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black and white: a man in a suit stands next to a sign on a building that says "Berggruen"
Posted inArt

He left Berlin with 10 marks in his pocket, went to UC Berkeley — and came back with an art collection worth hundreds of millions

by Mervyn Rothstein October 15, 2024October 15, 2024
Composite of the artist with two of her most famous paintings. (Courtesy Tamara de Lempicka Estate)
Posted inArt

Film and de Young exhibit introduce audiences to an Art Deco icon with a complicated Jewish identity

Laura Pall by Laura Paull October 9, 2024October 10, 2024
"The Tunnel," one of the pieces included in Simcha Toledano Moyal's "The Scream"
Posted inBooks

‘The Scream’ amplifies Israeli voices sharing their pain through poetry, art, prose

by Sue Fishkoff October 4, 2024November 21, 2024
a woman leans over a man's arm with a tattoo gun
Posted inArt

Local tattoo artists traveled to Israel to give Oct. 7 survivors ‘healing ink’

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb October 2, 2024October 4, 2024
a man stands arms akimbo in front of a large mural of a yellow ribbon
Posted inLocal Voice

A tale of two street murals about the Israel-Hamas war

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten October 1, 2024October 1, 2024
a book with hebrew text lies amid rubble
Posted inPhotography

Photojournalist Ziv Koren’s up-close photos of Oct. 7 horrors coming to Bay Area

Laura Pall by Laura Paull September 30, 2024October 1, 2024
This photo by Tal Goldstein will be in the "October Rain" community art exhibit at the Los Gatos JCC in October. (Tal Goldstein)
Posted inArt

‘Even if we look normal, we are not’: Anguish pours out of ‘October Rain’ exhibit in Los Gatos

Laura Pall by Laura Paull September 27, 2024September 27, 2024
Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a bill promoting the restitution of art and personal property looted by the Nazis during the Holocaust. (Office of Gov. Gavin Newsom)
Posted inCalifornia

California passes law to help Holocaust survivors and heirs recover Nazi-looted art

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg September 19, 2024September 19, 2024
The artist Mark Podwal in his studio in 2007 (Wikipedia)
Posted inObituaries

Artist and physician Mark Podwal, whose distinctive work adorned museums, synagogues and opinion pages, dies at 79

by Andrew Silow-Carroll September 17, 2024September 17, 2024
This year's new Hanukkah stamp was designed by Jewish artist and USPS art director Antonio Alcalá. (Courtesy of USPS. Design by Jackie Hajdenberg)
Posted inArt

This year’s USPS Hanukkah stamp is a simple menorah with a warm backstory

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg September 10, 2024September 10, 2024

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