by Chris Slater | Dec 7, 2021 | Magnes Blog, Photographs, Roman Vishniac Archive
“I was living in Germany in the thirties, and I knew that Hitler had made it his mission to exterminate all Jews, especially the children and the women who could bear children in the future. I was unable to save my people, only their memory.”— Roman Vishniac...
by Laura Bratt | Dec 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Imagine having a passion that sparks an idea, creates an institution, and builds a legacy that impacts how we understand the past in order to inform the future. Seymour and Rebecca Fromer did just that. When we look at The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life...
by Francesco Spagnolo | Nov 8, 2021 | Arthur Szyk Collection, Exhibition News
The Magnes is excited to announce its exhibition, In Real Times. Arthur Szyk: Art & Human Rights (1926-1951), based on the Taube Family Arthur Szyk Collection, will be traveling to The National WWII Museum from September of 2022 to May of 2023. As The Magnes’...
by Jeff | Nov 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
BERKELEY — UC Berkeley’s The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life launches its newly redesigned website, magnes.berkeley.edu. “This gorgeous new website is a perfect complement to the exquisite treasures that make up The Magnes Collection,” says John Efron,...
by Laura Bratt | Nov 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Old papers, dusty books, photographs of long-forgotten people and events never cease to excite my imagination. Even after decades as a scholar and researcher, untangling the past never bores me. However, I must admit that until I became the director of The Magnes...
