™Behind the Scenes: Insights into Nancy Lee Katz with Michael S. Sachs
Mon, Nov 2 · 12:00 pm–1:00 pm
Listed on MUSAY · checked Oct 22
When
Monday, November 2, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm
Where
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94720
Price
Not listed. Check with the venue before you go.
About
NANCY LEE KATZ: A PRIVATE PANTHEON PROGRAM Join the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life for Behind the Scenes: Insights into Nancy Lee Katz with Michael S. Sachs, a special lunch and learn on the life and work of the photographer with her partner. Sachs will be in conversation with Magnes Senior Curator, Dr. Alissa Schapiro. Questions and discussion welcome. All visitors are invited to bring their own brown bag lunch. Monday, November 2, 2026 12:00 – 1:00 pm In person at the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA If you have any questions about accessibility or require accommodations to participate in this event, please contact us at magnes@berkeley.edu or call us at (510) 643-2526 with as much advance notice as possible. About Michael S. Sachs Nancy and I were together for thirty-five years, the second half of her life. We went to concerts, operas, art exhibitions and movies in New York, and then spent weeks at a time with the most traditional peoples we could reach in remote regions of Africa and Indonesia. Nancy was fiercely independent. Socially adept, she talked with everyone. Remarkably, when she spoke to you there was no ego showing; it was all about you; perhaps that is what made it possible for her subjects to open up to her in the course of a one hour session. In her work there were three elements: the subject, the photographic image, and the photographer. No one else was permitted to participate; the closest I got was the garage at the Supreme Court. Similarly, she did not show her pictures to others or even mention them, wanting not to be consumed by chit-chat about the cultural icons she documented. At the age of 88, I am racing against time to foster a lasting legacy for her work. In addition, I am assembling a collection of 19th-century photographs for the Israel Museum, and preserving the largest collection of watercolors, drawings, prints and sculptures by M.C. Escher.
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Getting there
The Magnes does not operate its own parking lot. Two- and four-hour metered street parking is available throughout downtown Berkeley, payable by credit or debit card. Nearby paid garages include: Allston Way Parking Garage — between Shattuck and Milvia Oxford Parking Garage — on Kittredge, west of Oxford Center Street Garage — 2025 Center Street, accessible from Center or Addison Availability is not guaranteed, and many lots near campus charge special event pricing during major campus events…
Venue hours on Monday
The venue’s regular hours don’t cover this day. This event’s time comes from the listing.
Added to MUSAY Oct 10, 2026.