The Jewish Museum
museum · Upper East Side
Strong contemporary program alongside Jewish historical and ceremonial collections. Photography and design shows tend to be the highlights.
On view
Paul Klee: Other Possible WorldsKlee's late work from 1933–1940, produced during exile, illness, and Nazi persecution, featuring roughly 100 paintings and drawings including the iconic Angelus Novus.
Focus Gallery: Walter Benjamin and the Edges of PhotographyGerman philosopher Walter Benjamin's engagement with photography through works by Blossfeldt, Moholy-Nagy, Man Ray, and Sander, featuring a rare portrait of Benjamin himself.
Focus Gallery: Circa 1776: Jews in Colonial AmericaPortraits, artifacts, and documents exploring Jewish life in colonial and post-colonial America, marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Modernity and Opulence: Women of the Wiener WerkstätteOver 200 works by 30 Jewish women artists of the Wiener Werkstätte, with emphasis on ceramicist Vally Wieselthier and textile designer Felice Rix-Ueno.
Focus Gallery: Oded Halahmy: Models in WoodIntimate wood sculptures from the 1970s by Iraqi-born artist Oded Halahmy, exploring memory, displacement, and Mesopotamian heritage through carved forms suggesting ladders and windows.
Sacred Splendor: Jewish Ritual Art and Christian Treasures from St. Vitus Cathedral in PragueMedieval reliquaries from Prague's St. Vitus Cathedral displayed alongside Jewish ritual objects, exploring shared artistic traditions and theological divergence in Central Europe.
Ruth Patir: (M)otherlandRuth Patir's multi-channel video work animates Iron Age female figurines to explore gender, motherhood, fertility, and reproductive rights through personal and political lenses.
Identity, Culture, and Community: Stories from the Collection of the Jewish Museum and Pruzan Family Center for LearningOver 200 works spanning from ancient artifacts to contemporary art trace Jewish diaspora, migration, and cultural identity across millennia.