This is the Forward’s coverage of the visual arts, including painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, and crafts.
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The Schmooze Can Charles Krafft Be Defended?
After reading Frederic Spotts’s “Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics” as a Yeshiva University undergraduate, I conducted an experiment. I approached passersby on Amsterdam Avenue and showed them Hitler’s paintings, covering up the information below each work. My classmates praised the “Impressionistic” palette and the “realism” of the landscapes. When I exposed the artist credits,…
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The Schmooze British Artist Gets New Home and Recognition
Outside the entrance to London South Bank University’s (LSBU) Southwark campus (previously known as Borough College), a crest of arms sits below an ornate art deco glass window with the inscription, “Do It With Thy Might.” The insignia has a contemporary resonance; in June the building became home to the Borough Road Gallery, housing the…
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The Schmooze Honest Ed’s Bargain Basement Art Show
Unless you live in Toronto, it’s difficult to grasp the cultural, commercial, and Jewish significance of Honest Ed’s. Opened in 1948 by Ed Mirvish — the American-born son of Lithuanian immigrants — the 160,000-square-foot discount emporium has become a kind of landmark for its casino-like exterior, mind-numbing array of goods, and retail showmanship epitomized by…
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The Schmooze See the Arch of Titus, Now in Color
We can never know for certain what ancient Jews and Romans saw when they passed under the Arch of Titus, but thanks to technology and a team of scholars, we now have an inkling. The arch, dedicated in 81 C.E., celebrates the destruction of Jerusalem by the Emperor Titus and features an iconic bas-relief carving…
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The Schmooze Frank Auerbach Paintings Go on Block
Sotheby’s in London will later this month auction off a collection of eight portraits of Ruth Bromberg by the artist Frank Auerbach, one of Britain’s most acclaimed living painters. Auerbach produced a total of 20 paintings of Bromberg, a patron of the “London School” of artists and a key sitter, and Sotheby’s is offering these…
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The Schmooze Israel Museum to Feature Interactive Movie Screen
Crossposted from Haaretz A huge, interactive movie screen made by Israeli designer Ron Arad will be the backdrop to films and performances at the Israel Museum in August. The cylindrical installation at the Jerusalem museum is one of dozens of exhibits, events and activities that make up this year’s Jerusalem Season of Culture, which begins…
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The Schmooze Italian Renaissance, Tel Aviv Style
Crossposted from Haaretz Entering the Tel Aviv studio of artist Lenny Dinar Dothan one encounters hospitality amid charming disorder. Sawdust is scattered everywhere, among the saws, rulers, pencils and books. Propped up against the wall are some of her works, among them a painting in which she is seen nursing her little son against the…
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The Schmooze Window to a Medieval Seder
Each Haggadah tells not just the story of the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt, but also the story of its owners. Containing worn, loose or torn out pages, covered with wine stains and littered with matzo crumbs, the Haggadah reflects how Jews celebrate the yearly rituals of the Seder night. This year, The Metropolitan…
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