American Art Transformed

AMERICAN ART TRANSFORMED SPRING 2008 news & With Europe devastated from World War II, New York emerged as the new capital of the art world; in its tene- ments and lofts a group of visionaries gave birth to a radical movement that came to be known as Abstract Expressionism. In Action/ Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940–1976, The Jewish Museum presents the first major U.S. exhibition in 20 years to rethink this important movement. Fifty works, many of them masterpieces, by 31 artists are featured.

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Willem de Kooning, Woman, 1949-50, oil on canvas. Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Lena Kernodle McDuffie memorial purchase, 1954. © 2008 The Willem de Kooning Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

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GALLERY HOURS Saturday-Wednesday 11:00 a.m.-5:45 p.m. American Art Transformed Thursday 11:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. Friday Closed Continued from page 1 On Free Saturdays, the children’s exhibition— Archaeology Zone: Discovering Treasures from Playgrounds to Palaces—is closed. Debates about the meaning and merits of Abstract Expressionism first appeared SHOP HOURS between the covers of publications such Sunday-Wednesday 11:00 a.m.-5:45 p.m. as Partisan Review and the artists’ jour- Thursday 11:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. nal Tiger’s Eye. Soon the movement sur- Friday 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. faced in Life, Vogue, and Mad. At the SaturdayClosed center of the coverage were two rival critics, Clement Greenberg and Harold CAFÉ HOURS Rosenberg—both originally left-wing Sunday-Wednesday 11:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Jews who challenged the status quo of Thursday 11:00 a.m.-7:45 p.m. conservative taste and spoke up for the Friday and Saturday Closed role of the artist in society. The critics’ copious writings helped propel Abstract HOLIDAY CLOSINGS Expressionism to the forefront of the Saturday, April 19, Passover Eve, 2 p.m., public imagination, while their divergent Early Closing views created schisms within the art Sunday, April 20, First Day of Passover world. Monday, April 21, Second Day of Passover Saturday, April 26, Seventh Day of Passover Sunday, April 27, Eighth Day of Passover Throughout the exhibition—through per- Monday, June 9, First Day of Shavuot sonal correspondence, publications, film Tuesday, June 10, Second Day of Shavuot clips, and photographs—visitors travel from the 1940s to the 1970s to relive the ADMISSION debates: Would abstraction save art or Adults $12.00 destroy it? Was Abstract Expressionism Seniors/over 65 $10.00 a Communist plot or an expression of Students $ 7.50 American freedom? The exhibition also Children under 12 Free explores the important place of Jewish Members Free artists, critics, dealers, and curators. Galleries Free Saturdays “This is an opportunity to view great Upon request, a discount is offered to visitors with disabilities. masterworks of postwar art in context,” says Norman L. Kleeblatt, Susan & Elihu Rose Chief Curator, “to experience how AUDIO GUIDES this art’s aesthetic was promoted or are made possible by questioned.” Joan Mitchell, Untitled, 1957, oil on canvas. Courtesy of the Joan Mitchell Foundation and Cheim and Read, New York. The movement’s prime movers were For more information, visit Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, artists as a way of liberating the individual hang alongside breakthrough works by www.thejewishmuseum.org, championed, respectively, by Clement from the constraints of modern society. de Kooning, such as Gotham News (1955). or call 212.423.3200. museum information Greenberg and Harold Rosenberg. Greenberg, in a 1947 review, called Greenberg, who has been labeled a Pollock “the greatest American painter Abstract Expressionism was essentially “formalist,” believed in “art for art’s of the twentieth century.” Visitors will see an American phenomenon, but it was BECOME A MUSEUM DOCENT sake,” and advocated the flatness of the both Totem Lesson 2 (1945), one of the enriched by the numerous immigrants— Applications are being accepted for a Fall picture plane, abstraction, and purity of paintings Greenberg praised, as well as like Arshile Gorky and Hans Hofmann— 2008 docent class for people interested form that could elevate art above the the 1949 Life article that helped catapult who had fled from Europe and beyond. in guiding adult group tours in our perma- pollution of everyday life. In contrast, Pollock—and Abstract Expressionism— While many of these émigrés played nent and special exhibitions. For informa- Rosenberg came out of the existentialist tion and an application, please contact to widespread fame. Important Pollock major roles in the establishment of New Pat Gurevich at 212.423.3208 or go to movement. He viewed the creative act of paintings, including Convergence (1952), York’s postwar avant-garde, others were www.thejewishmuseum.org/volunteers.

