My article “Overcoming church’s negative past in Spain” appears in National Catholic Reporter. Here’s the lede: TOLEDO, SPAIN “Alas the synagogues, fallen to ruins, where kites and vultures have nested; for the children of Israel have departed,” wrote Ya’aqob Albeneh in a 1391 poem. He was describing a pogrom, which he survived, that began in […]
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/06/16/overcoming-churchs-negative-past-in-spain-national-catholic-reporter/
My article “North Korea gives up its secrets right in the heart of Washington,” about exhibitions at American University’s Katzen Arts Center, appears in The Art Newspaper.
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/06/15/north-korea-gives-up-its-secrets-right-in-the-heart-of-washington-art-newspaper/
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.
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/05/22/piecing-together-the-histories-of-a-series-of-stolen-paintings/
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, […]
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/05/11/sojourners-at-the-national-gallery-a-family-history-on-display/
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,” […]
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/04/22/ncr-medieval-art-is-relatable-today-even-out-of-context/
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.
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/04/12/forward-how-one-word-changed-the-course-of-world-war-ii/
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 […]
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/03/28/forward-what-do-you-do-when-you-come-face-to-face-with-the-spanish-inquisition/
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.
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/03/14/forward-jewish-philanthropist-establishes-kansas-city-as-cultural-mecca/
My article “At new Smithsonian African-American history and culture museum, Catholic stories emerge” appears in National Catholic Reporter.
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/02/17/ncr-at-new-smithsonian-african-american-history-and-culture-museum-catholic-stories-emerge/
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. […]
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2017/02/12/forward-why-was-this-italian-artist-so-interested-in-painting-synagogues/
