Current Exhibit
Art Exhibit: The Culture of Terezín
Featuring art posters created in Terezín for performances and lectures, photographs and historical artifacts, including documents, concert ticket stubs and musical scores, this exhibition, like the concerts, lectures, readings and films, bears witness to the miracle of creativity in the ghetto of Terezín.
The Milton J. Weill Art Gallery is open to patrons of Kaufmann Concert Hall during regularly scheduled events. The exhibit can also be viewed by the general public free of charge on the following dates:
Jan 17, 21, 23, 26, 28, 30; Feb 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 and 27, 12 – 4 pm.
This schedule is subject to change.
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Past Exhibits
The 23rd Art Center Faculty Exhibition Opening Reception
Art Exhibit: Dec 6 - Jan 11
Public Viewing Hours: Dec 12, 19, 20, 22, 23, 27, 29, 30 and Jan 2, 3, 5 and 10, 12-4 pm.
This exhibition of work by the faculty of the 92nd Street Y Art Center is an integral component of the 92Y annual exhibition program. The Art Center at 92Y remains deeply committed to the practice of hiring teaching artists: individuals trained in fine art, ceramics and jewelry who maintain their own professional careers while giving back as teachers. Featuring their work as artists in this exhibition is our way of acknowledging and celebrating their creative identities outside of 92Y.
Lives of the Great Patriotic War: The Untold Stories of Soviet Jewish Soldiers in the Red Army During WWII
Courtesy The Blavatnik Archive
Exhibit from The Blavatnik Archive
Art Exhibit: Oct 6 - Dec 4
Public Viewing Hours:
Oct 7 - 13, 24, 25, Nov 4, Dec 6 - Jan 11, 7, 15, 21, 28 & Dec 2, 12 - 4 pm
Lives of the Great Patriotic War: the Untold Stories of Soviet Jewish Veterans in the Red Army during WWII features war-time diary and letter excerpts, reproductions of archival photographs and documents, as well as excerpts from contemporary oral testimonies. This exhibit at 92Y brings to life a largely unknown chapter of Jewish history: the participation of 500,000 Soviet Jewish soldiers in the fight against fascism during WWII (known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War).
While the unprecedented victimization of Jews during the Holocaust is well known and rigorously studied, the role of Jewish combatants in the conflict remains overlooked. As soldiers in the Soviet Red Army, they fought in the war’s largest military force (30 million) for the country with the heaviest absolute losses (26 million). As Jews, members of a nation targeted for genocide, they survived the Holocaust and contributed to the defeat of Nazi Germany. Half of all Holocaust victims perished on Soviet territory, claiming the lives of their family, friends, and loved ones. Almost 70 years later, these remarkable men and women recall their harrowing and unforgettable experiences from the 20th century’s most devastating war.
The extraordinary narratives and powerful imagery of the veterans offer an immediate link to the past Presented together with maps and graphical illustrations of important trends in Russian Jewish history for broader historical context,the exhibit is intended both as an introduction to the overall story of Soviet Jewish participation in the war, as well as a commemoration of all the individual soldiers who fought.