Visual Arts

‘Mod Squad’ Actress Peggy Lipton Dies at 72

by JTA | May 13, 2019 | Art, Arts & Life, Film & TV, Performing Arts, Visual Arts

Golden Globe-winning actress Peggy Lipton, who represented network television’s version of the quintessential ’60s flower child as the star of the groundbreaking crime drama “The Mod Squad,” died on May 11. She was 72. Her death from cancer was announced the day...

How a Guggenheim Helped Put Modern Israeli Art on the Map

by Karen Chernick | May 12, 2019 | Art, Arts & Life, The Arts, Visual Arts

TEL AVIV (JTA) — In 1952, Israel had its third showing at the Venice Biennale, one of the world’s most prestigious art shows, with an exhibition of three painters — Reuven Rubin, Marcel Janco and Moshe Mokady. Israeli contemporary art is “as young as the new Jewish...

Jewish Cartoonist Eli Valley’s Work has Sparked an Angry Debate About Anti-Semitism

by Ben Sales, JTA | May 10, 2019 | Arts & Life, Books, The Arts, Visual Arts

NEW YORK (JTA) — Is Eli Valley a brave Jewish artist speaking truth to power at a moment of national crisis? Or is he a self-hating Jew spreading anti-Semitic caricatures and slandering the state of Israel? Judging by those who’ve stoked the Twitterstorm that’s raged...

Proving Her Metal

by Faye Rivkin | May 8, 2019 | Art, Arts & Life, Fashion, JBiz, The Arts, Visual Arts

A Baltimore-based jewelry designer remains committed to her craft and plans to attend Paris Fashion Week for the first time this fall. If you’re a woman in Baltimore, there’s a very good chance that you own a “Shana Kroiz” or know someone who does. For nearly three...

Going Against the Grain

by Aliza Friedlander | May 8, 2019 | Art, Arts & Life, JBiz, The Arts, Visual Arts

An Israeli-born woodworker crafts his share of the American Dream with his custom-made furniture business. Standing in his tastefully decorated Fells Point furniture showroom and surrounded by his masterpieces, Shlomi Abukassis says he feels most blissful and at ease...

Bernie Sanders Gets the Buff Comic Book Hero Treatment

by Ron Kampeas, JTA | Apr 23, 2019 | Arts & Life, Books, The Arts, Visual Arts

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Many of his supporters see Bernie Sanders as a hero, but this comic book publisher took that idea to a new level. The left-leaning comics outfit that brought you “Barack the Barbarian” and “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez And The Freshman Force” is back,...

JMM Exhibits Explore Intersection of Fashion, History and Identity

by Aliza Friedlander | Apr 10, 2019 | Art, Arts & Life, Fashion, Museum, The Arts, Visual Arts

From Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour’s signature sunglasses to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s humble hoodies, what an individual opts to wear makes a crucial statement about their personality and identity. “There are many different ways that clothing signals one’s...

An Indigenous and Jewish Photographer Wants to Tell Her People’s Story Before it’s Too Late

by Josefin Dolsten, JTA | Apr 5, 2019 | Art, Arts & Life, The Arts, Visual Arts

(JTA) — At the age of 20, Kali Spitzer left her home in Victoria, British Columbia, to travel north and immerse herself in the culture of her father, who is a member of the Kaska Dena, a First Nations people native to Canada. For around seven months, she lived among...

How to Choose a Passover Haggadah

by JTA | Mar 26, 2019 | Arts & Life, Books, The Arts, Visual Arts

By MJL Staff (My Jewish Learning via JTA) – With thousands of published Haggadahs available for purchase, choosing the one that is best for your seder can be overwhelming. For an overview of the many possibilities, we recommend “How Is This Haggadah Different?” Here...

Jerry Seinfeld Stars in New Vampire Weekend Music Video Set in Jewish Delis

by Gabe Friedman, JTA | Mar 13, 2019 | Arts & Life, Film & TV, Music, Performing Arts, The Arts, Visual Arts

(JTA) — In a new music video, Vampire Weekend singer Ezra Koenig takes the viewer through two of New York City’s Jewish culinary landmarks — and none other than Jerry Seinfeld comes along for the ride. The video for “Sunflower,” directed by Jonah Hill (née Feldstein),...