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  1. Exhibition

    a smile, they said

    April 4, 2013–January 12, 2014

    … A Project by Antje Schiffers and Thomas Sprenger April 4, 2013–January 12, 2014 Everyone is welcome at the Skirball Cultural Center, yet every encounter is unique, inflected by culture, age, and origin. This was the theme of a smile, they said , a site-specific mural created by Berlin-based artists Antje Schiffers and Thomas Sprenger as part …

  2. Exhibition

    Café Vienne

    October 23, 2014–March 10, 2015

    … October 23, 2014–March 10, 2015 Café Vienne  was a site-specific exhibition developed for the Skirball by Austrian artist Isa Rosenberger (b. 1969). Within this immersive installation, which paid tribute to the important cultural role of Viennese coffee houses, Rosenberger honored little-known Jewish writer Gina Kaus …

  4. Press Release

    Skirball Cultural Center reopens to the public with SoCal debut of large-scale installation AI WEIWEI: TRACE

    … FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 1, 2021 at 12:00 PM Media Contacts: Emma Jacobson-Sive, EJS Media, emma@ejs-media.com , (323) 842-2064 Skirball Cultural Center, communications@skirball.org , Download the press … Originally commissioned in 2014, Trace first opened as part of @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz, a site-specific takeover of the former Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco, and a …

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  6. Program

    Late Night! Wild Things Are Happening

    Friday, May 10, 2024

    … Public Programs Special Event Friday, May 10, 2024, 6:30–10:30 pm Friday, May 10, 2024 Let the wild rumpus start! With food, drinks, music, and fun, come celebrate the imaginative worlds of Maurice Sendak with special late-night gallery access … + paper crown making (inspired by Max from Where the Wild Things Are ). This program is part of Site & Sounds—an experiential live event series, curated by LAist, and centered on site-based …

  7. 2024–25 Recipient of The Friedman Prize

    … Friedman Prize) to Andrew Fogel for his essay, "Superman's Jaw."  In his essay, Dr. Fogel challenges the view of Superman being Jewish using memoranda, popular journalism and literature, … a Superman ghost artist’s master’s thesis, Jerry Siegel’s unpublished memoir, photographs, comic art, children’s costumes, stand-up comedy, and pseudoscientific discourse of the male body … perspective renders Superman’s head as a rectangle. Moreover, Swan’s Jekyll and Hyde composite of the hero’s face unmistakably illustrated the unscientific notions of effeminacy and …

  8. Exhibition

    Chloë Bass: Wayfinding

    November 17, 2022–September 17, 2023

    … poses questions about human relationships. About the Exhibition Engage in moments of quiet reflection and meaningful exchange through the Skirball Cultural Center's first-ever outdoor … Chloë Bass (b. 1984), Wayfinding is organized into five sections—each anchored by an open-ended question presented on a large, mirrored sculpture. Surrounding each question are several … exist with others. Wayfinding concludes its national tour at the Skirball and features a new, site-specific fifth section, as well as an audio artwork narrated by Bass and Los Angeles …

  9. History

    … the Founder Uri D. Herscher is the visionary and founder of the Skirball Cultural Center. He led the Skirball from its inception in the early 1980s and was named Founding President and CEO … in that role until June 2020. Dr. Herscher is a scholar, administrator, and rabbi whose abiding commitment to Jewish values—which he embraces as universally ethical in essence and practice—has … conceptualization and creation of the Skirball. He also identified the fifteen-acre building site, chosen for its centrality and accessibility within the vast urban fabric of greater Los …

  10. Artist Q&A: Aram Han Sifuentes

    … From left to right: The Official Unofficial Voting Station: Voting for All Who Legally Can't , … working in fiber, performance, and social practice art. In anticipation of the Skirball’s upcoming exhibitions of her work, The Official Unofficial Voting Station: Voting for All Who … determine what shows up on the ballots? The Official Unofficial Voting Station functions as a site of empowerment, a site of protest, a site for sharing resources, a site for social …