A fresh look at the painting and sculpture that transformed the art world in the years after World War II. Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976 features over fifty key works of postwar art, revealing the cultural and intellectual framework of Abstract Expressionism, the movements that followed it, and popular culture's fascination with the art and artists of the period.

On view May 4 - September 21, 2008 | More about the exhibition
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Jackson Pollock (1912-1956)
Convergence, 1952
Oil on canvas
93 1/2 x 155 in. (237.5 x 393.7 cm)
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y., Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1956
© 2008 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

 




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The Jewish Museum and the Film Society of Lincoln Center

The New York Jewish Film Festival
January 14-29, 2009

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The New York Jewish Film Festival (NYJFF) is a preeminent showcase for world cinema that investigates, records, and celebrates the Jewish experience. Founded in 1992, the annual Festival is a collaboration between The Jewish Museum and the Film Society of Lincoln Center. The New York Jewish Film Festival presents a diverse program of narrative features, documentaries, and short films, including world, United States, and New York premieres.

Numerous films that have appeared in the Festival have subsequently achieved national theatrical releases and/or wider distribution on American public television. These films have included Academy Award nominee Beaufort (dir. Joseph Cedar, NYJFF 2008), Orthodox Stance (dir. Jason Hutt, NYJFF 2008), Praying with Lior (dir. Ilana Trachtman, NYJFF 2008), My Mexican Shivah (dir. Alejandro Springall, NYJFF 2007), The Rape of Europa (dirs. Richard Berge, Bonni Cohen, and Nicole Newnham, NYJFF 2007), Live and Become (dir. Radu Mihaileanu, NYJFF 2006), and Academy Award winner Nowhere in Africa (dir. Caroline Link, NYJFF 2003).

A distinguishing feature of the Festival’s program is thematic sidebar presentations, which often include premieres of restored archival prints and screenings in conjunction with Jewish Museum exhibitions.

L to R: Beaufort, Orthodox Stance, Praying with Lior, The Rape of Europa, My Mexican Shivah, and Live and Become.


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