New exhibition opening August 27, 2024
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Image: Passover Seder plate by Ben Mayeri. Tehran, Iran, 20th century. Gift of Max Eis.
New Exhibition
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OPENING AUGUST 27, 2024
In Plain Sight: Jewish Arts and Lives in the Muslim World
Co-curated by Magnes Curator Dr. Francesco Spagnolo and scholar of Islamic art Dr. Qamar Adamjee, In Plain Sight: Jewish Arts and Lives in the Muslim World showcases Jewish objects originating from Muslim lands that reflect cultural affinities and common threads.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Exhibition Opening | In Plain Sight: Jewish Arts and Lives in the Muslim World
Sep 5 @ 5:30 pm
Join us in the opening celebration of “In Plain Sight: Jewish Arts and Lives in the Muslim World,” the Magnes’s newest exhibition.
NEWS
Meet the Magnes’s New Associate Curator
We are thrilled to introduce you to Achinoam Aldouby, the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life’s new Associate Curator. We recently sat down with Achi and asked her to share a little bit about herself and her background as she steps into her new role as part of our expanded Collections Team.
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In Plain Sight: Jewish Arts and Lives in the Muslim World opens at UC Berkeley’s Magnes this fall
Above image: Lampshade, Egypt or Morocco, ca. 1920. Gift of Dr. Elliot Zaleznik. 76.302. BERKELEY — Opening August 27, 2024, In Plain Sight: Jewish Arts and Lives in the Muslim World is a new exhibition at the University of California, Berkeley’s Magnes...
Meet the Magnes’s New Associate Curator
The Magnes is thrilled to introduce the newest member of the museum’s staff, Achinoam Aldouby. With academic and museum experience steeped in Jewish arts and culture, Achi’s research explores aspects of collective memory, focusing on theatrical adaptations of...
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