THE MAGNES COLLECTION

FALL 2017. EXHIBITIONS

August 29-December 15, 2017
Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Friday 11:00 AM-4:00 PM

The Invisible Museum: History & Memory of Morocco

The Invisible Museum project started with a multi-year exploration of the Moroccan holdings of
The Magnes. The resulting exhibition offers a probing insight into how cultural objects, once the
cherished belongings of individuals, families, and communities, may often be abandoned in the
process of migration, or sold by immigrants seeking to rebuild their lives in a new land, before
they become part of a museum collection.
Read more at bit.ly/invisible-museum
Image to Left: Hanging Hanukkah lamp with rooster-shaped hamsa inlaid with
six-pointed star, Morocco, 20th century, brass, Judah L. Magnes Museum
purchase with funds provided by Seymour Fromer, honoring the 40th
wedding anniversary of Fay and Sol Friedman, 2017 Sibila Savage
Photography

Sketching "Fiddler": Set Designs by Mentor Huebner

The exhibition presents The Magnes set of original and
working copies of storyboards and sketches created by
Mentor Huebner for the 1971 feature film, Fiddler on the
Roof, along with a small selection of set photographs.
Read more at bit.ly/sketchingfiddler

The Power of Attention

Magic & Meditation in Hebrew "shiviti" Manuscript Art
The exhibition highlights a selection of shiviti manuscripts, books, amulets
and textiles from The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life. The display
is accompanied by new media art created especially for this project by
Professor Greg Niemeyer, as well as by resources and quotations that allow
viewers to penetrate the elaborate textual and visual elements, while also
experiencing the inherent power of the unique cultural objects on view.
Read more at bit.ly/powerofattention

The Worlds of Arthur Szyk | The Taube Family Arthur Szyk Collection
Acquired by The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life in 2017 thanks to an
unprecedented gift from Taube Philanthropies, the most significant collection of works by
Arthur Szyk (d, Poland, 1894 New Canaan, Connecticut, 1951) is now available to the
world in a public institution for the first time as the Taube Family Arthur Szyk Collection. A
display of enlarged reproductions of select collection items in the auditorium of The Magnes
presents the public with an unprecedented insight in the many worlds of Arthur Szyk.
Read more at http://bit.ly/worldsofarthurszyk
Image to Right: Arthur Szyk (1894-1951), Institute for the Publication of the Works of Arthur Szyk in Lwow (Self-Portrait), ca. 1932-1933, pen and ink on
paper, Taube Family Arthur Szyk Collection, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, University of California, Berkeley

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FALL 2017. PUBLIC PROGRAMS
WEEKLY PERFORMANCE SERIES l TUESDAYS, OCT. 24-DEC. 5, 5:30-7:00 PM

MAGIC SPELLS
VICTORIA HANNA
Tuesdays, 5:30-7:00 PM
October 24, 31;
November 7, 14, 21, 28;
December 5
The Magnes Auditorium
2121 Allston Way, Berkeley SCHUSTERMAN VISITING ISRAELI ARTIST, FALL 2017
at THE MAGNES COLLECTION, UC BERKELEY

Meet voice artist, Victoria Hanna (Jerusalem), and

watch as she develops MAGIC SPELLS, a new
performance repertoire based on Hebrew amulets
in The Magnes Collection.

This series is presented in conjunction with the

UC Berkeley course, Jewish Nightlife (Jewish 121-
001, Music 139), taught by Francesco Spagnolo.

During her Fall 2017 residency, Victoria Hanna will

also collaborate with other UC Berkeley courses
and units, and present in community settings
across the San Francisco Bay Area.

Read more at http://bit.ly/magicspells2017

Residency supported by the Israel Institute, which is dedicated

to enhancing knowledge and study of modern Israel.

LECTURE l DIANA MATUT

Yiddish Song in Early Modern Ashkenaz (c. 1500-1750):
Sources, Repertoire, Performance
Monday, September 25
5:30-7:00 PM
The Magnes Auditorium
2121 Allston Way, Berkeley

The Ashkenazim (Jews of Central and Eastern Europe) have been singing in Yiddish since the Middle
Ages. Their historical song repertoires were very different from today's Yiddish songs. Diana Matut's
lecture will explore the world of Renaissance and Baroque Yiddish song, and answer a set of specific
research questions, such as: What did the Jews of Krakw, Amsterdam, Prague and Frankfurt sing
about? Where did their melodies originate, and can they be reconstructed today? Through literary and Diana Matut, PhD, is a lecturer in Jewish Studies at the
University Halle-Wittenberg (Germany), and leader of the
musical examples, the lecture will also investigate how Jewish and Christian authorities reacted to the ensemble Simkhat Hanefesh (Joy of the Soul), which
texts and melodies of early Yiddish songs, and give a special emphasis to women's singing activities, performs Jewish music and Yiddish songs of the
and female vocal repertoires. Read more at http://bit.ly/lectureonyiddishsong Renaissance and Baroque periods.

This program was made possible in partnership with the following institutions: The Center for Jewish Studies,
The Music Department, and GHI West - Pacific Regional Office of the German Historical Institute Washington DC

THE MAGNES COLLECTION OF JEWISH ART AND LIFE

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
2121 ALLSTON WAY, BERKELEY, CA 94720
510.643.2526 . MAGNES.BERKELEY.EDU