KRASNER WORKS ACQUIRED

The Jewish Museum is pleased to announce the acquisition of two significant works by the noted painter Lee Krasner (1908– 1984). Krasner forged a unique stylistic path throughout her career, and was closely associated with the Abstract Expressionist movement, both through her painting and her marriage to Jackson Pollock. Through a special arrangement with the Pollock- Krasner Foundation, the Museum was able to purchase the artist’s early Self-Portrait (c. 1930). Jewish Museum Trustee Craig Effron and his wife Caryn have generously made a promised gift of Krasner’s Untitled, 1948, one of the paintings from the artist’s groundbreaking Little Images series. The Self-Portrait, painted while Krasner was a student, shows her intense determination and self-assurance. It strengthens the Museum’s already-strong collection of artist self-portraits. Untitled, 1948, is an important example of the series that Krasner characterized as “hieroglyph- Lee Krasner, Untitled, 1948, oil on canvas. The Jewish Museum, New York, Promised ic,” and is notable for its abstract, all-over composition, evocative gift of Craig and Caryn Effron, P.1.2008. © The Pollock-Krasner Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. of mystical symbolism and ancient languages, including Hebrew. 2 not as fortunate. Despite abundant tal- inhabited a new world: some embraced audiences leave wanting more: “I always an exhibition checklist, and essays by the ent, women and African-American artists popular culture; others began experi- want the viewer to leave with more ques- curators and by specialists of the period. were often overlooked. Among those menting again with representation and tions than answers.” The catalogue is supported by the Dorot outsiders were Jackson Pollock’s wife, highly personal, and often political, Foundation publications endowment. Lee Krasner. Krasner is represented in symbolism. Action/Abstraction was conceived and Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and this exhibition by two pictures, including organized by Norman L. Kleeblatt with American Art, 1940–1976 has been organized Untitled (1948)—one of her transforma- The exhibition culminates in the work consulting curators Maurice Berger, by The Jewish Museum New York, in collabora- tive Little Image paintings (1946–1951). of artists who chose divergent paths. Senior Fellow at the Vera List Center for tion with the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, Grace Hartigan’s energetic canvases In his monumental Marriage of Reason Art and Politics, New School University and the Saint Louis Art Museum. fused figuration with abstraction. The and Squalor (1959), Frank Stella took and Curator of the Center for Art and Leadership support has been provided by the African-American painter Norman Lewis Greenberg’s thinking about art for art’s Visual Culture, University of Maryland; Weissman Family Foundation, The National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal created vibrant, abstract works that sake, flatness, and artistic purity to a Douglas Dreishpoon, Senior Curator of agency, and the Peter Jay Sharp Foundation. referenced jazz and African textiles. next level. Allan Kaprow, in contrast, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery; and Action/Abstraction is sponsored by the hewing to Rosenberg’s concept of action, Charlotte Eyerman, Curator of Modern Jerome L. Greene Foundation. If women and African-Americans were invented Happenings and Environments, and Contemporary Art at the Saint Louis Additional funding has been provided by the ignored in the Abstract Expressionists’ which redirected the focus from the Art Museum. The exhibition will be on National Endowment for the Arts, the Schaina world of enormous canvases and ram- artist as actor to the audience as view at The Jewish Museum from May 4 to and Josephina Lurje Memorial Foundation, The paging egos, so were sculptors. The crit- creators. Kaprow’s 1961 Environment, September 21, 2008; the Saint Louis Art Donald and Barbara Zucker Foundation, the ics, who had theorized about painting Words, has been “reinvented” (his term) Museum October 19, 2008 to January 11, Roy J. Zuckerberg Family Foundation, the New as an arena for action (Rosenberg) or here by Martha Rosler, the well-known 2009; and at the Albright–Knox Art York Council for the Humanities, Ruth Albert, the Laurie Kayden Foundation, the Robert an expression of flatness and decorative contemporary artist. Gallery, Buffalo, New York, February 13 Lehman Foundation, Lief D. Rosenblatt, Barry unity (Greenberg), had to broaden their to May 31, 2009. The exhibition was and Teri Volpert, and the Alfred J. Grunebaum thinking to accommodate three-dimen- Visitors to Action/Abstraction will be designed by Calvin Tsao of the distin- Memorial Fund. sional works by artists such as David dazzled by art of striking originality and guished firm of Tsao & McKown. Smith, Ibram Lassaw, Seymour Lipton, entertained by the sometimes comic, Herbert Ferber, and David Hare. sometimes acrimonious reactions it The accompanying catalogue, co-pub- provoked. But as rich as the show is, lished with Yale University Press, features Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this exhibition do not necessarily represent Some artists resisted categorization. Norman Kleeblatt will be happiest if some 250 images, an illustrated timeline, those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Writing in 1952, Clyfford Still rejected critics’ labels, stating that the painter “should have the courage to realize his own vision.” Ad Reinhardt, too, resented being pigeonholed, and pur- sued a course that eventually led to a group of late works, like his all-black Abstract Painting (1962), which he called “the last paintings anyone can make.” Celebrated painter Mark Rothko rejected critical interference as he strove for an art of metaphysical and aesthetic grandeur.

As the war years receded and America became a consumer society awash in advertising and mass media, artists responded. Barnett Newman, whose paintings in the exhibition include Genesis—The Break (1946) and Onement IV (1949), represents a bridge to the next phase of Abstract Expressionism: Color Field Painting. The works from this period reveal a widening world of possibilities, most notably varied techniques of apply- ing diluted paint to unprimed canvas, a technique which was pioneered by Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, and Helen Frankenthaler, who is represented in this show by her breakthrough painting Mountains and Sea (1952).

By the 1960s, widespread acceptance of abstraction and the emergence of new movements, such as Pop Art and Minimalism, forced critics to adjust once again. Visitors will see works by Lee Bontecou, Philip Guston, Jasper Johns, Joan Mitchell, Claes Oldenburg, Peter Saul, and Saul Steinberg. These painters

Hans Namuth, Jackson Pollock at work on One: Number 31, 1951 (1951), with Lee Krasner watching, 1951. Hans Namuth Estate Collection, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona.

