Visual Arts
Art from the nadir of humanity
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Holocaust art is not a very popular genre. Do you really want a graphic drawing of a...
Hey, Kids: The 2021 AJW Hanuka Cover Contest is accepting entries!
The 30th Annual AJW Hanuka Cover Contest We’re looking for colorful drawings by budding artists to feature on the cover...
Rube Goldberg and his amazing contraptions
A drawing of a Rube Goldberg contraption. (Photos courtesy of Abrams Comic Arts) By DORIS RUBENSTEIN St. Paulite Geoff George’s...
Art in the atelier
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Jewish-American novelist and “saloniste” Gertrude Stein is said to have invited only “interesting people” to her living...
We have a winner!
Isa Melendez, a sixth grade student at Heilicher Minneapolis Jewish Day School, is the winner of the Hanuka Cover Contest....
Jews call for Justice for George Floyd
Local artists created a beautiful and affecting mural near the spot at Chicago Avenue and 38th Street where George Floyd...
Tour Jewish art museums without leaving your home
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN For regular museum patrons, social distancing and sheltering-in-place can leave us itching to get out and stroll...
Kelen collection finds new home at the Walker
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Many of us have collections, assembled either deliberately or by chance. I never intended to have a...
A prized Marc Chagall painting was stolen in the ’90s. It has resurfaced at an Israeli auction.
By KAREN CHERNICK TEL AVIV (JTA) — “Where’s the Chagall?” asked a visitor to this city’s Gordon Gallery on a...
Two Mia shows share common thread
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN The Sabbath Now is a small installation that has recently been added to the permanent collection at...
