by Laura Bratt | Aug 19, 2022 | Exhibition News, News
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life announces its newest exhibition, In Twilight. Ori Sherman’s Creation, opening September 6, 2022 through the Spring of 2023 and featuring Ori Sherman’s highly imaginative series, The Creation, displayed for the first time in...
by Laura Bratt | Jun 13, 2022 | News
In early May, members of the Magnes community gathered for a multi-screen display of Roman Vishniac photographs and an all-day virtual symposium of panels, discussions, and conversation entitled “Roman Vishniac. In Focus, 1922–2022.” Your support made this event...
by Jeff | May 20, 2022 | Featured News, News
The inaugural 2-day event Roman Vishniac. In Focus: 1922-2022 Open House and Symposium celebrating the Roman Vishniac Archive was a huge success! Both an in-person Open House and a virtual Symposium, The Magnes and UC Berkeley’s Center for Jewish Studies shared...
by Jeff | Apr 1, 2022 | Featured News, News, Roman Vishniac Archive
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is the latest development in the long and turbulent history of the “borderland” between the east and west, a complex history that includes significant moments in Jewish life, art, and culture. “We at The Magnes Collection of...
by Chris Slater | Mar 22, 2022 | News, Roman Vishniac Archive
Berkeley — The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at the University of California, Berkeley has been awarded a $1M gift in February of 2022. “I am elated!” said John Efron, Esther and Jacques Reutlinger Faculty Director of The Magnes Collection and Koret...
