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Paul Klee’s Angels and Demons

A brilliant survey of the artist’s work at the Jewish Museum, including drawings inspired by his Nazi harassment, makes the case for his stature among modern artists. It also makes a courageous statement about the return of authoritarianism today.

Paul Klee
A photograph of Paul Klee, 1928. Photo: Hugo Erfurth/Sepia Times/Getty Images
Marion Maneker
July 14, 2026

I’ll admit that I wanted to see Paul Klee: Other Possible Worlds at the Jewish Museum primarily because the show, a survey of the late work of one of the least discussed but most important artists of the modern era, contained a single work of great personal and historical interest to me. And I meant to write about it sooner, but the calendar got in the way. Now the show has fewer than 12 days to run, but I still wanted to tell you about it—and suggest that, if you’re in New York through July 26, you go see it.