EXHIBITION REVIEW: “Joan Semmel: In the Flesh” is on view at the Jewish Museum through May 31, 2026.

After returning from Spain to New York in 1970, Semmel switched from abstract expressionism to painting nudes.

A wide view of a museum exhibition shows several large-scale figurative paintings of nude bodies mounted on white partition walls, with a few visitors standing and walking through the open, brightly lit space.

“Joan Semmel: In the Flesh” is on view at the Jewish Museum through May 31, 2026.

EXHIBITION REVIEW: “Joan Semmel: In the Flesh” is on view at the Jewish Museum through May 31, 2026.
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