We are excited to host a very special musical event featuring the 14th and 15th String Quartets of Darius Milhaud (1892-1974), one of many artists and intellectuals who came to the San Francisco Bay Area seeking refuge from European fascism. The program draws from Milhaud's memoir, My Happy Life, archival holdings of The Magnes and […]
Join Magnes staff for a guided tour of current exhibitions. Lunchtime Tours are offered on the first Thursday of each month through May.
An exploration of the themes of the Kronos Quartet's world premiere, Beyond Zero: 1914—1918, which features a score by Aleksandra Vrebalov and film by Bill Morrison, created as a response to the centennial of the outbreak of the First World War. Historian and journalist Mark Danner will offer thoughts on the historical impact of The Great War […]
From India to Israel: A Multicultural Celebration | 2014 by The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
In addition to offering Cal Day exhibition tours, The Magnes in downtown Berkeley joins museums nationwide for Slow Art Day, a celebration of art that encourages people to look at art slowly and experience it in a new way. For more information on Cal Day, visit calday.berkeley.edu. Art viewing: 11am-1pm Lunch: 1pm-2pm at Saturn Cafe
The authors will discuss their recently-released book Dear Mendl, Dear Reyzl: Yiddish Letter Manuals from Russia and America by (Indiana University Press, 2014) As a special session of The Townsend Center for Humanities Working Group on Modern Jewish Culture, the program will also address The Magnes’ extensive collection of Jewish-themed postcards, which animate themes of mobility and […]
The Magnes hosts the 12th City of Berkeley Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Join Magnes staff for a guided tour of current exhibitions. Lunchtime Tours are offered on the first Thursday of each month through May.
Portrait of Wally (2012, 90 min, Dir. Andrew Shea) Screening with screenwriter/producer David D’Arcy The film traces the history of Egon Schiele’s iconic 1912 painting from its origins as a gesture of affection toward his young lover to the theft of the painting from Lea Bondi to its surprise resurfacing when it turns up […]
Join Magnes staff for a guided tour of current exhibitions. Lunchtime Tours are offered on the first Thursday of each month through May.
Rita Kuhn reads from her book Broken Glass, Broken Lives Rita Kuhn lived her childhood and adolescence in Hitler’s Berlin, surviving a cycle of evergrowing dangers for her, her family, and her friends. The people she loved disappeared from one day to the next and left no messages, no farewells, no forwarding addresses. In Broken Glass, Broken […]
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life The Bancroft Library with the Center for Jewish Studies and the Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies cordially invite you to an opening reception for Gourmet Ghettos Modern Food Rituals A new exhibition exploring eating, identity and activism in Jewish life and beyond Wednesday, September […]