3 The World Beyond 92nd Street Photo League Acquisition

Museum programs are enjoyed on the The Jewish Museum has acquired an began to teach a generation of photogra- west side and the west coast. important collection of vintage photo- phers to look at their work as both fine graphs by members of the Photo League, and socially concerned art.” The 17th Annual New York Jewish Film a cooperative of amateurs and profes- Festival (NYJFF) attracted more than sionals that played a major role in “These prints,” Klein concludes, “are a 8,500 film lovers to Lincoln Center advancing photographic practice in the truly significant addition to The Jewish and The Jewish Museum in January. first half of the 20th century. Museum’s collection. They underscore Beaufort, a movie about Israeli sol- much that is important at the Museum— diers in Lebanon, had its New York The Photo League, founded in 1936, history, social idealism, and art—and premiere at the festival, opened the- was an offshoot of Workers International allow us to continue to chart the role atrically, and was nominated for an Relief, which supplied images to the that Jewish photographers have played Academy Award as Best Foreign left-wing press; it disbanded in 1951 as in the field.” Language Film. A blog created by a result of government pressure. League The collection was purchased from prominent film scholar Stuart Hands—at members—whose primary subject was dealer and collector Howard Greenberg. The www.nyjff08.blogspot.com—provided New York City working-class life—per- Paul Strand Trust provided major funding exclusive insights and interviews with fected a casual, documentary style of toward the acquisition. Generous support filmmakers, such as Joseph Cedar, street photography. “They believed that was also provided through endowed funds Beaufort’s director. The NYJFF also was this medium could change the world,” from the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; the William and Jane Schloss Family active 2,000 miles from the city. Four according to curator Mason Klein. “And Foundation; Mimi and Barry J. Alperin; 2007 festival selections were screened by insisting on the aesthetic possibilities Berenice Abbott, Zito’s Bakery, 1937, gelatin silver print. members of the Museum’s Photography The Jewish Museum. © Berenice Abbott/Commerce at the Santa Fe Film Festival, and the of such photography, the Photo League Acquisition Committee; and other donors. Graphics Ltd., Inc. collaboration between New York and New Mexico is planned to continue.

The Warhol Effect

More than 20 years after his passing, of a Poet: Kenneth Koch (1970) is akin to portrait—the artist, Belasco notes, is Andy Warhol’s art continues to resonate Warhol’s Screen Test films. Advertising “penetrating Warhol’s work and methods among artists. His influence is evident in iconography, from which Warhol borrowed while claiming them as her own.” Art, Image, and Warhol Connections, a heavily, also informs June Wayne’s bright- Warhol’s fascination with consumer mini-exhibition that includes works by ly hued The Dorothy Series (1981). objects is mirrored in Devorah Sperber’s seven artists. After Warhol (2008). What at first glance The generation that followed, says Daniel looks like jumbled spools of thread re-

From the 2008 New York Jewish Film Festival: A scene Warhol’s contemporaries employed many Belasco—the Henry J. Leir Assistant forms into a soup can when seen through from Beaufort (Israel, 2007). of the same techniques and shared his Curator who organized the show with a viewing sphere, providing a new per- preoccupation with celebrity, current Curatorial Program Coordinator Joanna spective on a familiar 20th-century icon. affairs, and commercial art. Ben Shahn, Montoya—appreciated Warhol’s ability The supermarket is also the starting Museum exhibitions—and their for example, began with photographs for to function artistically in an age of mass point for Adam Rolston, but instead of accompanying catalogues—often his 1965 portraits of three slain civil rights culture. In Deborah Kass’s Six Blue soup, he turns matzos into art in his generate critical praise. The Sculpture workers, then enhanced them with hand- Barbras from The Jewish Jackie Series painting Untitled (Horowitz Margareten of Louise Nevelson: Constructing a drawn lines. With its tight cropping and (1992), and Red Deb (2000)—a self-por- Matzohs) (1993). Legend, which opened in San absence of context, Alex Katz’s Portrait trait that mimics Warhol’s 1963 Liz Taylor Francisco after its New York run, was Using portraits taken from multiple media deemed one of the “Top 10 art exhibi- sources, Abshalom Jac Lahav has created tions of 2007” by Kenneth Baker in the his own pantheon of prominent Jews. By San Francisco Chronicle. The catalogue repainting, over-painting, and discarding for Eva Hesse: Sculpture is a finalist individuals, he has added elements for a National Jewish Book Award. reminiscent of performance art, taking “Terrific” is how New York Times writer Warhol’s portraiture project to another Edward Rothstein characterized From level. The New Yorker to Shrek: The Art of William Steig. It too will be in San This exhibition runs concurrently, Francisco, at the Contemporary Jewish through August 3, with Warhol’s Jews: Museum, from June 8 to September 7. Ten Portraits Reconsidered. “Start your visit,” Belasco advises, “by viewing From September 11 to 23, a group lim- Warhol’s portraits to get a sense of his ited to 30 will take part in a historic style; then go upstairs to see how these first visit to Greece (offered in cooper- seven artists were inspired by him or ation with the American Friends of The shared his techniques and themes.” Jewish Museum of Greece.) Prepare yourself for first-class hotels, sites that Art, Image, and Warhol Connections is made possible by the Melva Bucksbaum Fund for have fascinated visitors since ancient Contemporary Art. times, and VIP treatment. Throughout this special journey, local scholars will discuss the Jewish experience in Hellas—from ancient times to the present day. To participate, contact Dr. Aryeh Maidenbaum at Adam Rolston, Untitled (Horowitz Margareten Matzohs), [email protected] or 1993, acrylic on canvas. The Jewish Museum, New York; 845.256.0194. Purchase: Barbara S. Horowitz Gift, 1994-698.

4 Quick Event Scan For information on the family programs listed, please see page 8. Events for adults appear in green, and can be found on pages 6 and 7.

