Artist
Peter Max, Jewish psychedelic pop artist and leader in 'flower power' movement, dies at 88
His ties to Israel surfaced throughout his work. Among his Jewish and Israeli-themed pieces was "36 Rabins," a series of portraits of assassinated prime minister Yitzhak Rabin.
From 'F*** Israel' to a return to Tel Aviv: Azealia Banks schedules third Israeli concert
Two three-day cultural festivals to mark Sukkot with poetry, dance, and eco-tours
From Iranian missiles to menorahs, Israeli blacksmith forges trauma into works of art
Shaping memory through ceramics
Artist Enatnesh Yallow combines contemporary ceramics, painting, and traditional Ethiopian basket-weaving techniques to preserve and reinterpret her community’s cultural heritage
Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama, known for dots and pumpkins, dies at 97
Kusama, who was candid about her mental health struggles, said New York gave her neuroses. Around 1977, a few years after returning to Japan, she voluntarily entered a mental hospital.
'Kat World:' Artist Risa Brooke Oze turns wartime life in Israel into whiskered, cat-themed satire
Oze’s signature style filters big, uncomfortable themes through a distinctly feminine lens – bright, playful, and unmistakably her own.
'Megillat Yerushalyim': Israeli artist Rachel Kainy is turning Jerusalem into a living scroll
Rachel Kainy documents the capital of Israel, with all its social and cultural shades and contrasts, creating the story of the city on paper scrolls – in a way, a megillah of Jerusalem.
Three artists, three questions: Creating an alternative reality
Exhibitions in Beersheba, Bat Yam, and Tel Aviv show how Israeli artists can turn even the smallest room into an immersive world of emotion and imagination.
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.
United in art: Jerusalem's Manofim Festival returns with art, music, and performance
The 18th edition of the Manofim arts festival maintains its inclusive take on local life.
How Yaniv Tal builds digital audiences for international artists and public figures
David Nipo at Rothschild Fine Art: The anatomy of a gaze
Exhibit combines hyper-realistic still lifes, Adina Nipo poetry.
A master musician: Michael Tilson Thomas’s compositional legacy
While much of his oeuvre was deeply indebted to his American identity, several works explicitly engaged with his Jewish heritage.
