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0 Holocaust Art

Norwegian street artist defends mural of Anne Frank in a keffiyeh

Andrew Lapin in JTA · 26 Jul

The Norwegian street artist Tddel created a mural in Bergen depicting Anne Frank wearing a keffiyeh, which stirred controversy with Jewish groups condemning it as anti-Israel and disrespectful to Holocaust memory.

0 History Art

In London, Jewish history is larger than life in a new mural

PJ Grisar in Forward · 25 Jul

Artist Leon Fenster has created a 9-story mural on the wall of the Jewish Community Centre London, depicting a grand tableau of Jewish life in London across centuries.

0 Art Holocaust

A mural of the Simpsons as Holocaust victims should be offensive. It’s actually a stroke of genius

Fredric Brandfon in Forward · 7 Mar

Artist aleXsandro Palombo created a controversial mural in Milan depicting characters from The Simpsons as Holocaust victims, with one panel showing them wearing yellow stars and another portraying them at Auschwitz.

0 Art Politics

After the war broke out, Sara Erenthal kept making art — in the name of peace

Sam Lin-Sommer in Forward · 14 Dec 2023

Sara Erenthal, a Brooklyn-based artist, recently held an exhibition titled "Sorry, I Cant Do This Right Now (But Im Doing it Anyway)" at the Brooklyn Artery.

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It was the biggest painting in the world — how could it just disappear?

ALanger in Forward · 31 Jan 2023

The article discusses the mysterious disappearance of the largest single canvas oil painting in the world, which was created for the 1959 film "Solomon and Sheba" starring Yul Brynner and Gina Lollobrigida.

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Our Duty to Be Unimpressed

Sapir · 1 Apr 2021

The article discusses the issue of left-wing antisemitism, focusing on the controversy surrounding a mural by graffiti artist Mear One in London in 2012.