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SPRING 2008 APRIL 17 Thurs. 6:30 p.m. BOOKS IN FOCUS Michael Wex 22-24 Tues.–Thurs. 1:00–4:00 p.m. PASSOVER POP ART Workshop MAY 1 Thurs. 6:30 p.m. ABSTRACTION & THE HOLOCAUST Lecture 4 Sun. 2:00 p.m. AUDRAROX Family Concert 6, 13, 20 ideas Tues. Mornings 11:30 a.m. WHAT IS ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM? Daytime Lectures 8 Thurs. 6:30 p.m. ART & AMERICAN CULTURE AT MID-CENTURY Panel Discussion & 15 Thurs. 6:30 p.m. IDENTITY, ENGAGEMENT, JUDGMENT: CLEMENT Andy Warhol, The Marx Brothers: Chico, Groucho, and Harpo from Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth GREENBERG AND HAROLD Century, 1980, synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen ink on canvas. Private collection. © The Andy Warhol ROSENBERG THEN AND NOW Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./Artists Rights Society, New York/Courtesy Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Panel Discussion New York. 18 Sun. Noon–4:00 p.m. ACTION/ABSTRACTION FAMILY DAY A Multigenerational You Decide! Celebration JUNE 3 Tues. 6:30 p.m. BUT IS IT JEWISH? Is Andy Warhol’s Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century CONTEMPLATING “arguably among his most important paintings”—as the series was CONTEMPORARY ISRAELI CINEMA praised when exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London? Or Panel Discussion are these works overly commercial and an example of “Jewploitation”? 5 Thurs. 6:30 p.m. LEE KRASNER Lecture Is Jackson Pollock “the greatest American painter of the twentieth 8 Sun. 2:00 p.m. century,” as critic Clement Greenberg anointed him, or “Jack the ELIZABETH MITCHELL Dripper,” as he was mocked in Time Magazine? Family Concert 26 Thurs. 8:00 p.m. LIBBY SHAPIRO This spring and summer, the Museum is fortunate to feature exhibi- SummerNights Concert tions that provoke such an extraordinarily wide range of critical JULY culture response. Warhol’s Jews: Ten Portraits Reconsidered can be seen 3 Thurs. 8:00 p.m. through August 3. Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and MARGOT LEVERETT & THE KLEZMER t American Art, 1940–1976 is on view from May 4 through September 21. MOUNTAIN BOYS SummerNights Concert A different kind of masterpiece debuts on September 21. Be sure to 10 Thurs. 8:00 p.m. PISTOLERA see one of the world’s greatest archaeological discoveries: the Dead SummerNights Concert Sea Scrolls. Three of the scrolls have never been shown before in 13 Sun. 2:00 p.m. ON TOP OF SPAGHETTI New York. This exhibition runs through January 4, 2009. Paper Bag Players

ar 17 Thurs. 8:00 p.m. While you’re here, take in our permanent exhibition, Culture and SLAVIC SOUL PARTY! SummerNights Concert Continuity: The Jewish Journey. This acclaimed presentation conveys 24 Thurs. 8:00 p.m. the unfolding story of Jewish culture and identity through art. It does THE KLEZ DISPENSERS so in such compelling fashion that The New York Times says Culture SummerNights Concert and Continuity “brings thematic cohesion and visual drama to 4,000 years of Jewish history.” 5 PUBLIC PROGRAMS

April May

Thursday, April 17, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 1, 6:30 p.m. May 6, 13, 20 Thursday, May 15, 6:30 p.m. BOOKS IN FOCUS LECTURE Tuesday Mornings, 11:30 a.m. The Salo W. Baron Lecture DAYTIME LECTURE SERIES PANEL DISCUSSION JUST SAY NU ABSTRACTION AND by MICHAEL WEX THE HOLOCAUST WHAT IS ABSTRACT IDENTITY, ENGAGEMENT, EXPRESSIONISM? JUDGMENT: CLEMENT A look at the uniquely contrary nature An assessment of how American GREENBERG AND HAROLD of the Yiddish language—its origins and abstract artists—such as Barnett Gain a greater understanding, and ROSENBERG THEN AND NOW use in daily life. According to the author Newman and Richard Serra—responded critically evaluate, the movement that of Just Say Nu, Yiddish has the singular to the Holocaust. transformed the art world after World What lessons can be learned from ability to diminish human misery without Dr. Mark Godfrey is a curator at Tate Modern War II. Discover the artistic and cultural Greenberg and Rosenberg, rival art crit- increasing human happiness; Michael in London. conditions that nourished Abstract ics who were instrumental in defining Wex will explain the art of being able to Free with Museum Admission Expressionism, the first truly revolutionary the terms and consequence of postwar do so. art movement born in America. Session I American art? How effective and appro- Michael Wex is also the author of Born to covers the movement's origins; Session II priate do their words and arguments Kvetch. explores the diversity of Abstract seem now? How can the artistic present, Free with Museum Admission Expressionism; Session III examines which is partly defined by anxiety about artist reactions against the movement. the impact and legitimacy of art criti- Joan Pachner is an art historian and cism, judge and use their achievements? lecturer at the Museum of Modern Art and Scholar-critics open unexpected pas- The Metropolitan Museum of Art. sages between that moment and ours. Tickets: $45 (Entire Series); Moderator: Michael Brenson is an art critic, $20 (Single Lectures) art historian, and teacher. His publications include Acts of Engagement: Writings on Art, Criticism, and Institutions, 1993–2002. He is Thursday, May 8, 6:30 p.m. currently writing a biography of David Smith. PANEL DISCUSSION David Joselit is Chairman of the Department of the History of Art at Yale University. His books include Feedback: Television Against ART AND AMERICAN CULTURE Democracy. AT MID-CENTURY Linda Norden is Director of the Amie and Tony The postwar years are recognized as one James Gallery at the Graduate Center of the of the most exciting—and controversial— City University of New York. periods in American culture. Explore the Kenneth E. Silver is Professor of Modern Art creative ferment in art and culture as it at New York University and Adjunct Curator at the Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut. reflected yet also challenged the shifting He co-curated, with Carol Ockman, The Jewish currents of American social life. Museum’s exhibition, Sarah Bernhardt: The Moderator: Morris Dickstein is Distinguished Art of High Drama. Professor of English at the Graduate Center Catherine Soussloff is a UC Presidential Chair of the City University of New York, where he and Professor of History of Art & Visual is also a senior fellow of the Center for the Culture at the University of California, Santa Humanities. His books include A Mirror in Cruz. Her books include The Subject in Art. the Roadway: Literature and the Real World. Tickets: $15 general public; $12 students/ Ann Douglas is the Parr Professor of over 65; $10 members Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Her books include Terrible Honesty: Mongrel Manhattan in the 1920s. Gary Giddins is the author of nine books, including Visions of Jazz, for which he won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism. Anne Roiphe is the bestselling author of 14 books, including Fruitless, a National Book Award nominee. Her forthcoming memoir, Hans Namuth, Willem de Kooning and Elaine de Kooning, Epilogue, will be published in August 2008. East Hampton, Long Island, 1952. Hans Namuth Estate is a critic and art historian. His Collection, Center for Creative Photography, University Irving Sandler of Arizona. Painting © 2008 The Willem de Kooning books include A Sweeper-Up After Artists: A Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Memoir. Tickets: $15 general public; $12 students/ over 65; $10 members

