Claudia Moscovici
18.01.2021
The Stunning Photography of Andrey Yakovlev and Lili Aleeva
The French writer Francoise Sagan once said “Art must take reality by surprise.” I think that applies especially to the art of photography. Photography today shares with architecture a double [...]
11.01.2021
From Stalinist oppression to a Jewish Renaissance in the (former) Soviet Union
Between the Russian Communist Revolution of 1917 to the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, generations of Soviet Jews had lost touch with their Jewish heritage. The Jews populating Russia and the [...]
04.01.2021
Auguste Rodin and the Physicality of Emotion
Constantin Brancusi considered Auguste Rodin not only a precursor, but also the first great modern sculptor. “In the nineteenth century,” Brancusi declared, “the situation in sculpture was [...]
28.12.2020
The Turning Point of the War
Review of 1941 by Andrew Nagorski We tend to think of D-Day as the turning point of WWII: the day the Allies landed in Normandy to liberate France, and the entire Europe, from the Nazi invaders. [...]
21.12.2020
The Portrait Photography of Bill Gekas
A self-taught artist of Greek origin born and raised in Melbourne Australia, photographer Bill Gekas is well-known around the world for his distinctive, Alice in Wonderland style that has won him [...]
14.12.2020
The U.S.-Israel Alliance and Friendship
A Conversation about Diplomacy with the Israeli Political Consul to the Midwest, Daniel Aschheim We are already very familiar with the policy of isolationism during the 1940’s, “America First”, [...]
07.12.2020
Jonathan Root’s Memorable Portraits
The art of portraiture is as old as human civilization itself. Until relatively recently, a portrait used to be, above all, a statement of cultural value. It revealed who, in any given society, [...]
30.11.2020
Resilience, Community and Nationhood
Review of Isresilience: What Israelis can Teach the World Michael Dickson, the Executive Director of StandWithUs, an international pro-Israel nonprofit dedicated to combatting anti-Semitism, and [...]
23.11.2020
From Eros to Thanatos
The Controversial Art of Damien Hirst Damien Hirst is probably the most controversial and successful artist of our times, particularly if one measures success by how much critical attention art [...]
16.11.2020
Art Criticism in the 20th Century: E.H. Gombrich and Arthur Danto
Like many scholars of my generation, I have lived through the “culture wars” in the arts and humanities, marked by the rise and critique of poststructuralist and postmodern theories. My personal [...]
