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Martha Rosler’s Wicked and Welcome Sense of Humor
Rosler is not expecting art to end wars or change policy, but she wants to make the viewer pay attention to both in the first place.
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The Soviet Art School that Cemented Suprematism’s Spot in History
For a brief moment, Soviet Russia looked like Camelot, and artists like Marc Chagall, Kazimir Malevich, and El Lissitzky banded together to paint the way toward that utopian future with the People's Art School in modern-day Belarus.
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"The Carcass and the Canvas" and Other Chaim Soutine Stories
If there is a single point of agreement in the posthumous literature on Chaim Soutine, it is that the Lithuanian-born Jewish artist is surrounded by legend.
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Chatting Soutine, Still Life Painting, and Bravura Brushstrokes
The Jewish Museum hosts a conversation about Soutine's gestural painting and still lifes, moderated by Hyperallergic's John Yau.
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12 Revelatory Exhibitions from 2017
Each of these exhibitions showed me something I had not seen before.
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Jewish Museum Terminates Jens Hoffmann Following Sexual Harassment Investigation [UPDATED]
After investigating sexual harassment allegations recently brought forth by staff members, the Jewish Museum announced today that it has ended its relationship with Hoffmann.
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Jewish Museum Investigating Sexual Harassment Claims Against Curator Jens Hoffmann [UPDATED]
The institution has suspended all current projects with Hoffmann, who served as its director of special exhibitions and public programs.
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Amedeo Modigliani’s Identity Politics
A half-Italian, half-French Sephardic Jew, Modigliani was a cultural mixed bag from the get-go.
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Walter Benjamin on How to Stop Worrying and Love Late Capitalism
Benjamin’s gargantuan Arcades Project brims with philosophical propositions, poetic digressions, lyrical aphorisms, and experimental theses.
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Florine Stettheimer’s Vision of Equality
Stettheimer was born into a wealthy, financially secure Jewish family, and she never had to work. For some people, her wealth means that she did not suffer enough to be an artist, and therefore her work does not have enough gravity.
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An Exhibition Inspired by Walter Benjamin's 'The Arcades Project'
Opening on March 17 at the Jewish Museum, The Arcades: Contemporary Art and Walter Benjamin intends to reflect the sprawling text in both content and form.
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What Happens When a Museum Gives Away Art for Free?
Take Me (I’m Yours) is a re-staging of a show that first appeared at the Serpentine Gallery in 1995, when it was conceived of by curator Hans Ulrich Obrist and artist Christian Boltanski. In this 2016 New York edition, curators Obrist and Jens Hoffmann feature more works by 42 artists.