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The exhibition focuses on the work of the Jewish artist Benyamin Reich. Running from February 19 to April 3, 2026, the exhibition presents the “Talmud Curtain” (Parochet), a multifaceted installation that places Jewish, Christian, and Hellenistic-classical traditions in dialogue with one another. In his artistic work, Reich combines photography, text, and religious symbolism into a dense visual language that explores questions of holiness and profanity, physicality and transcendence. His works open up an interreligious and contemporary space for discourse, intertwining past and present.
At the heart of the exhibition by the Jewish artist Benyamin Reich is a large installation: the Talmud curtain (Hebrew: “Parochet”). During Lent, it veils the altar of St. Matthew’s Church.
In its discursive structure, image and text, writing and visuality, intertwine – like a text that enters the world and raises questions. The artist’s tapestry of Talmudic texts, Kabbalistic symbols, and images is reminiscent of the finely embroidered curtain of the Temple in Jerusalem, as well as the curtains of all subsequent synagogues, which, according to rabbinic understanding, trace their origins back to a metaphysical curtain in heaven. At the same time, it evokes Christian Lenten veils, which traditionally cover the altar of …
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Image above: Photo: Benyamin Reich
