Ori Soltes in conversation with Siona Benjamin

Ori Z. Soltes will be in conversation with our Siona Benjamin  at ACA Galleries in NYC.

April 1, 2-4 pm

RSVP at rsvp@acagalleries.com

ACA Galleries, 529 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011

This event is in conjunction with Benjamin’s exhibition “Beyond Borders”, on view until April 22nd, 2017. Siona Benjamin’s first exhibition at ACA Galleries  features her recent work from the Exodus Series. 

Read article about the exhibit in the NY Jewish Week here.

Ori Soltes currently teaches theology, philosophy and art history at Georgetown University. He has lectured at dozens of museums across the country, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Dr. Soltes was Director and Chief Curator of the B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, where he created over 80 exhibitions focusing on aspects of history, ethnography and contemporary art. Nearly 250 publications—books, articles, and catalogue essays—have included, among others: Tradition and Transformation: Three Millennia of Jewish Art & Architecture; Eight Thousand Years of Georgian Art; Fixing the World: Jewish American Painters in the Twentieth Century; Our Sacred Signs: How Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Art Draw from the Same Source. He is an Advisor to the Jewish Art Salon.

 

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Save the date for a second gallery event.

ACA Galleries and the Jewish Art Salon are pleased to present:

Blue Like Me, a documentary that profiles Indian-American artist Siona Benjamin.

Join us Wednesday, April 19th, 2017, 6pm – 8pm

6:00-7:00 pm Reception at Siona’s exhibition Beyond Borders

7:00-7:30 pm Introductions & Screening of the documentary

7:30-8:00 pm Meet and greet

RSVP for April 19th HERE

ACA Galleries, 529 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011