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The Institutional Theory of Religious Art

12, Jun 2013

By Ben Schachter I recently read On the Strange Place of Religion in Contemporary Art by James Elkins. In it he defines Art using the institutional theory of art made famous by Dickie. The Institutional Theory of art holds that the art market contributes not only to the notion of what is good or valuable […]

Call for Entries: LABA House of Study 2013-2014

11, Jun 2013

MOTHER The theme of LABA 2012-2013 is MOTHER. We’ve all got opinions about mothers. She is someone we mythologize, demonize, adore and abhor. This year we will engage in a deep exploration of the mother figure, examining the enormous symbolic gravity she holds in classical Jewish texts. We will witness the mother as heroine, the […]

Augmented Reality of a Lost Jewish Land: Mapping Ararat

10, Jun 2013

In September 1825, Major Mordecai Noah founded Ararat, “a city of refuge for the Jews” on Grand Island, New York. This turned out to be the first of many unrealized projects in modern history that sought to carve out a nation for the Jewish people. Mapping Ararat offers the user/participant the tools to imagine an […]

Opening June 16: Living in a Divine Space

7, Jun 2013

J. Reznik Studios presents Living in Divine Space Group Exhibition, June 16, 2013. Living in Divine Space Presented by J. Reznik Studios Curated by Jodi Reznik and Dovid Orlansky June 16 – June 23, 2013 Opening Reception June 16, 2013 1 pm Gallery hours: Mon-Thur 11am-6 pm, Fridays 11 am-2pm J. Reznik Studios 1305 East […]

Where is Jewish Art Now?

4, Jun 2013

The End of the Six Points Fellowship (in New York), and what it means for the rest of us by Elke Reva Sudin Recently, it was announced that the UJA-Federation in New York will not be renewing their funding of the Six Points Fellowship, a program that has awarded about $1.26 million in grants to […]

Jewish Art Now has been ignited by PresenTense!

3, Jun 2013

Last week was the launch night of the PresenTense New York City Community Entrepreneur Fellowship, an incubator program aimed at revitalizing the established Jewish communal world through new initiatives by committed and energetic young leaders. Jewish Art Now founder, Elke Reva Sudin, participated in the program, presenting Jewish Art Now to the institutional Jewish community.

As Subject and Object: Contemporary Book Artists Explore Sacred Hebrew Texts

2, Jun 2013

Curated by Adrianne Rubin, MOBIA associate curator, and Professor Matthew Baigell. Museum of Biblical Art 1865 Broadway at 61st Street, New York, NY 10023 June 14 – September 29, 2013 Featuring the work of approximately a dozen contemporary artists, this exhibition will highlight books and, in some cases, series of individual pages, inspired by the […]

Bible: Unauthorized Version at the Midrash Centro Cultural Brazil

27, May 2013

Brazilian cartoonists Adam Grzybowski and Luis Goldman will present their off-color humorous take on the Torah with the cartoon series BIBLE: Unauthorized Version the evening of May 28th at the Midrash Centro Cultural in Rio De Janeiro. International audiences can read the BIBLE: Unauthorized Version comic strip and view the animated shorts in English, Spanish […]

Film Review: Fill The Void

23, May 2013

By Saul Sudin Rama Burshtein’s Fill The Void (Lemale et ha’halal) is the second film in as many years to emerge from Israel with not only a strong international presence, but a unique perspective on religious Judaism. Just as Footnote before it, this was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards after […]

For Jewish Artists, A Space Of One’s Own

22, May 2013

Pilot residency at Art Kibbutz NY hoping to foster connections, find permanent home. by Tajlei Levis, Special To The Jewish Week Putnam Valley, N.Y. — On a bright May afternoon on the grounds of an organic farm camp in this Hudson Valley town, a sculptor shaped branches found in the woods into letters of the […]


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