Artist

Meet the Israeli author making Jewish texts accessible for children

The first book I received of Dina’s series of three was her Scroll of Ruth, most appropriate since Shavuot was only a week away.

Dina Gavriely: ‘My task was clear – create vibrant and joyful texts.’
Yair Garbuz

Influential Israeli painter and satirist Yair Garbuz dies at 80

GUY BERNARD REICHMANN.

Three artists, three questions: Perspectives on art - opinion

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.

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


Avner Bar Hama: An artist with a soul

Reading some of the comments on his book’s inside cover, I began to realize how singular a man he is.

The writer and Avner Bar Hama in synagogue, where they met.

Avraham Vofsi: An aliyah journey painted on canvas

Vofsi is currently planning a landscape project with Aboriginal communities, informed by his deepened understanding of what it means to belong to a land as a Jew in Israel.

VOFSI SPENDS his time in the studio both teaching and perfecting his craft, exploring different mediums and drawing inspiration from his connection to Israeli society.

Ekaterina Korotovskikh: A painter who followed her heart from Russia to Israel

“I am an Israeli, and that is the most important thing. I am studying the culture and customs of the country, and I am interested in it. I do not feel any difference between Jews and non-Jews.”

‘CAPTAIN SICILY’: Self-portrait of the artist and her husband in the ‘toe’ of Italy’s ‘boot.’

The Israel Museum’s 60-year journey through printmaking

One of the highlights of the Israel Museum's 60th-anniversary celebration is 'The Medium and the Message,' an exhibition on printmaking.

HENRI MATISSE, ‘Jazz, 1947,’ from the exhibition ‘The Medium and the Message’ at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.

Tel Aviv Museum brings 35 new works by Israeli artists into its collection

Acquired through the ‘Voting for Art’ group, the works span a variety of genres, capturing a cross-section of contemporary Israeli creativity.

RAN TENENBAUM, ‘Self Portrait with a Hoodie, 2024,’ from the new collection.

'Attacks on free culture': Israeli culture orgs. respond to backlash over artists' gaza war stance

The statement expressed concern over the “inflammatory public discourse that seeks to punish and boycott artists based on their positions, identity, or the content of their work.”

People protest against the Israeli government and for the release of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip, at the Goma junction, northern Israel, on August 2 2025.

David Tartakover – Israel’s visual conscience, rendered in ink and protest

For over 50 years, David Tartakover built a body of work that doubled as social critique.

DAVID TARTAKOVER

Art by divine: Artist Joshua Borkovsky takes the Christian route to wonderment

Borkovsky’s border-hopping tending discipline culls rich pickings from across centuries of artistic endeavor of various ilks. 

Joshua (Shuky) Borkovsky displays work accumulated over the past 12 years.

World Emunah to Celebrate Women in the Arts at Landmark Jerusalem Event

Celebrating their 90th anniversary with a special event at the newly opened National Campus for Archaeology in Jerusalem

 Emunah Leadership and Ronit Herzog at the Emunah Appleman College "Villa" where college students exhibit their artwork

Lifetime achievement awards for Moni Moshonov, Rina Schenfeld

The festive ceremony will take place at the Petah Tikva Culture Hall on October 28, in the presence of Mayor Rami Greenberg.

Moni Moshonov is among this year's Union of Israeli Artists honorees.