Danielle Goldstein

November 20, 2024

Obituaries, Art

Frank Auerbach 1931-2024

Danielle Goldstein

November 20, 2024

Obituaries, Art

The German-British Jewish painter has died at the age of 93. Art historian Monica Bohm-Duchen looks back at his life and vital contribution to European art…

Danielle Goldstein

July 31, 2024

Features, Art

When Dolls Speak: A Margit Anna Retrospective

Danielle Goldstein

July 31, 2024

Features, Art

When Dolls Speak: A Margit Anna Retrospective

In light of the Budapest-based exhibition on the Hungarian Jewish painter, Nicole Waldner delves deeper into the artist's life and work…

Danielle Goldstein

July 17, 2024

News, Art

A kaleidoscopic portrayal of Jewish London

Danielle Goldstein

July 17, 2024

News, Art

A kaleidoscopic portrayal of Jewish London

Get celeb-spotting with JW3’s glorious new mural that celebrates London’s Jewish past and present…

Danielle Goldstein

May 14, 2024

JR Tours, Art

Modern Art in the Midlands: Jewish Connections in Unexpected Places

Danielle Goldstein

May 14, 2024

JR Tours, Art

Modern Art in the Midlands: Jewish Connections in Unexpected Places

Thinking of joining our Midlands art tour this summer? Art historian and trip leader Monica Bohm-Duchen reveals what we've got in store…

Danielle Goldstein

January 23, 2024

Reviews, Art

The Sassoons: A remarkable Jewish family

Danielle Goldstein

January 23, 2024

Reviews, Art

The Sassoons: A remarkable Jewish family

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…

Danielle Goldstein

December 7, 2023

Reviews, Art

The Museum and Laboratory of the Jewish Comic Experience

Danielle Goldstein

December 7, 2023

Reviews, Art

The Museum and Laboratory of the Jewish Comic Experience

"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…

Danielle Goldstein

September 19, 2023

Reviews, Art

Bichos and Bichitos: The Art of Gego

Danielle Goldstein

September 19, 2023

Reviews, Art

The dates and cities stamped on artist Gego’s passport read like a readymade, some Duchampian object in which many parts of her story are implied without needing to be stated outright. She was born Gertrud Louise Goldschmidt in Hamburg, Germany, in 1912, and fled the country in…

Danielle Goldstein

August 4, 2023

News, Art

Open call to artists for Holocaust survivors project

Danielle Goldstein

August 4, 2023

News, Art

Open call to artists for Holocaust survivors project

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)…

Danielle Goldstein

March 8, 2023

My Master Bialik – My Dear Agnon

Danielle Goldstein

March 8, 2023

Shai Agnon and Hayim Nahman Bialik are the two Ukrainian heavyweights of modern Hebrew literature, the former in prose – in fact Agnon remains the only Hebrew author to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature – and the latter in poetry. Far from being in competition, they…

Danielle Goldstein

February 28, 2023

News, Art

Meet David Breuer-Weil's SISTER

Danielle Goldstein

February 28, 2023

News, Art

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…