A concert–lecture collaboration with the Boris Lurie Art Foundation

Thursday, February 19th 2026, 6:30-8:30pm

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.

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.