50,000 visitors to Boris Lurie
17.7.2024

The Vitella Calvert family was surprised when, on July 14, they visited the “Life with the Dead” exhibition was welcomed to the Scuola Grande San Giovanni Evangelista. Since April 17, this has been showing Center for Persecuted Arts And the Boris Lurie Art Foundation the work of artist and Holocaust survivor Boris Lurie in Venice. There was already a great deal of interest in the first week, with visitor numbers in some cases reaching four-digit numbers per day. The show also receives a lot of attention in the trade press.
Director Dr. Jürgen Kaumkötter was present when the round number of visitors got closer and a Swedish family finally tore the brand. “We didn't want to make too much fuss about it, but they received a catalog and also the Boris Lurie bags and were very happy about it.” The family around Era Vitella, Astrid Vitella Calvert and Ulf Calvert was able to choose for themselves who are exactly the 50,000 visitors.
The three guests were most impressed by the fact that so many people were visiting the exhibition. “We then talked to other visitors about the relevance of Boris Lurie's art for today. That was really moving. ”
Just four days later, on July 18, Boris Lurie would have been 100 years old. The Boris Lurie Art Foundation took the milestone anniversary as an opportunity to show and remember his art parallel to the 60th Venice Biennale. Rafael Vostel, European representative of the New York Foundation, found it easy to choose a suitable cooperation partner: The Center for Persecuted Arts Work very successfully in the areas of remembrance and the fight against anti-Semitism as well as against the enemies of democracy. “It is heard nationwide and even as far as the USA. ”
Dr. Jürgen Kaumkötter says of Lurie's work: “Through his art, Boris Lurie revealed the horrors of the Holocaust and the hypocrisy of the post-war period with unwavering honesty and held up an everlasting mirror to the world. ”
The exhibition can be seen until November 24. By then, the exhibition organizers also hope to be able to welcome 100,000 visitors.
Press review
- Kunstforum.de, 22.03.2024: Venice: Boris Lurie exhibition during 60th Biennale
- news.artnet.com, 19.4.2024: There Are a Ton of Shows to See Around the Venice Biennale—Here's Our Take on What's Worth Seeing (and What's Not) (Jo Lawson-Tancred)
- taz.de, 19.4.2024: Venice Biennale Tour - Celebrate the Mingling (Sophia Jung)
- WDR local time in Bergisches Land, 19.04.2024: Solingen Center for Persecuted Arts at the Venice Biennale
- Monopol magazine, 24.4.2024: Boris Lurie in Venice — exhausting, disturbing, great art (Bernhard Schulz)
- Tachles, The Jewish Weekly Magazine, 26.4.2024: Large-scale exhibition on Boris Lurie in Venice (Andreas Mink)
- Solinger Tageblatt, 29.4.2024: In Venice, gunmen watch out for Jewish art (Philipp Müller)
- Haaretz, 6.5.2024: Boris Lurie survived the Holocaust. His art remained in a concentration camp (Naama Riva)
- Tagesspiegel, 30.6.2024: Summer at the lagoon: Ten exciting tips for the Venice Art Biennale (Nicola Kuhn)
- Il Bo Live, University of Padova, 14.7.2024: Venezia, i “Fuori” Biennale (Julia Granzotto)
- Solinger Tageblatt, 16.7.2024: 50,000 visitors have wanted to see the Solingen show in Venice so far (Philipp Müller)
- Kunstforum International, Vol. 297 Textile Revivals: Boris Lurie — Life with the Dead. On the 100th birthday of the artist (Uta M. Reindl)
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