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Michal Rovner

1991

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Chromogenic print depicting blurry building.

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Michal Rovner

b. 1957

The work of Israeli artist Tel Aviv-born Michal Rovner has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions, including Against Order? Against Disorder? at the Venice Biennale (2003) and Michal Rovner: The Space Between, a mid-career retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art (2002). In 1978, Rovner co-founded the Camera Obscura Art School in Tel Aviv. She lives in New York.

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Drawing of Costume for Jitka in the First Production of the Opera Dalibor by Bedřich Smetana

This sketch for a costume was made for the role of Jitka in Dalibor, a Czech opera in three acts by Bedřich Smetana, first performed in 1868. The plot centers on the story of a Czech knight, Dalibor…

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Elijah’s Chair

Traditionally, the prophet Elijah is believed to be present at all Jewish circumcision ceremonies, and a chair is reserved for him. It serves as the seat of the godfather, who holds the baby boy…

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Mid-Century: An Anthology of Jewish Life and Culture in Our Times

In the tercentenary year of Jewish settlement in America, this volume is offered as evidence that the past decade—a mid-century point—has seen the publication of some of the most…

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