Lecture & Musical Performance

World‑renowned violinist Ilana Zaks Nederlander honors the legacy of Holocaust survivor and artist Boris Lurie (1924–2008) and his NO!art movement through a program of works by Jewish composers whose lives were shaped by the Holocaust. Vocalist Beth Griffen, joined by dancer and poet Yehuda Hyman, performs an English rendition of Marieluise. A Report by Kerstin Specht, drawing connections between these artists’ experiences and their enduring creative resilience.

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Speaking in Pairs is curated by Reiner Leist, Professor of Art & Art History at Hunter College, with MA and MFA students enrolled in the Advanced Curatorial Certificate Seminar. The exhibition is organized by Katie Hood Morgan, Chief Curator and Deputy Director, and Tara Ohanian, Assistant Curator and Exhibitions Manager. Exhibition design: Louisa Thompson and Reiner Leist in collaboration with curatorial fellows Caitlin Anklam, Adrienne Keller, and Sofia Rivera. MA and MFA students: Noa Raviv, Kendall Rogers, Vivek Sebastian, and Ingrid Song.

The exhibition is made possible by The Leonard A. Lauder Exhibition and Catalogue Fund, the Boris Lurie Art Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the Crossway Foundation. A catalogue, co-published with Hirmer Publishers and forthcoming in Fall 2026, is funded by a grant from the Wolf Kahn Foundation and the Emily Mason and Alice Trumbull Mason Foundation on behalf of artists Emily Mason and Wolf Kahn.

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