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6 SummerNights

June Concert Series 2008

Tuesday, June 3, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 26, 8:00 p.m. PANEL DISCUSSION The William Petschek Family Music Program BUT IS IT JEWISH? CONTEMPLATING MY SONG FOR YOU CONTEMPORARY FEATURING LIBBY SHAPIRO ISRAELI CINEMA & SPECIAL GUESTS Noted panelists consider Israeli and Libby Shapiro headlines the start of the Jewish filmmaking: Are all Israeli movies SummerNights concert series with an Jewish films? What are the similarities evening of favorite folk, pop, and jazz and differences? These provocative songs in English, German, and Yiddish. questions frame a discussion about Tunes include such classics as Pennies

Israeli cinema. This event is presented in Melanie Weilner Photo: from Heaven, Raisins and Almonds, and conjunction with the 60th anniversary of Bei Mir Bistu Scheyn. Israel's founding. Uri S. Cohen is Assistant Professor of Hebrew Thursday, July 3, 8:00 p.m. Literature at the Columbia University Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies, and creator of a MARGOT LEVERETT AND documentary film on Israeli author Ida Fink. THE KLEZMER MOUNTAIN David D'Arcy is a programmer at the Haifa BOYS International Film Festival in Israel, and a film critic for Screen International. His writing on Appalachian and Southern fiddle tunes film can be read daily on GreenCine.com. meet Eastern European klezmer melodies Noah Stollman wrote the screenplay for when klezmer clarinetist Margot Leverett, Someone to Run With. a classically trained musician, takes the Admission is Free stage with the The Klezmer Mountain This panel discussion is organized in con- Boys, a spectacular bluegrass/klezmer junction with a series of Israeli film screen- band. ings—May 28-June 5—at the Walter Reade Theater, 165 West 65 Street, co-presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, The Israel Thursday, July 10, 8:00 p.m. Office of Cultural Affairs in the USA, The JCC in Manhattan, and The Jewish Museum. PISTOLERA

Top: Libby Shapiro. Photo: Valerie Trucchia Drawing from traditional Mexican music, Thursday, June 5, 6:30 p.m. Above: Margot Leverett and fusing their performance with a and The Klezmer The Mildred and George Weissman Mountain Boys. pop-rock sensibility, this electrifying Program Right: Slavic Soul Party! quartet features the Spanish lyric songs LECTURE of vocalist and guitarist Sandra Lilia Velásquez, the driving accordion LEE KRASNER melodies of Maria Elena, and the unbeatable rhythm section of bassist American painter Lee Krasner (1908- Inca B. Satz and drummer Ani Cordero. 1984), a student of Hans Hofmann and one of the most influential Abstract Expressionist artists, produced a distin- Thursday, July 17, 8:00 p.m. guished and ambitious body of work. Discover Krasner's aesthetic develop- SLAVIC SOUL PARTY! ment, her innovative art, and her involve- Brash and strong as slivovitz, these ment with the New York School. nine musicians forge virtuostic new brass Robert Hobbs holds the Rhoda Thalhimer band music in the heart of New York City, Endowed Chair at Virginia Commonwealth melding Gypsy, East European, Mexican, University and is a visiting professor at Yale and Asian immigrant backgrounds with University. In 2001, he curated the exhibition, Lee Krasner, for Independent Curators American jazz and soul. International. Tickets: $15 general public; $12 students/ Thursday, July 24, 8:00 p.m. over 65; Members $10 THE KLEZ DISPENSERS A band that’s juicy, fresh and daring with a signature, state-of-the-art, swinging American-style klezmer. Department of Cultural Affairs. SummerNights tickets, each evening: Agency. $15 general public; $12 students/over 65; $10 members y New York State Assembly Member Jonathan Bing. Order tickets online—www.thejewishmuseum.org— or by phone: 212.423.3337.

7 EXHIBITION SCHEDULE FAMILY PROGRAMS WARHOL’S JEWS: TEN PORTRAITS RECONSIDERED Through August 3, 2008 This exhibition depicts renowned luminaries of Jewish culture including Sarah Bernhardt, Albert Einstein, and the Marx Brothers. Warhol’s iconic portraits attest to the lasting achievements and fame of these singular figures. April June

