Hospital de la Caridad A post shared by Menachem Wecker (@mwecker) on Dec 21, 2016 at 1:27pm PST My article “Piecing Together the Histories of a Series of Stolen Paintings” appears in Hyperallergic.
“Piecing Together the Histories of a Series of Stolen Paintings”
Posted by Menachem Wecker on May 22, 2017
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/05/22/piecing-together-the-histories-of-a-series-of-stolen-paintings/
(Sojourners) At the National Gallery, a Family History On Display
Three saints. Della Robbia. A post shared by Menachem Wecker (@mwecker) on Jan 31, 2017 at 7:27am PST My article “At the National Gallery, a Family History On Display” appears in Sojourners magazine. Here’s the lede: At first encounter with the National Gallery of Art’s Della Robbia exhibition in Washington, D.C., viewers must look up, […]
Posted by Menachem Wecker on May 11, 2017
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/05/11/sojourners-at-the-national-gallery-a-family-history-on-display/
(NCR) Medieval art is relatable today, even out of context
My article “Medieval art is relatable today, even out of context” appears in National Catholic Reporter. Here’s a selection: “Given the increasing misappropriation of medieval crusader rhetoric by American white supremacists and the constant misinterpretation of movements like [the Islamic State] as ‘medieval,’ just to name two examples, our work is more important than ever,” […]
Posted by Menachem Wecker on April 22, 2017
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/04/22/ncr-medieval-art-is-relatable-today-even-out-of-context/
(Forward) How One Word Changed The Course Of World War II
My article “How One Word Changed The Course Of World War II,” about two new acquisitions at the International Museum of World War II in Natick, Mass., appears in the Jewish Daily Forward.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on April 12, 2017
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/04/12/forward-how-one-word-changed-the-course-of-world-war-ii/
(Forward) What Do You Do When You Come Face To Face With The Spanish Inquisition?
My article “What Do You Do When You Come Face To Face With The Spanish Inquisition?” — about paintings at the Prado Museum in Madrid and the Harvard Art Museums — appears in the Jewish Daily Forward. Here’s the lede: “Nobody,” the Monty Python skit goes, “expects the Spanish Inquisition,” and the same goes for […]
Posted by Menachem Wecker on March 28, 2017
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/03/28/forward-what-do-you-do-when-you-come-face-to-face-with-the-spanish-inquisition/
(Forward) Jewish Philanthropist Establishes Kansas City As Cultural Mecca
My article “Jewish Philanthropist Establishes Kansas City As Cultural Mecca,” which draws upon interviews with Henry Bloch, 94, co-founder (and the ‘H’ in) H&R Block, about the new wing named for him at Kansas City’s Nelson-Atkins Museum, appears in the Jewish Daily Forward.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on March 14, 2017
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/03/14/forward-jewish-philanthropist-establishes-kansas-city-as-cultural-mecca/
(NCR) At new Smithsonian African-American history and culture museum, Catholic stories emerge
My article “At new Smithsonian African-American history and culture museum, Catholic stories emerge” appears in National Catholic Reporter.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on February 17, 2017
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/02/17/ncr-at-new-smithsonian-african-american-history-and-culture-museum-catholic-stories-emerge/
(Forward) Why Was This Italian Artist So Interested in Painting Synagogues?
My article “Why Was This Italian Artist So Interested in Painting Synagogues?” appears in the Jewish Daily Forward. Here’s the lede: Nearly 275 years after Alessandro Magnasco’s death, experts still aren’t sure what to make of his work — particularly four paintings of synagogues. Known as il Lissandrino, Magnasco was born 350 years ago Feb. […]
Posted by Menachem Wecker on February 12, 2017
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/02/12/forward-why-was-this-italian-artist-so-interested-in-painting-synagogues/
(NCR) Two painters, two styles, one city: Seville takes a lead in cosmopolitan 17th-century art
My article “Two painters, two styles, one city: Seville takes a lead in cosmopolitan 17th-century art” appears in National Catholic Reporter. Here’s the lede: Visitors to Santa María de la Sede, Seville’s cathedral and the world’s third largest church, need to peer over the baptismal font from behind a stanchion to glimpse Bartolomé Esteban Murillo’s […]
Posted by Menachem Wecker on February 4, 2017
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/02/04/ncr-two-painters-two-styles-one-city-seville-takes-a-lead-in-cosmopolitan-17th-century-art/
(Forward) Do We All Have an Inner Gandhi — and a Hitler Too?
My article, “Do We All Have an Inner Gandhi — and a Hitler Too?” appears in the Jewish Daily Forward.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on February 3, 2017
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/02/03/forward-do-we-all-have-an-inner-gandhi-and-a-hitler-too/
