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Leviim Jewish Art Gallery is sad to announce the tragic passing of Elena Flerova, a renowned Russian artist. She died at the age of 76. Born in 1943 in Moscow, USSR, Flerova was surrounded by the arts- her father worked as an artist-designer and her mother was a theater director and teacher. She attended the Surikov Fine Arts Institute in …
Hi Everyone! If you’ve taken a look at our Instagram recently, you’ll see that we’ve featured a whole host of different media, everything from gouache to ink to oils. Materials and medium not only effect the process of making a painting, but also what message an artist tries to convey with their work. When most of us think of “fine …
Hi Everyone! This week, I thought we’d dive into a bit of a lesson of the past: the history behind Chabad as we know it. While in high school, I never really had the chance to learn about Chabad- I only knew it was the organization that set up Chabad “houses” all over the globe, creating places and a network …
Hi Everybody! It’s Livia and I’m back for another blog post. This upcoming week, I’ll be celebrating my parents’ anniversary. I’ve been thinking a lot about joy, weddings, and how we choose to celebrate- something I’ve always really liked about Jewish weddings is the chuppah. The chuppah is the canopy that a majority of a Jewish wedding ceremony happens under, …
My name is Livia Zarge and I’m an intern this summer at Leviim Judaica Art Gallery this summer. I’m an art history major with a minor in linguistics, topped off with a love, as the major implies, for art. Whenever people ask me why I picked art history, I tell them it’s because I like to understand and learn history …
by Moshe Frank, Leviim Jewish Art Gallery People are asking, how is the Jewish art market doing during Covid-19? So far, there are no fire sales. We sold top shelf art during the crisis. The deals seem to be happening at the off brand artiat space. The top shelf artists, are traditionally owned by wealthy people. Who can ride a …
By Moshe Frank, Leviim Jewish Art Gallery What’s trending in the jewish art world today? The young jewish buyers aren’t buying the art their parents had in their living rooms. Contemporary jewish art is booming. People want strong playful colors and happy subjects. A friend once said, ” The orthodox Jewish market is usually ten years late on trends” Because …
By Moshe Frank, Leviim Jewish Art Gallery Why you should buy original paintings? When you buy original paintings, you are really just borrowing it. Because, if you buy well, you can sell it for the price you bought it or if you are lucky, much more. When you buy a print, it’s very decorative and inexpensive, but like new car, …
Interview of Chassidic artist Michoel Muchnik, by JEM Media As a young adult pursuing an art degree at the Rhode Island School of Design, I got caught up in the culture of the Sixties. It was not until I dropped out of school and got introduced to Chabad that things started to change for me. This happened in 1972 when …
By Moshe Frank, Leviim Jewish Art Gallery Who are the most expensive jewish artists today, who paint Jewish Art? Yesterday, a person passed my shop and commented that Jewish art has no value. So I was inspired to make a list of the most expensive jewish artists today. 1.) Isadore Kaufman, have sold on Sotheby’s for over 500,000. 2.) Reuven …