Painting

Belgian collector lends rare René Magritte work to Israel Museum during painting restoration

The Castle of the Pyrenees was damaged approximately two months ago when a five-year-old boy visiting the museum with his family pushed a pinecone toward the painting, causing a tear in the canvas.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
"The Castle of the Pyrenees" a painting by famous Belgian artist Rene Magritte is seen on a wall as a laborer on a ladder prepares the Israel Museum of Jerusalem for a re-opening.
Previously undiscovered tomb of an individual named "Paser," found at the ancient Theban necropolis, July 24, 2026.

Previously undiscovered ancient Egyptian tomb found at Theban necropolis on Nile's west bank

Inscriptions found within the tomb bear the name of its owner, “Paser,” as well as wall paintings depicted Paser worshipping the shrines of several deities.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Leo Ray in his south Tel Aviv studio.

Infinite painting, boundless experience: How Leo Ray finds joy in an increasingly dark world

For over 30 years, up to the pandemic, he taught art at Art School, Ein Vered, and BASIS School of Sculpture, Beit Yanai, where he also headed the painting program from 2006 to 2014. 

|ByBASIA MONKA
CAROLINA LEHAN.

Three artists, three questions: Freshpaint 2026 - interview

In an era of growing use of AI, including in art, I sought out artists who still work with their hands, paint, and sculpt, but manage to keep their art fresh. 

|ByBASIA MONKA

Van Gogh painting to be shown in public for first time

Titled A street scene in Montmartre, the painting depicts a man and woman, strolling arm in arm past a ramshackle fence with a windmill in the background.

FEBRUARY 24, 2021ByREUTERS
Sotheby's Paris employees pose with the 1887 painting of a Paris street scene "Scene de rue a Montmartre" by Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh which will be presented to the public for the first time after spending more than a century behind closed doors in the private collection of a French family, Fr

Amsterdam mayor wants city's museum to return $22m Nazi-looted painting

“Returning this artwork will mean a lot to the victims and is important for acknowledging the injustice perpetrated,” Halsema wrote.

FEBRUARY 23, 2021ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA
Tourists stand near a disputed Wassily Kandinsky painting at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, July 10, 2019.

Trump’s legacy lives on in Haifa artist’s unique portraits

Iddo Markus paints 150 portraits of the 45th US president

FEBRUARY 18, 2021ByGIL ZOHAR
Iddo Markus paints hundreds of paintings of former US President Donald Trump

“Outsights Represents Our Latest Investments,” Says Ofer Levin Regarding a New Volume of ‘Broad Horizons’

FEBRUARY 15, 2021ByMATAN KEDEM
Seascape in Tel Aviv, 1930s | The Levin Collection

Fifty fascinating facets

Matan Sacofsky’s artwork brings Jerusalem to life on canvas and video

FEBRUARY 7, 2021ByJAMES PALMER

Johan Feder: A Businessman with A Sensitive Heart of an Artist

FEBRUARY 1, 2021ByAVI STERN

Behind the Glass Booth: Art and Eichmann’s trial

The paintings that showed the horrors of the Nazi war criminal will be analyzed for Int’l Holocaust Day.

JANUARY 25, 2021ByHAGAY HACOHEN
Crematorium II in Auschwitz-Birkenau 1945 by artist and Holocaust survivor Yehuda Bacon

Igal Ahouvi Art Collection launches online platform

More private collectors are beginning to unfurl some of the pieces of art they have so lovingly gathered from all corners of the world for our remote, Internet-based viewing pleasure.

OCTOBER 7, 2020ByBARRY DAVIS
(Clockwise starting top left) Works by Moshe Gershuni, Yayoi Kusama, Tsibi Geva, And Gili Avissar

A Jewish artist hid hundreds of paintings. Now the works need a home.

The works of Czech artist Gertrud Kauders (1883-1942) were found during the demolition of an old house near Prague in 2018.

OCTOBER 7, 2020ByTOBY AXELROD/JTA
Gertrud Kauders hid about 700 of her paintings in a classmate's house during WWII.

Leon Sternberg and his art

He seemed too normal to be such an amazing artist. I expected some crazy story with drugs, love and God.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020ByHADASSAH CHEN
Paintings by Leon Sternberg