My article “How Barbara and Aaron Levine Became Two of America’s Most Committed Collectors of Conceptual Art” appears in artnet.
How Barbara and Aaron Levine Became Two of America’s Most Committed Collectors of Conceptual Art
Posted by Menachem Wecker on December 14, 2018
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2018/12/14/how-barbara-and-aaron-levine-became-two-of-americas-most-committed-collectors-of-conceptual-art/
Chess Life article about Chess Sets & Conflict
My article “Chess Sets & Conflict,” which reflects on the ways that chess sets, for centuries, have done double-duty as political and religious symbols, appears in the Dec. 2018 issue of Chess Life magazine. It may be accessed in PDF format via this link. To read the entire issue Chess Life, and to subscribe to […]
Posted by Menachem Wecker on December 6, 2018
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2018/12/06/chess-life-article-about-chess-sets-conflict/
Museums’ mislabeling can leave visitors with misconceptions of biblical proportions
My article “Museums’ mislabeling can leave visitors with misconceptions of biblical proportions” appears in Religion News Service.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on December 6, 2018
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2018/12/06/museums-mislabeling-can-leave-visitors-with-misconceptions-of-biblical-proportions/
What If You Trivialize Hitler?
My article “What If You Trivialize Hitler?” — about the Holocaust art of Bruce Gendelman — appears in Mosaic magazine. (The Jewish Journal, LA, also excerpts it.) Here’s the lede: “How do you shoot the devil in the back?” asks the character played by Kevin Spacey in the 1995 movie The Usual Suspects. A similar […]
Posted by Menachem Wecker on December 6, 2018
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2018/12/06/what-if-you-trivialize-hitler/
With striking juxtapositions, Nordic art unfurls at the Phillips Collection
My article “With striking juxtapositions, Nordic art unfurls at the Phillips Collection” appears in The Art Newspaper.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on December 5, 2018
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2018/12/05/with-striking-juxtapositions-nordic-art-unfurls-at-the-phillips-collection/
Hands-on research underpins a pioneering chiaroscuro woodcut exhibition
My article “Hands-on research underpins a pioneering chiaroscuro woodcut exhibition,” about a National Gallery of Art exhibit, appears in Art Newspaper.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on December 3, 2018
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2018/12/03/hands-on-research-underpins-a-pioneering-chiaroscuro-woodcut-exhibition/
Art and beauty can carve a path through a fallen world
My article “Art and beauty can carve a path through a fallen world” appears in National Catholic Reporter. Update: On the NCR podcast, Brittany Wilmes and Julia Lieblich say exceedingly nice things about my article (starting around the 5:05 mark, although the whole podcast is worth a listen).
Posted by Menachem Wecker on November 27, 2018
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2018/11/27/art-and-beauty-can-carve-a-path-through-a-fallen-world/
Non-Catholics enjoy challenges of teaching in Catholic setting
My article “Non-Catholics enjoy challenges of teaching in Catholic setting” appears in National Catholic Reporter.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on November 26, 2018
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2018/11/26/non-catholics-enjoy-challenges-of-teaching-in-catholic-setting/
Looted vessels returned at event marking 15 years of US-Italy art crime fighting co-operation
My article “Looted vessels returned at event marking 15 years of US-Italy art crime fighting co-operation” appears in The Art Newspaper.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on November 5, 2018
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2018/11/05/looted-vessels-returned-at-event-marking-15-years-of-us-italy-art-crime-fighting-co-operation/
A record-setting $30.1m sale of an Assyrian relief at Christie’s raises red flags
My article “A record-setting $30.1m sale of an Assyrian relief at Christie’s raises red flags” appears in The Art Newspaper.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on November 2, 2018
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2018/11/02/a-record-setting-30-1m-sale-of-an-assyrian-relief-at-christies-raises-red-flags/
Selected articles
"Searching for Fischer’s Legacy." Chess Life magazine. March 2018. (PDF file).
"Confederate Monuments and the Power of Absence." Religion & Politics. Oct. 2017.
"A Memorial That Knows Its Biblical History." Wall St. Journal. Sept. 22, 2017.
"Infiltrating the CIA’s Secret Art Collection." Playboy. Jan./Feb. 2017.