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Exhibitions

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Arnold Newman

October 3, 2004 - January 16, 2005

Training his lens on the most illustrious cultural and intellectual figures of the twentieth century, Arnold Newman forged a new tradition of portrait photography. This exhibition of 21 portraits includes Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O’Keeffe, Marc Chagall, Louise Nevelson, Leonard Bernstein, and David Ben-Gurion.

Marc Chagall: Early Works from Russian Collections

April 29 - October 14, 2001

Chagall’s early years in Russia—from 1907 to 1922—provide the key to his long and prolific career.

Chagall, Lissitzky, Malevich: The Russian Avant-Garde in Vitebsk, 1918-1922

September 14, 2018 - January 6, 2019

Through some 160 works, this exhibition presents the artistic output of Marc Chagall, El Lissitzky, Kazimir Malevich, and others, exploring a little-known chapter in the history of modernity and the Russian avant-garde.

Assignment: Rescue, The Story of Varian Fry and the Emergency Rescue Committee

November 23, 1997 - March 29, 1998

A dramatic installation recounts the daring mission of Varian Fry, who was responsible for rescuing some 2,500 Jews and opponents of the Nazis, including such great figures as Marc Chagall, Hannah Arendt, Max Ernst, and Jacques Lipchitz.

Chagall: Love, War, and Exile

September 15, 2013 - February 2, 2014

…States, artwork by Marc Chagall from the 1930s and 1940s is gathered to reveal a lesser-known side of the artist. Beginning with the richly evocative paintings of his years in France, the exhibition illuminates an artist deeply responsive to the suffering inflicted by war and to his own exile and…

Focus on the Soul: The Photographs of Lotte Jacobi

February 6 - April 11, 2004

Lotte Jacobi’s substantial contribution to the history of photography is revealed in this exhibition of over ninety vintage prints, including many of Jacobi’s renowned portraits.

Chagall and the Artists of the Russian Jewish Theater, 1919-1949

November 9, 2008 - March 22, 2009

Through paintings, costume and set designs, posters, photographs, film clips and theater ephemera this exhibition brings to light an exhilarating but fleeting moment in the cultural history of the Soviet Union when innovative visual artists joined forces with avant-garde playwrights, actors, and theatrical producers.

Paris in New York: French Jewish Artists in Private Collections

March 5 - June 25, 2000

From about 1907 to shortly after World War I, these Jewish painters and sculptors, predominantly from Eastern Europe, experimented with the stylistic innovations of the avant-garde and the Post-Impressionists while working in Paris.

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Calendar

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Virtual Art in Context

February 7, 2023

…Amedeo Modigliani and Marc Chagall are well-known—Chagall for his lyrical narratives of Jewish life in Vitebsk and Modigliani for his compelling portraits and nudes. This two-session course explores the lesser-known works of both artists, specifically, the powerful works Chagall created in response to World War II and Modigliani's astonishing drawings,…

Art in Context

May 7, 2024

…Amedeo Modigliani and Marc Chagall are well-known—Chagall for his lyrical narratives of Jewish life in Vitebsk and Modigliani for his compelling portraits and nudes. This class explores the lesser-known works of both artists, specifically, the powerful works Chagall created in response to World War II and Modigliani's astonishing drawings, which…

Art in Context

November 14, 2023

…Amedeo Modigliani and Marc Chagall are well-known— Chagall for his lyrical narratives of Jewish life in Vitebsk and Modigliani for his compelling portraits and nudes. This class explores the lesser-known works of both artists, specifically, the powerful works Chagall created in response to World War II and Modigliani's astonishing drawings,…

Art in Context

January 14, 2025

…Amedeo Modigliani and Marc Chagall are well-known—Chagall for his lyrical narratives of Jewish life in Vitebsk (in present-day Belarus) and Modigliani for his compelling portraits and nudes. This class explores the lesser-known works of both artists, specifically, the powerful works Chagall created in response to World War II and Modigliani's…

Art in Context

May 30, 2023

Member Virtual Lecture

May 4, 2023

…of renowned artist Marc Chagall. Le Père (1911), a portrait of Chagall’s father, is on view at the Jewish Museum (through January 2024) and provides the occasion to review the career of the artist considered by many as “the quintessential Jewish artist of the 20th century.” This important loan offers…

The Art of Marc Chagall

May 26, 2022

…the work of Marc Chagall, renowned artist and subject of several previous exhibitions at the Jewish Museum. Hear from Bella Meyer, art historian, founder and creative director of fleursBELLA, and granddaughter of the artist, as she shares personal stories about Chagall and discusses how his work inspired her career as…

Art In Context

April 13, 2021

…by Jewish artists Marc Chagall, Amedeo Modigliani, and Chaim Soutine, join an in-depth discussion of their work. Experience the visual culture of the early and mid twentieth century through the lens of three Jewish Museum exhibitions that explored the ways in which each of these artists pushed cultural boundaries and…

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Programs

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Teaching with Marc Chagall (PDF)

Designed as a resource for K–12 educators, this guide focuses on three paintings by Marc Chagall (1887–1985) that were in the special exhibition Chagall: Love, War, and Exile