The Kyiv Museum invites you to lectures and an exhibition in Brooklyn.

The Kyiv Museum invites you to lectures and an exhibition in Brooklyn.
It's always a pleasure to visit Sable Gallery, where its owner, Inessa Sable, welcomes guests with warmth and attention. For many years, she has been involved in charity work and supporting artists, and her gallery has become a venue for exhibitions, concerts, drawing classes, and meetings.
The gallery recently opened a special exhibition featuring works from the Sholem Aleichem Museum collection, which will run until April 3. In today's climate, when the war makes it extremely difficult to travel to Kyiv, the opportunity to see these works in New York takes on particular significance.
The exhibition was accompanied by a lecture by Irina Klimova, director of the Kyiv Museum, who uncovered little-known chapters in the history of art and culture in Judaism. Among the works on display were paintings by Irina Klimova and household items from that period—many visitors recognized glasses in coasters, a Primus stove, and a Singer sewing machine, recalling loved ones in whose homes they had seen these objects some 50 years earlier in their home countries. Engravings by Marc Chagall, an artist with a unique life story whose work bridges diverse cultural traditions, were also on display. Like Sholem Aleichem (Solomon Rabinovich), he embarked on a journey of identity-seeking, reflecting it in his art.
Particular attention was given to the phenomenon of Jewish culture, where the visual arts had long been constrained by religious restrictions. However, by the early 20th century, thanks in part to the Kultur-Liga association, artists sought to express their identity through new forms, merging tradition and the avant-garde.
The lecture also recalled the fate of Sholem Aleichem, one of the greatest writers of his time. His works, written in Yiddish, strikingly combine humor and profound drama. In 1914, he was treated in Germany, and when the war began, he was unable to return to Russia and spent the last years of his life in the United States, where he died in 1916. Between 150,000 and 300,000 people came to pay his last respects, a testament to the people's genuine love.
His legacy lives on today—in books, theater, and music. Works like "Tevye the Dairyman" and the musical "Fiddler on the Roof," based on it, continue to touch audiences worldwide.
The exhibition became more than just a cultural event, but a living bridge between Kyiv and New York, a reminder of the power of art to unite people, preserve memories, and give everyone the opportunity to see something of their own in it.
Marina Lagunova