Art

Antisemitic art may upset British Jews, but is it illegal? - analysis

In the United Kingdom, freedom of expression and protection from hate speech are both protected by law, and these protections sometimes clash.

Exhibition 'Drawings Against Genocide' by British artist and art critic Matthew Collings.
Exhibition 'Drawings Against Genocide' by British artist and art critic Matthew Collings.

UK art exhibition sparks outrage over drawings of Jews eating babies, Oct. 7 rape denial

60,000-year-old ostrich eggshells.

60,000-year-old ostrich eggshells reveal humanity’s first brush with geometry

Scene from Ramose's Book of the Dead showing an illustration of a jackal corrected with "Wite-Out," March 18, 2026.

Ancient Egyptian scribes used 'Wite-Out' correction liquid to fix mistakes in sacred texts


Escaping reality: Eilat offers 100 free activities until March, under Home Front Command guidelines

Despite the challenging times, the southern city offers a break with the “101 Experiences, 0 Shekels” project: workshops, tastings, live music and guest chefs in dozens of free events.

Eilat 100 offers activities for free until the end of March

Be a refusenik: Survival guide for Jewish students facing campus antisemitism

New playbook for Jewish defiance on campus takes a page from Soviet refuseniks.

David Hazony (from L) Natan Sharansky, Rawan Osman, Izabella Tabarovsky, and  Noah Shufutinsky at the January launch event for Be a Refusenik at the Menachem  Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem.

Exhibition 'Yakir's Light' brings together art by a fallen soldier and his mother

The show combines drawings and photographs with pictures of architectural projects, which is a little unusual. Additionally, one artist is living, and the other is dead, which is very unusual.

The two artists whose work is in the ‘Yakir’s Light’ exhibition: Chaya Hexter and her son Yakir Hexter, who served as a combat engineer in the 8219th Battalion of the Commando Special Forces Unit and was killed in Gaza in January 2024.

Three artists, three questions: Perspectives on art - opinion

Explore the minds of three artists as they discuss art, creativity, and what makes their work stand out.

GUY BERNARD REICHMANN.

Historic collections relocated as Israel Museum closes during war with Iran

The announcement came as Israel and the US have launched coordinated military operations against Iran, with officials urging residents to stay near protected spaces.

 The Israel Museum

South Africa pulls out of Venice Biennale; because its selected artist wanted to focus on Gaza

Gayton McKenzie, the South African culture minister, said that an unnamed “foreign country” had endeavored to fund the South African installation at the Biennale.

Minister Gayton McKenzie during the 2026 State of the Nation Address Debate at the Parliamentary Dome on Feb. 17, 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa.

Isaiah Zagar, renowned Jewish mosaic artist who created Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, dies at 86

Zagar died of heart failure and Parkinson’s disease complications at his home in Philadelphia. He is survived by his wife and two sons.

Isaiah Zagar at the HBO documentary screening of "In A Dream" at the Brooklyn Museum on August 23, 2009 in the Borough of Brooklyn, New York City.

Bank Hapoalim Israeli art exhibition to raise funds for NATAL trauma care after October 7

The exhibition will feature around 650 works by leading Israeli artists alongside emerging artists at the start of their careers, displayed throughout the floors of Bank Hapoalim’s headquarters.

Bank Hapoalim.

Egyptian researchers discover collection of ancient rock art spanning 10,000 years in Sinai desert

The engravings and drawings are divided into several groups, researchers learned in their initial study of the space, the oldest of which are done in red and dated to between 10,000 and 5,500 BCE.

Red pigment drawings discovered by Egyptian archaeologists on the Umm Arak Plateau in the southern Sinai, February 17, 2026.

'Genocide, baby killers': Holocaust survivor, rather than harassers, kicked out of Madrid museum

The women, who were wearing Stars of David and carrying an Israeli flag, were expelled from the Reina Sofía National Museum of Art in Madrid on Sunday for "disturbing visitors."

A view of the skyline of Madrid, Spain January 5, 2026.