The Jewish Museum Hosts LEO CASTELLI AND HIS CIRCLE 10/7
The Jewish Museum will present Leo Castelli and His Circle, a conversation program on Thursday, October 7 at 6:30 pm. Leo Castelli reigned for decades as America's most influential art dealer. Until recently, Castelli's life as an Italian Jew had not been fully explored. Author Annie Cohen-Solal, whose new book, Leo and His Circle: The Life of Leo Castelli, traces the fortunes of the Castelli family, is joined by scholars Robert Pincus-Witten and Barbara Jakobson for a conversation about Castelli and how his Old World background influenced his role as a visionary in every major new movement, from Pop to Conceptual art, and informed his guarded but magnetic personality.
Tickets for this program are $15 for the general public; $12 for students and seniors; and $10 for Jewish Museum members. For further information regarding programs at The Jewish Museum, the public may call 212.423.3337. Tickets for lectures, film screenings and concerts at The Jewish Museum can now be purchased online at the Museum's Web site, www.thejewishmuseum.org.
Annie Cohen-Solal was born in Algeria and received a Ph.D. in French literature from the Sorbonne. She is currently Visiting Arts Professor at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University Her acclaimed Sartre biography, Sartre: A Life, was an international best seller, translated into sixteen languages. She received the Art Curial Prize for the best contemporary art book for the French edition of Leo Castelli and His Circle in 2010.
Robert Pincus-Witten was a founding member of the Doctoral Faculty of the City University of New York. During three decades as an educator he also edited Artforum and Arts Magazine, published several books published several books of criticism and contributed to numerous museum catalogues.
Barbara Jakobson is a collector of contemporary art, decorative arts and industrial design, a life trustee of The Museum of Modern Art and The Architectural League of New York, and was a close friend of Leo Castelli.
An infrared assistive listening system for the hearing impaired is available for programs in the Museum's S. H. and Helen R. Scheuer Auditorium.
Public Programs at The Jewish Museum are supported, in part, by public funds from by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Major annual support is provided by the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency. The stage lighting has been funded by the Office of Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer. The audio-visual system has been funded by New York State Assembly Member Jonathan Bing.
Widely admired for its exhibitions and educational programs that inspire people of all backgrounds, The Jewish Museum is the preeminent United States institution exploring the intersection of 4,000 years of art and Jewish culture. The Jewish Museum was established in 1904, when Judge Mayer Sulzberger donated 26 ceremonial art objects to The Jewish Theological Seminary of America as the core of a museum collection. Today, the Museum maintains an important collection of 26,000 objects-paintings, sculpture, works on paper, photographs, archaeological artifacts, ceremonial objects, and broadcast media. General Information
Museum hours are Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, 11am to 5:45pm; Thursday, 11am to 8pm; and Friday, 11am to 4pm. Museum admission is $12.00 for adults, $10.00 for senior citizens, $7.50 for students, free for children under 12 and Jewish Museum members. Admission is free on Saturdays. For general information on The Jewish Museum, the public may visit the Museum's website at http://www.thejewishmuseum.org or call 212.423.3200. The Jewish Museum is located at 1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, Manhattan.
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