A Sneak Peek Inside a Legacy of World-Class Collecting

In recent months the saga of the Sassoon family has been a hot topic. It was chronicled onscreen in , a biopic directed by Terence Davies that focuses on the tormented, glamorous life of First World War–era poet Siegfried Sassoon, and in print in , by historian (and descendant) Joseph Sassoon, which charts the rise and fall of the family’s empire, across three continents and two centuries. Now a major museum exhibition, “The Sassoons,” is opening March 3 at the Jewish Museum in New York. It presents perhaps the most vivid picture yet of the family, through more than 120… Read Full Article