scads more
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Culture Why a Jewish artist thinks his exhibit’s cancellation is evidence of censorship and antisemitism
Phillip Schwartz was ready to exhibit his Holocaust-related artwork. An arts center wanted to address accusations of genocide in Gaza.
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Culture Birds, barbed wire, darkness and sunlight — the artistic challenge of making a Torah mantle for a Holocaust scroll
Jerri Zbiral wanted to create a Torah mantle that would make an artistic statement while also commemorating history
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Art He made 613 paintings of commandments and 915 collages of proverbs — but who’s got room to show them all?
Like RIchard Dreyfuss in 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind,' Archie Rand feels compelled to create
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Culture In Princess Diana’s red dress, a symbol of the Jewish rise to prominence in the UK shmatta business
A Museum of London exhibit pays homage to the Jews who helped to create outfits for everyday folk as well as the likes of Jimi Hendrix and David Bowie
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Art After the war broke out, Sara Erenthal kept making art — in the name of peace
The artist's new exhibition situates viewers in a big, diverse protest against the Israel-Hamas war
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Culture An Israeli artist poses a bold question — what if Othello wasn’t at the center of ‘Othello’
Tel Aviv-based artist Hilla Ben Ari reimagines 'The Moor's Pavane' by focusing on the key women characters
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