Kerry Wallach
@kerrywallach.bsky.social
German & Jewish Studies. Literature, history, film, art. Author of Traces of a Jewish Artist (2024) & Passing Illusions (2017). kerrywallach.com
Happy Hanukkah! This drawing by Rahel Szalit appeared in the German-Jewish newspaper Israelitisches Familienblatt in 1930 as an illustration to a short story by Sholem Aleichem.
December 25, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Happy Hanukkah! This drawing by Rahel Szalit appeared in the German-Jewish newspaper Israelitisches Familienblatt in 1930 as an illustration to a short story by Sholem Aleichem.
The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, permanent collection. I love how the paintings are arranged in “ensembles,” often with works by Modigliani or Matisse at the center.
December 24, 2024 at 9:10 PM
The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, permanent collection. I love how the paintings are arranged in “ensembles,” often with works by Modigliani or Matisse at the center.
Mickalene Thomas, All About Love, at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. Extraordinary and totally stunning.
December 24, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Mickalene Thomas, All About Love, at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. Extraordinary and totally stunning.
Paula Modersohn-Becker, Ich bin ich / I am Me at the Neue Galerie, New York. The first full-scale presentation of her work in the US.
December 24, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Paula Modersohn-Becker, Ich bin ich / I am Me at the Neue Galerie, New York. The first full-scale presentation of her work in the US.
Käthe Kollwitz at MoMA in New York. I learned that Kollwitz banished color from her work after 1905 in order to focus on socially critical subject matter.
December 24, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Käthe Kollwitz at MoMA in New York. I learned that Kollwitz banished color from her work after 1905 in order to focus on socially critical subject matter.
Revolutions: Art from the Hirshhorn Collection 1860-1960, also in DC. Exciting works by Sonia Delaunay and Gabriele Münter, among many others.
December 24, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Revolutions: Art from the Hirshhorn Collection 1860-1960, also in DC. Exciting works by Sonia Delaunay and Gabriele Münter, among many others.
A thread of some of the amazing art exhibitions I saw in 2024.
First up: The Anxious Eye: German Expressionism and Its Legacy at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. Students in my Weimar course enjoyed it as well.
First up: The Anxious Eye: German Expressionism and Its Legacy at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. Students in my Weimar course enjoyed it as well.
December 24, 2024 at 8:33 PM
A thread of some of the amazing art exhibitions I saw in 2024.
First up: The Anxious Eye: German Expressionism and Its Legacy at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. Students in my Weimar course enjoyed it as well.
First up: The Anxious Eye: German Expressionism and Its Legacy at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. Students in my Weimar course enjoyed it as well.
My book TRACES OF A JEWISH ARTIST is available through 2024 from @psupress.bsky.social for 30% off with code NR24: tinyurl.com/szalitbook
This biography of Rahel Szalit explores European Jewish art and culture, women artists, LGBTQ history, Yiddish, Weimar Germany, 1930s France, and the Holocaust.
This biography of Rahel Szalit explores European Jewish art and culture, women artists, LGBTQ history, Yiddish, Weimar Germany, 1930s France, and the Holocaust.
November 18, 2024 at 3:05 AM
My book TRACES OF A JEWISH ARTIST is available through 2024 from @psupress.bsky.social for 30% off with code NR24: tinyurl.com/szalitbook
This biography of Rahel Szalit explores European Jewish art and culture, women artists, LGBTQ history, Yiddish, Weimar Germany, 1930s France, and the Holocaust.
This biography of Rahel Szalit explores European Jewish art and culture, women artists, LGBTQ history, Yiddish, Weimar Germany, 1930s France, and the Holocaust.