ART, IMAGE, AND WARHOL Tuesday, April 22 through Thursday, Sunday, May 18, Noon–4:00 p.m. Sunday, June 8, 2:00 p.m. CONNECTIONS April 24 Through August 3, 2008 This mini-exhibition features works by 1–4:00 p.m. ACTION/ABSTRACTION ELIZABETH MITCHELL AND artists—Deborah Kass, Alex Katz, Abshalom FAMILY DAY YOU ARE MY FLOWER Jac Lahav, Adam Rolston, Ben Shahn, PASSOVER POP ART Concert Devorah Sperber, and June Wayne—who Delight in a fun-filled afternoon of art, directly respond to Andy Warhol or employ Find inspiration in Warhol’s Jews: Ten music, and more in celebration of Celebrate nature with the irresistible techniques often associated with his Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, oeuvre. Portraits Reconsidered and use bold folk-rock sound of Elizabeth Mitchell, colors and shapes to design a work of and American Art, 1940–1976. Enjoy the her husband Daniel Littleton, and her ACTION/ABSTRACTION: Pop Art with a Passover theme. unique sounds of The Dream Jam Band, daughter Storey. Dan Zanes calls their POLLOCK, DE KOONING, Free with Museum Admission collaborate on a giant abstract work of music “soulful and sincere.” AND AMERICAN ART, 1940–1976 Age 5 and up art, and embark on a gallery hunt to $15 Adults; $10 Children May 4–September 21, 2008 discover great painters who changed The first major U.S. exhibition in 20 years JM Family Member Prices: $12 Adults; $8 Children to rethink Abstract Expressionism, Action/ the history of art. Ages 2 to 7 Abstraction features 50 works, many of Free with Museum Admission them masterpieces, by 31 artists. It views May Age 3 and up the art on display from the perspectives Made possible by the Office of Manhattan of influential, rival art critics Clement Sunday, May 4, 2:00 p.m. Borough President Scott M. Stringer Greenberg and Harold Rosenberg, the July artists, and popular culture. AUDRAROX Promotional support provided by PATHMARK Sunday, July 13, 2:00 p.m. DEAD SEA SCROLLS Concert September 21, 2008–January 4, 2009 ON TOP OF SPAGHETTI Discovered in caves beginning in 1947, the Boogie to the punky rock ’n’ roll of scrolls shed light on ancient worship and AudraRox. Sing along to original tunes religious debates. Two of the six scrolls Delight in the imaginative stories and on display have never been exhibited. about everyday adventures. eco-friendly costumes of the adored The scrolls are complemented by objects $15 Adults; $10 Children Paper Bag Players. Take a trip to the excavated from Qumran, the site near JM Family Member Prices: moon with a runaway meatball, dance where the scrolls were found. $12 Adults; $8 Children "The Paper Bag Rag," and much more Ages 2 to 6 ARCHAEOLOGY ZONE: in this hilarious treat for all ages. DISCOVERING TREASURES FROM Elizabeth Mitchell, her $15 Adults; $10 Children PLAYGROUNDS TO PALACES husband Daniel Littleton, JM Family Member Prices: and her daughter Storey Through June 15, 2009 $12 Adults; $8 Children This engaging, interactive exhibition reveals Age 4 and up what happens after archaeologists unearth artifacts and bring them back to their labs for analysis. Children become archaeologists as they search for clues about ancient Mondays, July 14–August 18 and contemporary objects. 11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

CULTURE AND CONTINUITY: ART ADVENTURE MONDAYS THE JEWISH JOURNEY Our permanent exhibition tells the unfolding story of Jewish culture and identity. Explore the galleries with stories, sketch- ing, and exciting themes each week. IN THE MEDIA CENTER Discover the treasures of the Museum’s collection. OIL/WATER-MOTHER/DAUGHTER: VIDEO AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY Free with Museum Admission MOR ARKADIR Ages 4 to 7 POMEGRANATE: A VIDEO BY ORI GERSHT Through June 22, 2008 Arkadir’s film and photography explores the intersection between the artist’s secular TO ORDER TICKETS: world and her mother’s religious obser- Easiest and fastest on our website: vance. In Gersht’s eerie and painterly video, www.thejewishmuseum.org a bullet, moving in slow motion, slices Phone: 212.423.3337 through a ripe pomegranate. In Person: Lobby Admissions Desk

CONTRIBUTORS Through June 8 The Edgar M. Bronfman Center for Education’s school and family programs are supported by endowed funds established by the Bronfman Family, the Muriel and William Rand Fund, the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the Helena Rubinstein Foundation, Inc., Rosalie Klein Adolf, and the Kekst Family. DROP-IN ARTS AND CRAFTS Annual support for education and family programs is provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the MetLife Foundation, The Pumpkin Foundation at the request of Joseph H. and Carol F. Reich, the Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable Trust, the Elephant Rock Foundation, the Michael Tuch Foundation, the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, The Jewish Museum Volunteer Organization, and other donors. Open Sundays between 1:00 and Special project support has been provided by the Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation, Inc., the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc., the New York 4:00 p.m. for children age 3 and up City Department of Youth and Community Development, the J.E. and Z.B. Butler Foundation, L’Oreal USA, Inc., Office of the Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer, accompanied by an adult. Paint, draw, COTRONICS CORPORATION–Eleanore E. and Barry D. Reznik, HSBC Bank USA, Mrs. Ida C. Schwartz in memory of Mr. Bernard S. Schwartz, Mrs. Mary Raymond, Pathmark, the Herman Goldman Foundation, the Belle and Murray Nathan Philanthropic Fund, the Jewish Community Youth Foundation, the Theatre Development Fund’s TAP Plus program in sculpt, and craft a work of art in the cooperation with the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department for the Aging, New York City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, Cultural Affairs Bernard S. Schwartz Art Activity Center Committee Chair Domenic M. Recchia Jr., Council Member Daniel R. Garodnick, Council Member David I. Weprin, Council Member James F. Gennaro, Council Woman Melinda Katz, Council Member Bill de Blasio, and other City Council Members. on the fourth floor.

