Talks & Performances

Between Us: Artists in Conversation: Haim Steinbach and Karl Haendel

Oct. 22, 2026 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Wilf Family Salon
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Artists Karl Haendel and Haim Steinbach each use found objects, text, and images from daily life in their works to explore how mass media and production impact our larger cultural systems. This conversation, moderated by Rebecca Shaykin, Barnett and Annalee Newman Curator of Contemporary Art, will explore the artists’ decades-long friendship and divergent approaches to making artwork in response to contemporary imagery. Steinbach’s piece, Untitled (dreidel, 5 bottles, noisemaker, angel, stamp, cup, pendant, handkerchief) (2020) is currently on view as part of Identity, Culture, and Community: Stories from the Collection.

Between Us: Artists in Conversation, is an ongoing program series that brings together Jewish Museum Collection artists to focus on how artists influence, inspire, and learn from another over the course of their careers.

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Between Us: Artists in Conversation: Haim Steinbach and Karl Haendel

Installation view of Karl Haendel, "Salt Box #1," 2009. Pencil and paper on wood, 47 1/2 × 60 1/4 × 26 1/2 in. (120.7 × 153 × 67.3 cm). The Jewish Museum, NY. Gift of Laura and Jeffrey Schaffer. / Installation view of Haim Steinbach, "Untitled (dreidel, 5 bottles, noisemaker, angel, stamp, cup, pendant, handkerchief)," 2020. Wood, plastic laminate and glass box; wood dreidel; glass bottles; silver noisemaker; brass angel; silver stamp; silver cup; brass pendant; cotton handkerchief, 51 3/8 × 54 3/8 × 11 in. (130.5 × 138.1 × 27.9 cm). The Jewish Museum, NY. Photo by Roz Akin Photography