Arts

DocuText returns to Jerusalem with documentaries on October 7, Israeli culture, and Jewish identity

The festival often opens and closes with music-themed films screened in the garden, and this year is no exception. 

‘THE SIXTEENTH SHEEP’ reunion shows (from left) Yoni Rechter, Gidi Gov, Yehudit Ravitz, and David Broza.
Portraits, Menashe Kadishman, installation view from the exhibition Something to Hold On To, the University Gallery.

New exhibition at Tel Aviv University explores the relationships behind Israeli art

THE CAST and crew of ‘Fadia’ win the Best Film Award during the 65th Monte-Carlo Television Festival in June.

Palestinian-Israeli filmmaker's tragedy about honor killings wins top prizes at Monte-Carlo

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 04: Misan Harriman attends the UK premiere of 'Disclosure Day' at Cineworld Leicester Square on June 04, 2026.

Chair of Britain’s largest arts center to step down amid antisemitism scrutiny


Director Mohammad Rasoulof flees Iran ahead of Cannes premier

Rasoulof said he made the decision after he learned about a month ago that his sentence had been confirmed.

 Caption: AERIAL VIEW from a 6-meter mast. Actors posing for photographers on the red carpet before going up the famous 24 steps. Cannes Film Festival, France.

From Ethiopia with love and joy: A recent arrival to the shores unfurls his vocal talents

Abate Berihun blazed a trail for many Israelis with Ethiopian roots, being one of Ethiopia’s leading jazz artists before making aliyah 25 years ago.

 ABATE WILL bring his Tesfa sextet to Jerusalem this week.

Darya Mosenzon – from classical piano to Morocco

How the pianist Darya Mosenzon came to specialise in Moroccan music.

 Darya Mosenzon

Theater review: A Nobel winner revived

This examination of Agnon, the only Hebrew author to win a Nobel Prize, is in step with the trope’s commitment to explore the larger themes of Jewish existence.

 OLEG RODOVILSKI in ‘My Bird.’

An Austrian-based Israeli pianist brings a taste of Viennese gaiety

Lior Kretzer will be joined on the venture by a couple of young local vocalists, Mika Cohen and Ezekiel Assia, who are currently progressing through the academic stages of their artistic continuum.

 LIOR KRETZER will be joined by a couple of young local vocalists Mika Cohen and Ezekiel Assia.

A hundred years of art in Israel: Phoenix Group collection

On view for the first time outside of Israel through 1 March 2024.

 RAFFI LAVIE (1937-2007) Untitled oil and pencil on plywood board 25 1/2 x 16 in. (61 x 41 cm.) Executed in 1963

Rusalka at Israeli Opera: Water spirits and Czeck magic

Will the prince be able to repair the damage and keep his love human, or will she morph into a murderous spirit?

 DAN ETTINGER

Thousands of artists ask Venice Biennale to exclude Israel

"Any official representation of Israel on the international cultural stage is an endorsement of its policies and of the genocide in Gaza," said the online statement by the Art Not Genocide Alliance.

 A visitor walks past pictures representing the "uncreation" theme, by famed Czech photographer Josef Koudelka, at the Holy See pavilion during the 55th La Biennale of Venice May 28, 2013.

Art as a source of cultural resilience

Launch of the Schusterman Collection at the Haifa Museum of Art.

 The fig seller Nachum Gutman 1932

Proceeds from Hapoalim’s ‘Israeli Art 23’ exhibit to aid post-October 7 mental health

This year's exhibition will focus on promoting mental health following the traumas of October 7th.

 ARTWORKS BY Rafi Peretz will be among those on display at next week’s ‘Israeli Art 23’ exhibit.