From our series, “Zooming In: Weekly Curatorial Conversations from The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life.”
Each week, Curators Francesco Spagnolo and Shir Kochavi present insights and connections emerging from the holdings of UC Berkeley’s Magnes Collection, one of the largest Jewish museum collections in the world. Throughout the series, guests will join them to explore Jewish art and life, one object at a time.
View the weekly schedule for the entire series.
Image:
Arthur Szyk (1894-1951)
Do not forgive them, oh Lord, for they do know, what they do! [after Luke 23:34]
New Canaan, Connecticut, 1949
Ink and graphite on paper
Taube Family Arthur Szyk Collection,
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life,
University of California, Berkeley, 2017.5.1.214