Philadelphia–born American artist William Anastasi is revered as a pioneer of both Conceptual and Minimal Art. Among his best-known works are Sink (1963), Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony (1965), and Six Sites (1966–1967), all of which anticipated and inspired trends in modern art. Solo exhibitions of his work have been organized by P.S.1, New York (1977), Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf (1979), the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1979 and 1981), and the Nikolaj—Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center (2001).
This late seventeenth-century manuscript contains a full copy of the text of the Ardashir-nāmah (The Book of Ardashir/Ahasuerus), an epic poem by the fourteenth-century Jewish Persian writer Shāhin-i…
This Torah curtain was made in Ankara, Turkey. The motifs of a central menorah and hands making the priestly blessing were common in other Ottoman Jewish ritual folk art. Embroidered verses from the…
The Scuola Grande Tedesca is the oldest of five synagogues in the Venetian ghetto and was built in 1528 by the local Ashkenazic community. Although only its five windows are visible from the street…