The paintings, photographs, and videos of Israeli artist Nir Hod have been the subject of solo exhibitions in Israel, the United States, and Germany, including Forever (Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2005). He has also participated in group shows, including The New Hebrews—A Century of Art in Israel (Martin-Gropius-Bau Museum, Berlin, 2005). In 2000, Hod released a CD of his songs, Last Letters to Anna, in collaboration with the musician Yaron Bachar. Since 1999, Hod has lived in New York City.
The History of Matzah: The Story of the Jews, Part I, is part of a triptych series that employs text and three-dimensional elements in relief to chronicle Jewish history from Moses to the birth of the…
This unusual heart-shaped amulet from Morocco is inscribed with the words “God Almighty,” followed by the priestly blessing (Numbers 6:24–26) and an individualized text: “May God give him life and…
But Heinrich Heine—even the aesthetes who are rescuing his immortality in an island publishing house (these gloriously impractical minds whose cerebral wrinkles trail away into ornament) have nothing…