Art

Facing the Sea: Portraits of Resilience

Artist Daniel Tchetchik’s Facing the Sea, created with Israeli nonprofit HaGal Sheli, features portraits and personal stories exploring trauma, resilience and the sea’s healing power.

From right to left Eden Shmuel, Yaron Waksman, Daniel Tchetchik, Manon Slome. Photo credit HaGal Sheli
Ariane Littman’s ‘Sanguine Fields’ feeds off the utopian prophecy in Mordechai Ardon’s monumental stained-glass window triptych.

Swiss-born Jerusalem artist Ariane Littman spreads her wares across the nation

A fire burns next to a sign reading "Inequality of opportunity" during an authorised demonstration organised by a labour union in Marseille, France, October 24, 2026

France deploys 70,000 police to try to contain nationwide protests

The Mine Film 2026 – Lake of Void.

Beneath a German lake, above a Nazi bunker: Israeli artist explores buried memory - feature


Tel Aviv's Zemack Gallery goes on an American Dream ‘Road Trip’ with artist Yigal Ozeri

Israeli-born painter Yigal Ozeri returns to themes of American iconography in his new solo exhibition, Road Trip, debuting October 22 at the Zemack Gallery in Tel Aviv.

YIGAL OZERI’S ‘Forgotten Motel,’ 30x30 inches, oil on canvas, 2026.

Eretz Israel Museum to host 'MUZA on the Line' at Tel Aviv Light Rail's Allenby station

The exhibition showcases the talents of more than 20 prominent Israeli artists and creators, including Meira Una, Dafna Birger, and Esti Drori.

ALLENBY STATION, Tel Aviv. The exhibition aims to bring culture directly into public spaces traversed by thousands of commuters every day.

Israeli Choreographer Shahar Binyamini and Gesher Theatre to feature in Baku

The Baku International Arts Festival (BIAF) will be showcasing two Israeli acts at this year's edition, starting at the end of October.

Azerbaijan State Academic Russian Drama Theatre.

Jewish writer barred from London group over Zionist beliefs, UKLFI warns of Equality Act breach

Although UKLFI warned the venue directors that canceling the event could also constitute unlawful discrimination, directors Marion Zoelle and Uroš Dežutelj rejected the accusations.

Joshua Rinkoff.

German artist Barbara Hines unveils first solo exhibit in Israel after discovering Jewish roots

Unbeknownst to Hines, both of her parents were Jewish survivors who hid in plain sight as German Christians to evade the Nazis.

Barbara Hines's exhibition is the culmination of a profound spiritual and personal journey that began when Hines discovered her family’s hidden Holocaust history.

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‘Tangles’ still frame, based on Sarah Leavitt’s graphic novel (see Tuesday).

Grassroots literary movement turns October 7 grief into books with new 'Bound in Memory' exhibition

The profound literary archive showcases the hundreds of biographies deposited at the library since the outbreak of the war.

The "Bound in Memory" exhibit at the National Library of Israel.

Reflecting on three years of arts coverage since October 7: Balancing culture, tragedy - comment

Over the past three years, as an arts and culture writer, I have tried my best to cope with the events of October 7 by striking a balance between arts chronicling those killed in the war.

A destroyed safe room in Kfar Aza in October 2023. ‘At moments, I wondered if my work was futile: Did we even need arts coverage during this period?’ asks the writer.

'One of most prominent figures in Israeli culture': Singer, theater icon Illy Gorlizki dies at 91

Veteran actor, singer, and stage star Illy Gorlizki, a defining figure in Israeli culture for more than seven decades, has died at 91.

Israeli actor and musician Ili Gorlizki. October 21, 2015.

Gilat Foundation uses theater to bring moments of childhood back to hospitalized Israeli children

The foundation brings interactive therapeutic performances to pediatric hospitals across Israel. Led by trained actor-therapists, the programs are tailored to children’s physical and emotional needs.

Actor-therapists bring interactive performances into Israeli pediatric hospitals, helping young patients regain a sense of choice, connection, and ordinary childhood.