Cave Paintings in Indonesia May Be Among the Oldest Known
Click Here to Read: Cave Paintings in Indonesia May Be Among the Oldest Known By John Noble Wilford in The New York Times on October 8, 2014.
Hand outlines found on a cave wall in Indonesia are at least 39,900 years old, researchers said. CreditKinez …
In a Mattress, a Lever for Art and Political Protest
Click Here to Read: In a Mattress, a Lever for Art and Political Protest By Rroberta Smith in The New York Times on September 21, 2014. Emma Sulkowicz, left, and Gabriela Pelsinger carry a mattress on the Columbia University campus as part of Ms. Sulkowicz’s performance piece “Carry That Weight.”CreditJennifer S. Altman for The New […]
Read more...Letters to Afar: An Installation
Click Here to Read: Letters to Afar: An Installation by Peter Forgacs and the Kleimatics Sponsored by YIVO and the Museum of the City of New York at the Museum of the City of New York on October 20, 2014.
Alexander the Great: History’s Superstar
Click Here to Read: Alexander the Great: History’s Superstar By C.J. Polychroniou on the Truthout Website on October 4, 2014 09:37,
An open letter to President Bollinger and the board of trustees
Click Here to Read: An open letter to President Bollinger and the board of trustees By Sandra Leong and Kerry J. Sulkowics In the Columbia Spectator on October 2, 2014. CARRY THAT WEIGHT | Emma Sulkowicz, CC ’15, has gained widespread attention for her performance art-protest, “Carry That Weight,” which seeks to raise awareness about […]
Read more...YIVO News and Events
What does YIVO want for its birthday? Your ideas! We’ll tell you a secret. In 2015, YIVO turns 90. Yes, it’s a big birthday, and we’re proud of our work through the years, including some of the exciting things we’ve been working on in just this last year: The Vilna Project, Letters to Afar, the […]
Read more...Upcoming Events Reminder: Stefan Zweig’s Impossible Exile and Facing History: Portraits from the LBI Art Collection
Tuesday, September 30, 2014, 6:30 PM | Panel Discussion The Impossible Exile: Stefan Zweig at the End of the World George Prochnik’s The Impossible Exile Join us as as authors George Prochnik and Gideon Lewis-Kraus discuss Prochnik’s brilliant new biography of Stefan Zweig. By the 1930s, Stefan Zweig had become the most widely translated living […]
Read more...Letters to Afar: Oct 22, 2014 – Mar 22, 2015
Click Here to Read: Letters to Afar: Oct 22, 2014 – Mar 22, 2015 Co-presented by the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.
Artist Diana Al-Hadid on Fate, Form, and Freud—and Her New Exhibition at the Secession in Vienna
Click Here to Read: Artist Diana Al-Hadid on Fate, Form, and Freud—and Her New Exhibition at the Secession in Vienna by Thessaly La Force in Vogue Magazine on September 10, 2014.
Photographed by Mark Peckmezian
Nations Called Lax in Returning Art Looted From Jews
Click Here to Read: Nations Called Lax in Returning Art Looted From Jews By Graham Bowley in The New York Times on September 10, 2014. In 2011 United States officials seized Girolamo Romano’s “Christ Carrying the Cross Dragged by a Rogue,” pictured here in the Brogan Museum in Tallahassee, Fla., which has since closed for unrelated reasons. […]
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