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Burlington Contemporary is the Burlington Magazine’s free online platform for reviews and research on international contemporary art.
Although the fact that Pablo Picasso is the most famous artist of the twentieth century – some would say now the most famous artist of all time – is ample reason to have celebrated on such a large scale the fiftieth anniversary of his death on 5th April 1973, the sheer quantity of commemorative events can also be explained as an explosion of energy by museums across the world, liberated from the constraints imposed by the pandemic.
This exhibition, curated by Joan Molina Figueras, examines the image medieval Spanish Christians had of Jews and Jewish converts. It comprises a carefully chosen selection of seventy-one works of art that represent Jews and Judaism, created mainly by Christians between the thirteenth century and 1492, when the Jews were expelled from Spain. Its title needs some explanation.
