by Chris Slater | May 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
PopUp Exhibition Series: Fall 2016 Program Each week, UC Berkeley faculty and graduate students, visiting artists and other notable guests will present brief lectures focused on selected treasures from the The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life. One speaker and...
by Chris Slater | Mar 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive — which stores a selection of audiovisual materials from The Magnes Collection, joined Curator Francesco Spagnolo and colleagues from the Digital Humanities community at UC Berkeley for a “behind the...
by Jeff | Feb 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life and the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (SFJFF) partnered in 2012 to offer a selection of feature films, documentaries and shorts, screened in the Auditorium of The Magnes once a month throughout the year. This...
by Chris Slater | Feb 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Magnes held its opening night reception of From Mendelssohn To Mendelssohn: German-Jewish Encounters in Art, Music and Material Culture on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. The opening was attended by more than 300 Magnes supporters, community members...
by Chris Slater | Nov 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
THE MENDELSSOHN PROJECT One exhibition, two historic pianos, and fourteen lectures & performances A collaboration of the Office of the Dean of Arts and Humanities the Departments of History and Music and The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeUniversity...
