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“There were stacks and stacks, in perfect condition, torn hastily out of their frames and hidden,” photographer Amos Chapple said.
Posted inCulture

Hidden for decades, hundreds of Holocaust-era paintings need a new home 

by Toby Axelrod and JTA October 12, 2020October 12, 2020

Plans are underway to find a home for a huge trove of works by a nearly forgotten Jewish artist that was uncovered 78 years after her death in a Nazi […]

Bidding on "Jacob's Ladder," a Chagall oil on canvas, will start at $110,000. (Courtesy Tiroche Auction House)
Posted inCulture

Marc Chagall painting stolen 20 years ago resurfaces at auction in Israel

by Karen Chernick and JTA January 24, 2020
Rabbi Elliot Kukla’s fantastical painting of Sylvia Rivera’s bedroom based on a photograph of the late transgender activist
Posted inCulture

Paintings show ‘magic and beauty’ in bedrooms of the ill

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 29, 2017December 28, 2017
From "To Take Up a Lulav (Palm Branch) and an Etrog (Citron)," in Archie Rand's "The 613" series
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Vibrant art series explores ‘The 613’ mitzvot boldly, bodaciously

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller July 10, 2017January 10, 2018

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