Boris Lurie: Echoes of Memory - Music, Art, and the Holocaust

Sun Nov 16 2025 at 04:00 pm to 06:00 pm UTC-05:00

Indiana University 1133 E 7th St, Bloomington, IN, United States, Indiana 47405 | Bloomington

Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University
Publisher/HostEskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University
Boris Lurie: Echoes of Memory - Music, Art, and the Holocaust
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A concert–lecture collaboration with the Boris Lurie Art Foundation
Sunday, November 16th, 4-6 p.m, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Martin Commons.
Join us for a multidisciplinary tribute to Boris Lurie (1924–2008)—Holocaust survivor, artist, activist, and founder of the NO!art movement—through a powerful synthesis of historical music, visual art, archival testimony, and live performance.
The program is grounded in the emotional, artistic, and testimonial impulses central to Lurie’s work: radical remembrance, personal catharsis, and resistance to aesthetic complacency.
Featuring violinist Ilana Zaks-Nederlander, this emotionally charged program honors Lurie’s legacy with works by Jewish composers persecuted during the Holocaust, including Hans Krása, Szymon Laks, Dick Kattenburg, Erwin Schulhoff, and Ernest Bloch.
Opening remarks by Stephanie Stebich, Executive Director of the Boris Lurie Art Foundation, and excerpts from the Fortunoff Video Archive at Yale University deepen the historical and testimonial context.
Includes Q&A with Zaks-Nederlander and Stebich.
Artist Bio Ilana Zaks-Nederlander is an acclaimed soloist and interdisciplinary performer, with appearances at Carnegie Hall, The Concertgebouw, and the Berliner Philharmonie. She teaches at Boston University Tanglewood Institute and Rollins College, and curates multimedia projects exploring memory and resilience.
The Boris Lurie Art Foundation preserves and promotes the legacy of Boris Lurie, whose uncompromising art confronts memory, trauma, and injustice. The Foundation supports exhibitions, publications, and educational initiatives that reflect Lurie’s radical vision and commitment to social critique.
The work of Boris Lurie is featured in the exhibition, Remembrance and Renewal: American Artists and the Holocaust, 1940–1970, open for viewing before the program until 5 p.m.
Registration is not required.
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