Archie Rand, the Jewish Michelangelo?
Michelangelo had a thousand years of Catholic art to build on when creating the Sistine Chapel. Jews haven’t had such a tradition, until a secular Jew from Brooklyn stepped up.
Its Name Is Not Asher Lev
A new hasidic art gallery grows in Brooklyn and is already bucking stereotypes. Can it survive, and what does it suggest about contemporary Orthodox life?
Show-and-Tell for the World's Most Interesting Judaica Collectors
Once a month in Manhattan, a small group of committed collectors gather to share their latest finds, identify fakes, pass on knowledge, and share in the arts of material remembering.
The Patronizing Censoring of Philip Guston
The National Gallery of Art has postponed a blockbuster show featuring a renowned American Jewish artist because his work needs further “interpreting.”
The Missing Miracles of Marc Klionsky
Born in the Soviet Union, the painter took on everything and everybody from Dizzy Gillespie to New York street life to the Holocaust. When will he get his full due?
The Missing Miracles of Marc Klionsky
Born in the Soviet Union, the painter took on everything and everybody from Dizzy Gillespie to New York street life to the Holocaust. When will he get his full due?
Podcast: Menachem Wecker Fleshes Out His Ideas on Yoga and Idolatry
The author of “Shibboleths and Sun Salutations: Should Religious Jews Practice Yoga?” joins us to defend his ideas.
Podcast: Menachem Wecker Fleshes Out His Ideas on Yoga and Idolatry
The author of “Shibboleths and Sun Salutations: Should Religious Jews Practice Yoga?” joins us to defend his ideas.
Idol Worship Isn't a Relic of the Past
And future generations might shake their heads in disbelief at our own flagrant and heedless indulgence in real, literal idol worship.
Shibboleths and Sun Salutations: Should Religious Jews Practice Yoga?
Why some Orthodox Jews are nervous about yoga, and why they’re right to be.
How Jews Solved the "Design Problem" of Gesturing to the Prohibited Name of God Without Actually Writing It
The story of the three yods and other religious and aesthetic innovations.
How Jews Solved the "Design Problem" of Gesturing to the Prohibited Name of God Without Actually Writing It
The story of the three yods and other religious and aesthetic innovations.
Tintoretto and His Jewish Neighbors
Art historians have almost completely ignored the many connections between the great Old Master and the Jews of Venice. Is there more to be said?
Tintoretto and His Jewish Neighbors
Art historians have almost completely ignored the many connections between the great Old Master and the Jews of Venice. Is there more to be said?
Podcast: Menachem Wecker Talks about His Essay on the Problems of the Jewish Museum
The author of “The Wreck of the Jewish Museum” joins us in the studio to expand on his ideas.
Podcast: Menachem Wecker Talks about His Essay on the Problems of the Jewish Museum
The author of “The Wreck of the Jewish Museum” joins us in the studio to expand on his ideas.
Can the Jewish Museum Be Saved?
It’s one thing to hold a jazz night in order to draw people into a synagogue building. It’s quite another to show them why the synagogue exists and how it serves its purpose in existing.
The Wreck of the Jewish Museum
From its priceless collection of artworks, a foremost cultural institution has harvested mainly inferior examples for display, while submerging Jewish identity in a sea of “universal values.”
What If You Trivialize Hitler?
The question has plagued artists ever since the Holocaust. At least one contemporary artist manages to pass the test.
What If You Trivialize Hitler?
The question has plagued artists ever since the Holocaust. At least one contemporary artist manages to pass the test.
In His Biblical Scenes, the 17th-Century Dutch Painter Jan Steen Rivals Rembrandt Himself
Like Rembrandt’s, Steen’s art reflects a tremendous effort to humanize Jewish figures.
In His Biblical Scenes, the 17th-Century Dutch Painter Jan Steen Rivals Rembrandt Himself
Like Rembrandt’s, Steen’s art reflects a tremendous effort to humanize Jewish figures.
The Unprecedented Bible Portraits of Francisco de Zurbarán
In his paintings of Jacob and his twelve sons, the 17th-century Spanish master humanizes his subjects, rendering them approachable and individual rather than remote and ethereal.
The Unprecedented Bible Portraits of Francisco de Zurbarán
In his paintings of Jacob and his twelve sons, the 17th-century Spanish master humanizes his subjects, rendering them approachable and individual rather than remote and ethereal.