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Tag: New York Art Scene

0 Literature Culture

Sam Sussman’s novel is about his Jewish mom and the teasing possibility that Bob Dylan is his dad

Andrew Silow-Carroll in JTA · 10 Sep

Sam Sussman's debut novel, "Boy from the North Country," explores themes of identity, art, and Jewish heritage under the enigmatic shadow of Bob Dylan potentially being his biological father.

0 Art Jewish Law

The towering Jewish critic who taught me to grok art and hate Picasso

Jessica Seigel in Forward · 14 May

In a reflective piece, Jessica Seigel recounts her connections to the influential Marxist art critic Max Kozloff, whose recent memorial in April 2025 unveiled his significant contributions to art criticism and its intersection with Jewish identity.

0 Art Culture

At a Dan Friedman exhibition, the bizarre joy of being Dan Friedman

Dan Friedman in Forward · 26 Feb

Dan Friedman reviews an exhibition celebrating the work of the late designer Dan Friedman at Superhouse in New York City.

0 Art Culture

Famed Jewish expressionist Ben-Zion Weinman will be featured in a NYC exhibition for the first time in 25 years

Jackie Hajdenberg in JTA · 28 Jan

Ben-Zion Weinman, a pioneering Jewish expressionist painter known mononymously as Ben-Zion, will be featured in his first solo exhibition in 25 years at the Maor Art Gallery in Brooklyn.

0 Art Culture

The Painter of No Context

David Jager in Tablet · 27 Sep 2024

David Salle, a prominent contemporary painter from a Jewish family in Kansas, rose to fame in the 1980s New York art scene.

0 Art Israel

The Israeli story behind the Balloon Story exhibit at Park Avenue Armory

Lisa Keys in JTA · 15 Aug 2024

Balloon Story is an exhibit featuring large-scale balloon art at the Park Avenue Armory, offering themed rooms of various lands made entirely of inflated balloons.