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On Sunday, May 3 at 2 p.m., renowned scholar and curator Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett will explore what it means to put Yiddish on display in The Yiddish Book Center’s 2026 Melinda Rosenblatt Lecture. Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett is University Professor Emerita and Professor Emerita of Performance Studies at New York University and Ronald S. Lauder Chief Curator of the Core Exhibition at POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, in Warsaw and she joins us now.

This week’s show features Paola Antonelli, Curator of Architecture and Design at MoMA, who says she prefers “small provocations”—the kind that sneak up on you rather than hit you over the head. Presented with the Viñoly Foundation, the episode’s inspirations include Prince as the person, Fiorucci on Via Torino in Milan as the place, the Boeing 747 as the thing, chickpeas as Randy’s thing, and music by Ethel.

Steve Clay and M.C. Kinniburgh are the curators of the Grolier Club exhibition After Words: Visual and Experimental Poetry in Little Magazines and Small Presses, 1960-2025. They assert, “The least interesting thing about a book is its contents.” Clay and Kinniburgh also tell about a Michael McClure poster and a Johanna Drucker book.

“Yiddish: A Global Culture” is an acclaimed and original permanent exhibition at The Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. It opened in Fall of 2023. The exhibition features hundreds of rare objects, family heirlooms, photographs, music, and videos that illuminate the expansive story of modern Yiddish cultural reach.Lisa Newman is director of publishing and public programs at The Yiddish Book Center. David Mazower is the center’s research bibliographer and editorial director - and is the chief curator and writer of “Yiddish: A Global Culture.”

This Saturday, September 7, the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York will open a major new exhibition entitled “Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum.”

The Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York will present the exhibition “René Treviño: Stab of Guilt” from February 17 through June 9 of this year.The artist’s first museum survey will feature almost 200 works from 2008 to the present, including new work created for the exhibition.

The new Norman Rockwell Museum exhibit “Tony Sarg: Genius at Play” is the first-ever comprehensive exhibition of Sarg's unique and wide-ranging body of work. Sarg is celebrated as the father of modern puppetry in North America, in addition to his careers as illustrator, animator, designer, entrepreneur, and showman.

Opalka Gallery’s new exhibit, “Up South: Reflections on the Great Migration by ransome,” is a solo exhibition of new work on view through April 22.

Infused with excitement for the future, The Hyde Collection has unveiled its 60thAnniversary Exhibition schedule, showcasing three current exhibitions, they have announced three full-time curators to support the Museum’s bright future.

Two exciting new works are premiering at EMPAC this week.