8 Making the Mansion More Magnificent

Felix and Frieda Warburg built their The Museum opened the doors of its to continue through most of the year, mansion at 1109 Fifth Avenue in 1908. new setting in 1947. It was enlarged in incorporates enhancements as diverse It was designed by architect C.P.H. 1963, and underwent a major expansion as security and elevator management. Gilbert, well-known for creating stately in 1993. Reviewing architect Kevin residences for the leading families of Roche’s design, Herbert Muschamp, By installing a state-of-the-art audio- Manhattan and Brooklyn in the late writing in The New York Times, suggest- visual system in Scheuer Auditorium— 19th and early 20th centuries. In the ed that the mansion now enjoys “an made possible in part by New York State 1940s, when she donated it to The even grander presence on Museum Assembly Member Jonathan L. Bing Jewish Theological Seminary to serve Mile,” and is, “in effect, the largest item and The New York State Assembly— as the Museum’s home, Mrs. Warburg in the [Museum’s] permanent collection.” together with new stage lighting, funded noted, “my tribute [is] to the men of my Muschamp pointed out that the Warburg by a grant through the Office of the family, my father, my husband, and my mansion “is a monument to the assimila- Manhattan Borough President Scott M. brother Mortimer, who each in his own tion that occurred following the ideas Stringer, the Museum can expand its way has done so much to build up the of the Enlightenment, when Jews were programming and present the highest Seminary toward its present effective liberated from European ghettos and quality productions to its audiences. usefulness.” encouraged to integrate with the rest of society. In time, a Jew could live on Fifth This work has been made possible by Mrs. Warburg’s father, Jacob Schiff, was Avenue in a splendid Gothic chateau.” generous public support from the New an eminent financier who helped found York City Council, the New York City The Jewish Theological Seminary in 1886 The story of how the 50+ room, six-story Department of Cultural Affairs, and the and was a member of its first Board of structure served as home to the Warburg Office of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. Directors. Mortimer Schiff, her brother, family is charmingly told in a memoir The security, elevator, and exterior and also an investment banker, was written by the youngest of the Warburg restoration work have been contracted responsible for the expansion of the sons, Edward (available for purchase in through the New York City Department Seminary’s library, while Felix Warburg the Museum’s Cooper Shop). of Design and Construction. helped create the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies and other philanthropic For the 100th birthday of the Warburg organizations, and provided many contri- mansion, the building’s limestone butions to the Museum. He too was a façade, fifth floor balustrade, and slate member of the Seminary’s Board. roof are being restored. The restoration, The Warburg Mansion, c. 1944.

Celebrating Israel’s Birthday

All through 2008, Israeli artists and art- portraiture into the electronic age; Lahav two-week open-studio project in March Esther Sperber, Guy Zucker, and Mushon works are in the spotlight at the Museum paints colorful and expressive images that filled the Museum with fashion, Zer-Aviv—provided a cutting-edge exhi- to mark the 60th anniversary of Israel’s pulled from the Internet and other media music, performance art, and video. Tali bition design. founding. sources that together comprise a repre- Hinkis, an Israeli artist and member of sentation of Jews in the Diaspora. the interdisciplinary duo LoVid, created The Film Society of Lincoln Center, Israel In January, nearly one-third of the films a multimedia work inspired by tefillin. Office of Cultural Affairs in the USA, screened at the New York Jewish Film Off the Wall: Artists at Work was a unique And an Israeli-born team of designers— The JCC of Manhattan, and The Jewish Festival were Israeli. Among the engross- Museum are presenting an Israeli film ing documentaries was A Hebrew Lesson, series at The Walter Reade Theater at which focused on the changing demo- Lincoln Center from May 28 through June graphics of Israeli immigrants. Dramas 5. On Tuesday, June 3, at 6:30 p.m., a included Someone to Run With, based free Museum panel discussion will exam- on a book by David Grossman. ine the intersections—and differences— between Israeli and Jewish film. For Through June 22, visitors can view Mor details, visit www.thejewishmuseum.org. Arkadir’s Oil, Water, a 14-minute film or call 212.423.3337. exploring the intersection between the artist’s secular world and her mother’s An upcoming exhibition will feature arti- religious observance. Overlap, a photo- facts that shed light on ancient worship graph, is also displayed. Pomegranate, and religious debates. The Dead Sea Ori Gersht’s eerie and painterly video, Scrolls are among the world’s most visually documents the explosive conse- famous archaeological discoveries, and quences of a bullet penetrating a ripe three of the six scrolls to be displayed— piece of fruit. from September 21, 2008 through January 4, 2009—have never before Art, Image, and Warhol Connections, a been seen in New York. mini-show running through August 3, features artists who directly respond to Andy Warhol’s art—or employ techniques associated with Warhol’s oeuvre. Abshalom Jac Lahav, an Israeli-born American, is one of the seven artists From Oil/Water—Mother/Daughter: Mor Arkadir, exhibiting. His work, 48 Jews, takes Overlap, 2004 (2008), C-print. Courtesy of the artist.

9 NEWS FOR MEMBERS

A SPECIAL GIFT FOR YOU! Upgrade your membership—or become a new member at $250 or more—and receive our gift of a 24-page memoir about life in “1109,” the Museum’s century-old home. Felix and Frieda Warburg built this elegant house in 1908 and raised their five children there. Edward, their son, writes about growing up in a millionaires’ row mansion, and shares delightful Warburg family anecdotes. Please call the Membership Department at 212.423.3268. (See mansion story on page 9)

