Acting Out: Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore – 04.05.2005

Berkeley, CA – Acting Out: Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore is the first exhibition to examine the work of Claude Cahun (born Lucy Schwob) in the context of her lifelong partnership and collaboration with Marcel Moore (born Suzanne Malherbe). The philosophical,...

REVISIONS Naomie Kremer, Shtetl – 03.01.2005

Berkeley, CA – Monday, March 21, marks the opening of Naomie Kremer’s multi-media exhibition Shtetl at the Magnes. Included in Shtetlis Kremer’s digital animation film, also titled Shtetl, which will be shown on continuous loop, and a...

The People and the Book – 01.03.2005

Paintings and rare books from the Magnes collections on view January 24 through July 3, 2005  Berkeley, CA – As part of the Judah L. Magnes’ effort to highlight the encyclopedic nature of the museum’s holdings, the Magnes is please to announce the...

Surviving Suprematism: Lazar Khidekel – 10.19.2004

On view November 15, 2004 – March 20, 2005  Berkeley, CA – Opening on Monday, November 15, at the Magnes is the first-ever museum retrospective of Lazar Khidekel (1904-1986). Khidekel began his career in Mark Chagall’s studio in Vitebsk, Russia, and went on...

REVISIONS Ann Chamberlain – 08.31.2004

On View October 2, 2005 – February 27, 2005  Berkeley, CA – In the late 1840s and early 1850s, Jews flooded into the Gold Country of California to stake their claim in the Gold Rush. Over the years, many of these prospectors, miners and entrepreneurs found their...