JOC Art for an Unsettled Time

JOC Art for an Unsettled Time

Team Be’chol Lashon, Jewish&, 08/17/2022

Creative works shared by Jewish Artists of Color speak of their experiences of this moment.

Healing Myself and Others Through My Artwork

Healing Myself and Others Through My Artwork

Ayeola Omolara Kaplan, Jewish&, 02/11/2020

Black and Jewish artist creates empowering depictions of marginalized people.

Mexican-Jewish artist Aliza Nisenbaum on her colorful portraits of ‘the other’ in society

Mexican-Jewish artist Aliza Nisenbaum on her colorful portraits of ‘the other’ in society

Alan Grabinsky, JTA, 11/04/2019

Mexican-Jewish artist Aliza Nisenbaum sees a failure to communicate in the modern world — and her work as a way to counteract the dilemma.

When Comic Art Meets High Art, the Results Will Surprise You

When Comic Art Meets High Art, the Results Will Surprise You

Etelka Lehoczy, NPR, 08/26/2019

Julian Voloj and Søren Mosdal's graphic novel, "Basquiat" offers a modern twist on Basquiat's work.

Jewish Women from Diverse Artistic Perspectives

Jewish Women from Diverse Artistic Perspectives

Team Be’chol Lashon, Jewish&, 03/13/2019

New show highlights the diversity of Jewish women's experiences.

The Grand Canvases of Nirit Takele’s Ethiopian-Israeli Experience

The Grand Canvases of Nirit Takele's Ethiopian-Israeli Experience

Rachel Ringler, Tablet, 01/16/2019

The painter Nirit Takele, already a celebrated artist at 33 years old, is evoking the spirit of both her homelands in her bold work.

Painting by Chicago artist Kerry James Marshall, bought for $25,000 in 1997, sells for $21.1 million

Painting by Chicago artist Kerry James Marshall, bought for $25,000 in 1997, sells for $21.1 million

Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 05/18/2018

The sale price of “Past Times” was a record for Marshall and the most ever paid for the work of a living African-American artist, according to Sotheby’s.

Aliza Nisenbaum with Yasi Alipour

Aliza Nisenbaum with Yasi Alipour

Yasi Alipour, The Brooklyn Rail, 09/13/2017

Aliza Nisenbaum entered the radar of many as a participant of the 2017 Whitney Biennial.

Seven Jewish Heroines Disney Should Make a Movie About

Seven Jewish Heroines Disney Should Make a Movie About

Marjorie Ingall, Tablet, 12/05/2016

In Disney's latest animated blockbuster-Moana, set in Polynesia-the title character's religious faith plays an important role, as Mark I. Pinsky, author of The Gospel According to Disney, noted in Tablet last week.