My article “Data mining gets religion as campaigns target voters of faith” appears in Religion News Service. Update: Houston Chronicle, America magazine, and National Catholic Reporter have reprinted the RNS piece.
Data mining gets religion as campaigns target voters of faith
Posted by Menachem Wecker on October 15, 2018
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2018/10/15/data-mining-gets-religion-as-campaigns-target-voters-of-faith/
A poetry museum that eschews having a home
My article “A poetry museum that eschews having a home” appears in the Washington Post.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on October 13, 2018
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2018/10/13/a-poetry-museum-that-eschews-having-a-home/
Chicago’s creepy cabinet of curiosities
My article “Chicago’s creepy cabinet of curiosities,” about the International Museum of Surgical Science, appears in the Washington Post.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on October 13, 2018
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2018/10/13/chicagos-creepy-cabinet-of-curiosities/
Corot acknowledges male gaze in painting
Corot (1796-1875) was and is much better known for moody landscapes, within which dabs of white paint flicker like candlelight from amid deep green trees and undergrowth. Once one gets to know the artist’s oeuvre, his works become easy to spot from across a room, and there is a pretty good chance of seeing a […]
Posted by Menachem Wecker on October 6, 2018
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2018/10/06/corot-acknowledges-male-gaze-in-painting/
The true story of a Jewish news agency that peddled fake news to undo Hitler
My article “The true story of a Jewish news agency that peddled fake news to undo Hitler” appears in Religion News Service.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on October 2, 2018
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2018/10/02/the-true-story-of-a-jewish-news-agency-that-peddled-fake-news-to-undo-hitler/
Last-minute invite appears to treat White House call with rabbis as an afterthought
My article “Last-minute invite appears to treat White House call with rabbis as an afterthought” appears in Religion News Service.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on September 5, 2018
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2018/09/05/last-minute-invite-appears-to-treat-white-house-call-with-rabbis-as-an-afterthought/
‘I’m an Experiment’: Why the Israel Museum Hired Ido Bruno, a Tech-Savvy Designer With No Institutional Experience, to Be Its New Director
My article “‘I’m an Experiment’: Why the Israel Museum Hired Ido Bruno, a Tech-Savvy Designer with No Institutional Experience, to Be Its New Director” appears in artnet.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on August 27, 2018
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2018/08/27/im-an-experiment-why-the-israel-museum-hired-ido-bruno-a-tech-savvy-designer-with-no-institutional-experience-to-be-its-new-director/
Kasich thinks Cleveland’s Kusama show is ‘fantastic’
My article “Kasich thinks Cleveland’s Kusama show is ‘fantastic’” appears in Art Newspaper. Gov. Kasich, who was visiting the exhibit with his wife and one of his daughters, generously answered my questions. Update: The article made ARTnews’ morning links on Aug. 23.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on August 22, 2018
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2018/08/22/kasich-thinks-clevelands-kusama-show-is-fantastic/
A pocket watch turns back the clock on Jewish life aboard the Titanic
My article “A pocket watch turns back the clock on Jewish life aboard the Titanic,” about an item to be sold by Heritage Auctions, appears in Religion News Service. Update: Haaretz (Israel) mentions the piece.
Posted by Menachem Wecker on August 21, 2018
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2018/08/21/a-pocket-watch-turns-back-the-clock-on-jewish-life-aboard-the-titanic/
The suit Billy Graham wore on his final crusade in 2005
While reporting a Religion News Service article about a Billy Graham exhibit at Washington’s Museum of the Bible, I noticed wrinkles on the sleeve of the suit, which Billy Graham wore on his last crusade in 2005 and which the Billy Graham Library lent. Graham was not Catholic, but many of the artifacts in the […]
Posted by Menachem Wecker on August 14, 2018
http://www.menachemwecker.com/2018/08/14/the-suit-billy-graham-wore-on-his-final-crusade-in-2005/
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.