February 2014 Events at Leo Baeck Institute

By Tamar SchwartzFebruary 5, 2014 Art, Books, Movies, Music

February 2014 Events at Leo Baeck Institute

Join us in February for a diverse lineup of programs that will explore how German-Jewish immigrants helped build San Francisco, the role of Rabbis in the German Army in WWI, and much more. Unless otherwise noted, please register in advance at (212) 744-6400. The most current list of events is always online at lbi.org/events.

Thursday, February 6, 2014, 6:30 PM | Panel Discussion
Jews, Cities and Culture: Hamburg, New York, and Kiev Continue reading February 2014 Events at Leo Baeck Institute

How Real ‘Monuments Men’ Saved Priceless YIVO Yiddish Treasure

By Tamar SchwartzFebruary 3, 2014 Art, Books

Click Here to Read: How Real ‘Monuments Men’ Saved Priceless YIVO Yiddish Treasure: Nazis Turned YIVO Headquarters Into Looted Trove Center By Eddy Portnoy in the Jewish Daily Forward on February 03, 2014.

Re-Commissioning Paradise

By Tamar SchwartzJanuary 25, 2014 Art

Click Here to Read: Re-Commissioning Paradise by Katherine Morais on the on the Penta Blog on January 24, 2014.

Lorenzo Ghiberti’s restored Gates of Paradise. Credit: Katherine Morais

Sigmund Freud’s Sicko Grandson

By Tamar SchwartzJanuary 23, 2014 Art, Books

Click Here to Read: Sigmund Freud’s Sicko Grandson: Cruel Lover, Terrible Father, One Hell of a Painter. Two new biographical studies and dual exhibits in Vienna plumb the psychodrama of the great Lucian Freud By Vladislav Davidzon on the Tablet website on January 23, 2014.

Seattle Glass Art

By Tamar SchwartzJanuary 22, 2014 Art

Click Here to Read: Seattle Glass Art by Ellie Winninghoff on the Penta Daily Barron’s website on December 30, 2013.

Size Matters: This Century’s Hugest Phallic Symbol

By Tamar SchwartzJanuary 22, 2014 Art

Click Here to Read: Size Matters: This Century’s Hugest Phallic Symbol by yTrey Pence on The Richeson website on November 27, 2013.

Explore Art In Depth in Florence

By Tamar SchwartzJanuary 22, 2014 Announcements, Art

The Sixth International Symposium on Psychoanalysis and Art

Click Here to Read: Article on this conference.

Art/Object: The Artist, The Object,The Patron and the Audience
May 15-17, 2014

Held in the Salone Magliabechiano of the Uffizi Gallery and other Continue reading Explore Art In Depth in Florence

The Precious Frick Library

By Tamar SchwartzJanuary 21, 2014 Art, Books

Click Here to Read: The Precious Frick Library By Teresa Riva in Barrons blog website on January 16, 2014.

The Frick Art Reference Library is open to the public and invaluable to collectors and historians pursuing research. Credit: Michael Bodycomb/The Frick Collection.

Dr. Joseph Valks – Using Neurological Processes and Computer Art to Model Global Warming

By Tamar SchwartzJanuary 18, 2014 Art, Science News

Click Here to Read: Dr. Joseph Valks – Using Neurological Processes and Computer Art to Model Global Warming on the Psychology Tomorrow Magazine Blog.

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The genius with 500 lovers

By Tamar SchwartzJanuary 11, 2014 Art

Click Here to Read: The genius with 500 lovers: Awesomely gifted, magnetically attractive. But artist Lucian Freud, as this new biography reveals, was also a frighteningly ruthless seducer of women by Geordie Greig on the UK Mail Online website on September 13, 2013.

Artist’s muse: Lucian Freud poses with Alexi Williams-Wynn, a lover, for a photo entitled The Painter Surprised

David Dawson Courtesy of Hazlitt Holland Hibbert