Stéphane Mandelbaum, "Ernst Röhm" (1981), graphite, gouache, marker and color pencil on paper, 54 3/4 x 47 1/4 inches; Collection Bilinelli, Milan (photo by ...
In 1980s Belgium, this Jewish artist dared to blur the lines between victims and villains. A bracing retrospective is now at the Drawing Center. By Jason Farago Egon Schiele or Ana Mendieta, Amy ...
It’s a bizarre story, even for the art world. In 1986, a promising 25-year-old Belgian artist named Stéphane Mandelbaum was ever so slightly adrift. He’d left home and settled in a Jewish neighborhood ...