THE Jewish Board of Deputies in the United Kingdom is investigating complaints that an exhibition by leading South African artist, William Kentridge, is anti-Semitic. Offence has reportedly been caused by some of the animated films which form the focus of the exhibition and depict characters called Soho Eckstein and Felix Teitelbaum. Kentridge, himself a Jew, said the characters are informed by his own personal history. Serpentine Gallery spokesperson Kathy Stephenson said that Kentridge’s films have been shown in Europe, the United States and Australia and that Kentridge has been invited to exhibit at the Israel Museum. “No such [anti-Semitic] reading of his work has previously been suggested,” she said.