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Vancouver Antiquarian Book Fair
The Szyk Haggadah, exhibited by Irvin Ungar
Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Friday, October 15 – Saturday, October 16, 2010 -
"Justice Illuminated: The Art of Arthur Szyk"
Presentation by Irvin Ungar
Forest Hills Jewish Center, Forest Hills, NY
Sunday, November 21, 2010, 10:00am -
Codex International Book Fair
The Szyk Haggadah, exhibited by Irvin Ungar
ASUC Student Union Building, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Sunday, February 6 &ndash Wednesday, February 9, 2011 -
44th California Antiquarian Book Fair
The Szyk Haggadah, exhibited by Irvin Ungar
Concourse Exhibition Center, San Francisco, CA
Friday, February 11 – Sunday, February 13, 2011 -
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Worldwide Acclaim
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“Arthur Szyk’s drawings are evidence of an exceptional mastery of crafts and of artistic inspiration.”
— Katja Widmann and Johannes Zechner
Curators, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, 2008 -
“To call Arthur Szyk the greatest illuminator since the sixteenth century is no flattery. It is the simple truth which becomes manifest to any person who studies his work with the care which it deserves.”
— Cecil Roth
Historian, London, 1940s -
“[Szyk] makes not only cartoons, but beautiful composed pictures which suggest, in their curiously decorative quality, the inspired illuminations of the early religious manuscripts.”
— Thomas Craven
Art Critic, New York, 1940s
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Press Coverage
The worldwide press is actively covering every aspect of the Szyk renaissance. Below you will find recent articles on Szyk art exhibitions, The Szyk Haggadah, and more.
“Arthur Szyk: A New Exhibit of the Great Illuminator”
by Richard Z. Chesnoff
The Huffington Post
April 12, 2010
Preview of Broome Street Gallery exhibition in New York. "The great illuminator is more than worthy of a major retrospective of his works in New York at MOMA and/or The Jewish Museum. The time has come!"
“To Serve My People, Part I”
by Richard McBee
The Jewish Press
March 12, 2010
First installment of a two-part review of the art, history, and politics of The Szyk Haggadah, by painter and writer McBee.
“To Serve My People, Part II”
by Richard McBee
The Jewish Press
March 17, 2010
Second installment of a two-part review of The Szyk Haggadah.
“A Controversial Twist on the ‘Four Sons’”
by Rafael Medoff
The Jewish Exponent (Philadelphia)
March 18, 2010
In this feature article, the director of the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies offers his thoughts on a 1945 Passover advertisement with a modern take on the “Four Sons” of the Haggadah.
“Arthur Szyk and His Books of Esther”
by Irvin Ungar
Hadassah Magazine
February/March 2010
For the Purim issue of Hadassah Magazine, Irvin compares and contrasts two striking images from Arthur Szyk's two interpretations of the story of Esther.
“An Artist for All Seasons”
by Mordechai Beck
The Jerusalem Report
January 18, 2010
Beck reviews Freedom Illuminated: Understanding The Szyk Haggadah. “Szyk's illustrations still [have] significance for the contemporary world; perhaps even more so than when [The Haggadah] was first published.”
“New Life for Arthur Szyk”
by A.J. Goldmann
The Jewish Daily Forward
April 20, 2009
Goldmann reviews the Szyk exhibitions at the Deutsches Historisches Museum and The Broome Street Gallery: “[Szyk] fought the National Socialist regime and the Axis powers with all the venom his pen and brush could muster.”
“A Newly Available Companion to The Szyk Haggadah”
by Jennifer Breger
Washington Jewish Week
April 2, 2009
Breger reviews Freedom Illuminated: Understanding The Szyk Haggadah: “Szyk’s life and career were dedicated to the ideals of freedom and justice and his passion comes through in his art.”
“Soldier with a Paintbrush”
by Toby Axelrod
Hadassah Magazine
October 2008
Axelrod reviews the Deutsches Historisches Museum exhibition: “[The] dramatic events and themes of the first half of the 20th century unfold through Szyk’s eyes.”
“Berlin Art”
by J.S. Marcus
The Wall Street Journal
December 12, 2008
Marcus reviews the Deutsches Historisches Museum exhibition: “[Szyk’s] vision…recalled the late-Gothic woodcuts of Cranach and the vivid colors of medieval illuminated manuscripts.”
“A Caricaturist, but No Funny Stuff Here”
by Michael Kimmelman
The New York Times
September 8, 2008
Kimmelman reviews the Deutsches Historisches Museum exhibition: “Illustrations like ‘Fortress Europe,’ ‘Wagner,’ and ‘Ride of the Valkyries’ are more intricate than Swiss watch works and sublimely obsessive.”
“The Szyk Haggadah, Revived and Illuminated”
by Gabrielle Birkner
The New York Sun
April 18, 2008
Birkner reviews the new edition of The Szyk Haggadah: “The multifaceted and intricately detailed images allude to David and Goliath, and depict Moses with a bodybuilder’s physique.”
“Szyk Haggadah Goes High-Tech”
by Sandee Brawarsky
The New York Jewish Week
April 16, 2008
Brawarsky reviews the new edition of The Szyk Haggadah: “Historicana is publishing a new limited edition of The Szyk Haggadah, the first to be printed in the United States, and the first digitally produced volume.”
“Drawing on Experience”
by Tom Tugend
The Jerusalem Post
April 11, 2008
Tugend reviews the new edition of The Szyk Haggadah: “Szyk was a Jew, a Pole, an American, and always an artist, whose brilliant paintings and cartoons could give new life to ancient traditions or eviscerate a Hitler or Mussolini.”
“Szyk Transit”
by Steven Heller
Print Magazine
February 2008
Heller describes the production of the new edition of The Szyk Haggadah: “Almost everything [Szyk] did—even his illustrations for fairy tales—were imbued with appeals for universal social justice.”
“The Szyk Haggadah”
by Rollin Milroy
Amphora Journal
October 2007
Milroy describes the production of the new edition of The Szyk Haggadah: “A new deluxe edition of the illuminated Haggadah created by Arthur Szyk…will be the most faithful reproduction of the original artwork ever achieved.”
