Federal building with murals by Jewish artists at risk of sale, demolition

Activists are calling on New York City’s Jewish Museum for support to prevent the sale — and possible destruction — of the ...

Jewish Heirs Say Met Museum Pissarro Was Sold Under Nazi-Era Duress

The museum says a Jewish art dealer received a fair price for the work in 1941. The heirs say sales from that time are considered to have been forced and void under French law.

‘I will finish your work’: one woman’s fight for the Jewish art and letters her mother saved from the Nazis

Exclusive: Hundreds of works by the artist and poet Peter Kien have a new home in the UK, thanks to Judy King ...
Hyperallergic

Artists Call on Jewish Museum’s Support to Save New Deal-Era Murals

The Cohen Building, which houses works by Jewish artists Ben Shahn, Philip Guston, and Seymour Fogel, among others, is slated ...
The Forward

The Jewish artist who almost died exploring the Wild West

The Jewish-American community is deeply intertwined with the history of its country, often in ways that reflect the preoccupations of a given historical moment. Take, for instance, the fascinating ...
ARTnews on MSN

Artists urge Jewish Museum to save federal ‘Sistine Chapel of New Deal Art’ from demolition in open letter

The building houses murals and sculptural reliefs by Jewish artists such as Ben Shahn, Philip Guston, and Seymour Fogel.
The Jewish Exponent

David Corenswet, the New Superman, Is From a Jewish Family

The character of Superman was created in 1938 by two Jewish artists, writer Jerome “Jerry” Siegel and artist Joe Shuster. Much has been written, in the nine decades since, about the Jewish subtext of ...