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Browse the latest articles covering contemporary art from the JR editorial team. Read piercing dissections and opinions on a range of art forms and styles expressing modern ideas. Jewish Renaissance is a quarterly magazine that presents Jewish culture in a radically new lively, intelligent, and accessible way.
Jewish Renaissance Blog » Art
2M ago
If you’re in New York this spring, don't miss the first US retrospective of Latin American artist Marta Minujín at The Jewish Museum. Here’s everything you need to know about the pop art pioneer before you go ..read more
Jewish Renaissance Blog » Art
4M ago
When Alfred Ezra Sassoon, father of World War I poet Siegfried Sassoon, became the first member of his family to marry outside his faith, relatives were appalled. Alfred’s mother was disconsolate, his grandmother visited a ..read more
Jewish Renaissance Blog » Art
5M ago
"There are, of course, other stereotypes in all ethnic groups that warrant consideration," said Will Eisner in a 2003 interview on his graphic novel, Fagin the Jew. "The Jewish ones have been used to hurt, so there is an emergency to ..read more
Jewish Renaissance Blog » Art
7M ago
inspired by Saint Paul’s description of themes in the Christian Bible, The National Gallery has paired nine pictures from their collection with nine from partner institutions in a new virtual exhibition entitled Fruits of ..read more
Jewish Renaissance Blog » Art
7M ago
Is there anything more that another exhibition about the Holocaust could possibly offer the viewer? In this instance, absolutely. Seeing Auschwitz brings together over 150 vivid photographs, mainly taken by the SS, to show the atrocities of Auschwitz from a different perspective: that of ..read more
Jewish Renaissance Blog » Art
7M ago
For the past two decades, commercial and editorial portrait photographer Rob Greig – a regular JR contributor – has committed the who’s who of popular culture and beyond to the page. From Tracey Emin to Tim Minchin, David Attenborough to David Cameron, Neil Gaiman to ..read more
Jewish Renaissance Blog » Art
7M ago
A sphere of polished stainless steel shines proudly in London’s late-winter sun, reflecting the greenery and buildings of the slice of London that surorunds it. The piece is known as SISTER, a new installation by Jewish Londoner David Breuer-Weil, and it sits in Hanover Square, where ..read more
Jewish Renaissance Blog » Art
7M ago
This autumn the Museum of London (MoL) in Docklands is launching Fashion City: How Jewish Londoners Shaped Global Style, a brand new exhibition about the capital's pivotal fashion makers, designers and retailers throughout ..read more
Jewish Renaissance Blog » Art
7M ago
After a decade in the making, Bishop Auckland's brand new Faith Museum will finally open its doors on Saturday 7 October. Housed in the Grade I-listed, 14th-century Scotland Wing of Auckland Castle, as well as a new ..read more
Jewish Renaissance Blog » Art
7M ago
How does the past inform our actions in the present? And how has the Holocaust shaped our understanding of genocide, ethnic persecution and human rights? These are questions posed by the Holocaust Centre North (HCN ..read more