The art critic Robert Hughes once called Marc Chagall “the quintessential Jewish artist of the twentieth century.” But his reputation was twofold—some considered him the best Jewish artist and others simply a modernist pioneer. Born in Belarus in 1887, Chagall relocated to Paris in 1910, and would live most of his long life in France, leaving the country for the duration of both World Wars. Chagall’s first days in Paris were hard and lonely. He didn’t speak French and longed for the comforts of his hometown, Vitebsk. Eventually he befriended Robert Delaunay and Fernand Léger. He began channeling his home through his heart, through Jewish motifs and imagery. Chagall died in 1985, at age 97. This exhibition, organized by the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, consists of 100 works accompanied by Jewish ritual objects. —Elena Clavarino