Remembrance and Renewal: American Artists and the Holocaust, 1940–1970

Remembrance and Renewal is the first exhibition to examine the impact of the Holocaust on the development of midcentury American art. It brings together 74 works of art from collections nationwide, featuring a wide range of aesthetic approaches by artists both canonical and little known.

An accompanying catalogue is published by Yale University Press.

Generous support for this exhibition and catalogue has been provided by the Henry Luce Foundation; the Foltyn Family; the Dorit and Gerald Paul Fund for Jewish Culture and the Arts in the Borns Jewish Studies Program, Indiana University; Glick Philanthropies; the Herbert Simon Family Foundation; the IU Presidential Arts and Humanities program; the Jewish Culture Center, Indiana University; the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture; the Boris Lurie Art Foundation and the Schaina & Josephina Lurje Memorial Foundation; Jack and Grace Dayan; POSH on Kirkwood, Elliot R. Lewis; the Pressman Family; Paula W. Sunderman, PhD; Dorit S. Paul; faculty research funding from the Borns Jewish Studies Program, Indiana University; Daniel Klausner; Paul Robins and Idie Kesner; and Jo and Steve Ham.

Curator talk: November 12, 2025 at 12 p.m. Exhibition curator Jenny McComas will present a talk about Remembrance and Renewal for the Fritz Ascher Society in New York. Register for the event (virtual/Zoom): "Confronting the Holocaust in Midcentury American Art."