the magnes | popup exhibition series (spring 2016)
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SPRING SCHEDULE Have lunch with The Magnes...ABOUT THE SERIESEach week, UC Berkeley faculty and students, visiting artists and other notable guests present brief lectures focused on selected treasures from the The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life. One speaker and one object at the time, these “flash” exhibitions include the opportunity to view the art and artifacts intimately and up close.
Bring your own lunch, enjoy complimentary refreshments, and take part in an exciting learning program, free and open to the public. Close-up view of collections included. Visit magnes.berkeley.edu for details!
TIME Every Wednesday from 12pm-1pm. Bring your lunch!
LOCATION The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, 2121 Allston Way Berkeley, CA 94720
FEBRUARY
10th: Martin Jay on Max Liebermann,
the Wannsee Garden, and Berlin
17th: Rachel Biale on Sex, Furniture,
and Jewish Tradition
24th: Tomasz Koncewicz on Piercing
the Veil of Silence: Jewish Cultural As-
sets in Eastern Europe
MARCH
3rd: Carla Shapreau on Researching
the Provenance of Lavater and Lessing
with Moses Mendelssohn
9th: Brett Lockspeiser on Moses Men-delssohn’s Digital Library
16th: Daniel Schifrin on Chess & Jew-ish Literature
30th: The Inadvertent Archivist. Gary Handman’s Report From the Magnes Community Archives
APRIL
6th: Lauren Cooper with Francesco Spagnolo on The Making of From Men-delssohn To Mendelssohn
13th: Yosef Rosen & Zoe Lewin on the Visual Power of Text
20th: Rebecca Golbert on Jewish
Memory in Ukraine
27th: Rita Lucarelli on Ancient Egyp-
tian and Jewish Magic
On view April 20: Portrait of Per-etz Markish, by Matvey Vaisberg (Ukraine, 1989)
On view March 30: Post card to the family of Simon Weifsmann, Germany, 1923.
On view February 10: The Flower Terrace in the Wannsee Garden Seen from the Northeast (Berlin, 1924) by Max Liebermann
On view Feburary 24: Matzah Cover, Liptovsky-Mikulasz, Slovakia, 1888
On view April 13: Shiviti Amulet created in India, 19th century
The Magnes |
PopUp ExhibitionsSpring 2016
THE MAGNES COLLECTION OF JEWISH ART AND LIFE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY2121 ALLSTON WAY, BERKELEY, CA 94720510.643.2526 • MAGNES.BERKELEY.EDU
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