PREVIEW A STUNNING SHOW THE WARBURG SOCIETY: FRIENDS WITH FORESIGHT

This exhibition is so stocked with master- Members of The Warburg Society—listed below—have created a lasting legacy by pieces that it will take two floors to dis- including The Jewish Museum in their gift and estate plans. When you become a play it all! Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Warburg Society member, you help ensure the future vitality of the Museum—and Kooning, and American Art, 1940–1976 at the same time you may enjoy enhanced income and tax benefits. For information, is the first major U.S. exhibition in 20 please contact Donna Lippman at 212.423.3347 or [email protected]. years to rethink Abstract Expressionism. As a Jewish Museum member, you can Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. Burton A. Goldberg Mr. Jerry Rosenfeld and Mrs. Ruth Albert Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Gollomp Ms. Marion Harris enjoy this show before it opens to the Mrs. Sylvia Antonier-Scher Ms. Betty Golomb Mr. and Mrs. Jay Rosenthal public. Watch your mailbox for an invita- Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Asrelsky Mr. E. Robert Goodkind Ms. Miriam Rothberg Ms. Corrine Barsky Mr. Eugene M. Grant Mr. Edward Sandrow tion to private members’ viewings and Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Bendahan Mr. Murray H. Greenspan Ms. Ruth Schaffer receptions and make plans to attend one Ms. Joan Benson Mr. Henry Herzog Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Schick Sotheby’s Senior Vice President Jennifer Roth (l) Ms. Erna Berid Dr. Edith Holzmann-Lane Mr. Nathan Schneider is pictured with Patrons Michael Nachman— of these two previews: Mr. Herbert C Bernard Mrs. Marion House Mrs. Charlotte S. Schwartz President of Mantex Fabric Corp. and a member Mr. Louis H. Blumengarten Mr. Francis Hughes Ms. Edith M. Schwartz of the Fine Arts Acquisitions Committee—and his Wednesday, April 30, 6:30–8:45 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert J. Brandt Mr. Robert J. Hurst Mr. Martin E Segal wife, Ruth E. Horowitz, a managing director at Dr. Sylvia Brody Mr. Richard Jahiel Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Sellner Lehman Brothers. Thursday, May 1, 11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Ms. Lorraine Buch Mr. Harry P. Kamen Ms. Pearl Rogoff Selwyn Ms. Jean Buchholtz Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kaufmann Mr. Romie Shapiro Ms. Sandra Cahn Mr. and Mrs. Gershon Kekst Ms. Marion Slain Mrs. Emily Cates Mrs. Dorothy K. Lang Mrs. Florence Solomon JOIN OR RENEW TODAY Mr. Theodore Cohn and Ms. Irma Leon Mr. and Mrs. Philip Sperber Exclusive Sotheby’s Preview Dr. Alice Cohn Mr. and Mrs. Jack Levine Mrs. Barbara Tabachnick Ms. Sara Jane Cytryn Mr. Max G. Lowenherz Mr. Charles J. Tanenbaum The Jewish Museum is illuminating, Mrs. Zofia Dymant Mr. Samuel Matsa Mr. Sol Tanne Patron members visited Sotheby’s on Mrs. Edith Eichenbaum Dr. and Mrs. Sidney Nearenberg Ms. Gloria Title entertaining, and unforgettable. Miss Marjorie Feinblum th Mrs. Phyllis E. Oelbaum Mrs. Frances Fish Tompkins Sunday, December 16 for a private Mrs. Stella Fischbach Mr. Morris W. Offit Mrs. Terri Trieger showing of their Judaica sale. It was Mr. Stuart M. Fischman Mrs. Edith Orlian Mrs. Tonya J. Warner Visit www.thejewishmuseum.org or call Mr. & Mrs. David Fishman Mr. David Pall Mr. Walter Weil a snowy day, but inside the environ- 212.423.3268 to discover all the benefits Ms. Mildred Forrell Mrs. Dorothy Parker Mrs. Eugenie Weinberg ment was perfect for an up-close Dr. Charlotte K Frank Ms. Edith Perman-Allen Mr. James L. Weinberg available to you as a Museum member. Ms. Sylvia Friedman Mrs. Sylvia Poyta Mr. Arthur S. Weinstock examination of superb ceremonial The higher the membership level chosen, Mrs. I. Roy Gold Mrs. Mary Raymond Ms. Helen Weisman art works. One example: a Mahzor, Mr. Bernard Goldberg Dr. Helen Rehr Mr. and Mrs. George Weissman the greater the benefits. Mrs. Eleanore S Goldberg Ms. Rama Rodvien Mrs. Sylvia Zenia Wiener or book of daily and festival prayers, Ms. Joan Goldberg Mr. Elihu Rose Mrs. Harriet M. Wollerstein published in 1486 in Italy by the Soncino family, the “First Family” of Hebrew printing. Susan L. Braunstein, the Museum’s Curator of Archaeology and Judaica, accompanied the group.

TRAVEL TO ONE OF THE WORLD’S WONDERS

At 8,000 feet in the Peruvian Andes is Sephardic Experience: Past, Present, and For tour information contact: Machu Picchu, built in the 15th century at Future in Portugal from November 11–23, Dr. Aryeh Maidenbaum at 845.256.0194 the height of the Incan empire’s powers. 2008. or [email protected]. It is one of the unique and exciting places you will visit when you join us for a trip to Peru, March 12–22, 2009. Among the other unforgettable sights are Lima, the capital city and one of the largest urban centers in the world, and Cuzco, the capital of the

Ellen Wexler (l), an artist and the spouse of Allan Incan empire. The trip, which is limited to Wexler, an architect and artist whose works are 20, includes visits to historic and cultural in the Museum’s collection, is seen with Patrons Martin and Lorraine Beitler. The Beitlers donated sites, meetings with local Jewish leaders, Andy Warhol’s 1980 Ten Portraits of Jews of the and tours of nature preserves. Twentieth Century, a portfolio of screen prints, to the Museum. An Autumn Journey: A Museum group will cross the Atlantic to explore The

Machu Picchu

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January 8, 2008: Opening night of 7 the 17th annual New York Jewish Film Festival Aquino John Photos: 1. BARRY ALPERIN with JOAN ROSENBAUM 2. JASON HUTT, ELINOR KOWARSKY, MARK PODWAL, and 3 NOAH HARLAN 3. MARTIN PAYSON, JOANNA NEY, and AVIVA WEINTRAUB 4. ANDREW INGALL and ABE LEBOVIC 5. LEVI OKUNOV and B. J. THALER 8 9 10

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