Culture in Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv's Animix festival combines political satire, cartoons with tributes, memorials, lectures

Alongside tributes and lectures, five-day event packs in live performances, gaming, and comics fair.

CARTOON ANIMALS by lifetime achievement award winner Dovi Keich.
REUNITED AND IT FEELS so red (from L): Emily Blunt (Emily Charlton); Anne Hathaway (Andy Sachs); and Stanley Tucci (Nigel Kipling) attend ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ world premiere at New York City’s Lincoln Center, April 20.

‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’: Israel rolls out red carpet as Tel Aviv hosts early premiere

Ariel Hacohen

Three artists, three questions: Recurring motifs through chaos and order

Two exhibitions of Judy Chicago's work were staged in Tel Aviv in 2025.

Judy Chicago’s feminist art lands in Tel Aviv, igniting boycott call, hard questions about Israel


Tel Aviv’s energy back as runners get on their marks for marathon’s return

Resilience and unity are integral themes in this year’s marathon as thousands of runners from all corners of the country and world return to run the span of the city.

THE TEL AVIV MARATHON is the largest sporting event of the year in Israel, by participant numbers.

Exploring Tel Aviv’s coffee culture: Reviewing the city's best teas and lattes

A personal look into the vibrant city’s trendy lattes and teas.

 JERA’S LOTUS latte (L) and pumpkin spice latte (R).

The Summertime Tel Aviv JazzFest rolls out an international lineup

Perennial artistic director Barak Weiss has curated an international roster of acts covering a wide range of stylistic bases, ranging from straight-ahead jazz to Ethiopian music and Brazilian rhythms

 Singer Noa Levy will front a tribute to Thelonious Monk.

‘Dialogues des Carmélites’ ascends at Israeli Opera - review

The final scene of Salve Regina (Hail to the Queen,) during which the nuns embrace their fate and soar into  the inky heavens to shine like stars – was a marvel to experience.

 YAEL LEVITA and Shira Patchornik in ‘Dialogues Des Carmelites.’

Hanoch Levin's 1975 'Krum' is given a modern update - review

A rich, intriguing, multi-textual work. 

 Guy Nataf as Krum.

Mythic opera 'Orfeo ed Euridice' ascends to Tel Aviv

A decade after a Kfar Blum production, Polish director Mariusz Treliński was invited to the Israeli Opera to offer his vision of the myth.

 'ORFEO ED EURIDICE'

New institution tells the story of Tel Aviv

The museum is the joint initiative of the Tel Aviv Foundation and Municipality of Tel Aviv-Jaffa.

 The Tel Aviv-Jaffa City Museum - 'a collection of experiences, remembrances, and testimonies of people who once lived in Tel Aviv, and those living here today.'

Between trolls and men, Ibsen's 'Peer Gynt' returns - review

With its wealth of characters, locations, plots, and ideas, Peer Gynt is a grand kaleidoscope.

PEER GYNT returns to Norway from Egypt.

Israel Philharmonic to open 2023-24 season in the shadow of war

The updated program will be Prelude in the Afternoon of Faun by Debussy, the Clarinet Concerto No. 1 by Crussel, and Symphony No. 2 by Johannes Brahms.

 Clarinetist Sharon Kam will join the IPO.

Bruno Mars faces pressure to cancel Tel Aviv concert

Pressure mounts on the pop star to take a stand on Palestinian rights.

 Grammy-winning musician Bruno Mars will be performing in Tel Aviv in October 2023.