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This event is in the past.It took place on June 4, 2026 at The Jewish Museum.

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Of Angels and Doubles: Paul Klee’s Angelus Novus from Berlin to Jerusalem 1
Fine Arts Talk
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Of Angels and Doubles: Paul Klee’s Angelus Novus from Berlin to Jerusalem

At The Jewish Museum

Carnegie Hill

Walter Benjamin's famous "Angel of History" takes center stage in this deep dive into Paul Klee's iconic drawing. Art historian Annie Bourneuf unpacks how reproductions, from exhibition facsimiles to Benjamin's own writings, shaped the angel's legendary status.

Walter Benjamin
Paul Klee
lecture series
art reproduction

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📚by author of Behind the Angel of History
🎨explores how copies shaped the original's fame
🎟️includes museum admission

The Jewish Museum

1109 5th Ave &, E 92nd St, New York, NY 10128, USA

$24

thejewishmuseum.org

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