Art
Lisa Cain Hammerman: The miraculous art of motherhood
Lisa Cain Hammerman, 72, Brookline, Massachusetts, to Jerusalem, to Mitzpe Yericho, 1980.
Pro-Palestinian activists convicted of criminal damage after targeting Picasso artwork
IDF soldiers find Hitler drawings in private home in southern Lebanon
Bezalel’s ‘Graduate Exhibition’ features projects that spotlight the pain of war
Jerusalem highlights: May 8-14
What's new to do in Israel's capital?
Influential Israeli painter and satirist Yair Garbuz dies at 80
Garbuz showed his work at dozens of exhibitions in Israel and all over the world, and also headed the Midrasha Faculty of Arts at Beit Berl College.
New documentary spotlights Jewish feminist NYC sanitation artist
The film’s title refers to Ukeles’ 1969 manifesto, which declared that everyday activities often relegated to women, including cooking, cleaning, and changing diapers, were “maintenance artists."
Tel Aviv Museum of Art reimagines exhibitions amid wartime conditions
With museums closed and sirens ongoing, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art adapts by bringing art experiences into safe rooms and shelters.
Decapitated world: Exclusive interview on the 80th birthday of Israeli sculptor Yaacov Dorchin
At 80, Yaacov Dorchin opens a new Tel Aviv show of iron sculptures, blending angels, fish, memory, and war-time reflection.
From canvas to country: Israeli artists turn landscape into ideology and memory
The landscape of the Land of Israel has never been neutral. Shaped by longing, ideology, and memory as much as by sight, artists have repeatedly turned the land into an idea.
Ink and irony: A closer look at the cartoonist who chronicled Israel’s formative years
From a discarded book at the National Library to iconic sketches of Arieh Navon, a personal journey through the satirical heart of early statehood reveals the humor and grit of our founding years.
Baobab Studio in collaboration with the Home Front Command
Baobab Studio mobilized during the days of the war to create practical resilience with a mobile studio across the country.
Congress removes deadline for Holocaust-looted art claims, opening door to more restitution
The controversial "sunset clause" of a 2016 law led watchdogs to believe that those owning looted works were purposefully obscuring them from public view until the deadline had passed.
Simon Betuel: Cosmetics producer by day, artist by night
Influenced by the palettes of Rubens, Klimt, Vrubel, and especially El Greco, Betuel executes deeply Jewish paintings in both figurative and abstract styles.
