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James S. Snyder Courtesy IMJ, by Elie Posner
Jewish Museum Appoints James S. Snyder Director

The Jewish Museum announced on Monday that James S. Snyder will be the next leader of the museum, beginning his post as the Helen Goldsmith Menschel Director in November. …

Nicole Eisenman, Seder, 2010, oil on canvas, © Nicole Eisenman, Courtesy Jewish Museum
Art Tells the Story of Passover

It’s the first night of Passover! Tonight, Jews all around the world will sit down together and recount the story of their ancestor’s exodus from Egypt and the…

Installation view of New York: 1962-1964 at the Jewish Museum, NY. July 22, 2022-January 8, 2023.
“New York: 1962-1964” Captures More than a Time and Place
“New York: 1962-1964” is a celebration of the institution hosting it. The Jewish Museum has been a venerable fixture in New York’s cultural firmament for what seems like forever, but six decades ago…
Recumbent hare with raised forepaw, signed Masatoshi. Ivory, eyes inlaid in amber colored buffalo horn. Osaka, Japan, ca. 1880.
Edmund de Waal Reconstructs History in “The Hare with Amber Eyes”
Provenance reveals the lives of collectors and the fortunes and fates that cling to the object like so many layers of dust. Such is the premise for this exhibition in which artist and author de Waal…
Martha Rosler: Irrespective

"Feminism is a viewpoint that demands a rethinking of all structural relations in society. Feminism is powerful because it is true.”
—Martha Rosler

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"Martha Rosler: Irrespective" Opens at the Jewish Museum
The Jewish Museum will present Martha Rosler: Irrespective, a survey exhibition of the work of the influential artist Martha Rosler, from November 2, 2018, through March 3, 2019. Rosler is…
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The Jewish Museum Announces Major Gift
The Jewish Museum announced today that it has received a major gift from The Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation, established in 1996 by Annalee Newman, the artist's widow. The gift includes…