Israeli art

A shot of gold: Curator Marie Shek closes a circle at the Tower of David Museum Jerusalem

For Shek, the 'Gold: Touches of Gold in Contemporary Israeli Art' exhibit settles unfinished business. “This is my exhibition number 50 since ’96,” she said.

Kosh Kashi, ‘Gold Ball,’ 2012.
Yinon Gal-On, founder of Worlds Meet, which connects Israeli business leaders with Jewish counterparts abroad.

The young bridge between the foremost Israeli and global Jewish business titans

‘INCIDENT PAINTINGS’ by Matan Ben Cnaan: ‘Shitty Day,’ 2024.

Where life happens: New exhibit showcases everyday moments when something goes wrong

MENASHE KADISHMAN: Portrait, unidentified figure.

New Tel Aviv exhibition shows never-before-seen private work from six Israeli artists


Art curator Bar Yerushalmi's 'Total Nutrition'

Bar Yerushalmi's Total Nutrition art event held in Musrara last month examined the powerful relationships between food, social class and gender.

 CURATOR BAR YERUSHALMI was inspired by his own grandmother when he created the Musrara evening.

'Mother Opium’ traces the root of addiction’s pain

 THREE YEARS of research are reflected in the exhibition ‘Mother Opium.’

My Word: A spiritual spa in Safed

The green Galilean mountains have a certain timelessness to them. There is a natural rhythm, like the time for prayers, dictated in terms of sunrise and sunset.

 The exterior of the Ashkenazi Ha’Ari Synagogue in Safed, where the custom of ‘kabbalat Shabbat’ began.

The need for the constant duality

Ben-David lives and works in London and over the past decade lived in Portugal as well. He represented Israel at the Venice Biennale in 1988.

ZADOK BEN-DAVID at the opening of ‘People I Saw but Never Met,’ Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

Israeli filmmaker takes seething swipe at identity in Cannes festival

His film for Cannes Film Festival expresses outrage as well as intimacy for Israel.

THE REFILM Festival offers movie-goers an unusual chance to see restored vintage reels of film classics.

Artist memorializes Jewish lives lost in Holocaust by restoring violins

A somber photograph of an opened violin reveals a hidden pencil carving of a swastika with the words ‘Heil Hitler 1936’ written in cursive above it.

AMNON WEINSTEIN restores a Holocaust violin at his workbench.

Jerusalem highlights June 25 - July 1: What's new in Israel's capital?

If possible, why not enjoy two exhibitions as the week begins?

DESPITE THE evil brand-recognition the title has, few people have read  ‘Mein Kampf.’ Dr. Oded Heilbroner will discuss it on July 1 at Holtzer Books.

Footprints in the sand: This Ethiopian theater evokes a range of emotions

Members of the Ethiopian community, including those born here, have had to tussle with that on a day to day basis since their get-go.

‘SAND STORIES’ evokes a range of emotions across a diverse cultural storyboard.

Carmel Ilan's new exhibition 'Here and Now' features local art

The gallery features a café, and the works on display are for sale, with a portion of the proceeds going to support local art

Meir Sheetrit and Carmel Ilan.

'sTand still' celebrates the people of the beach

A new exhibition, sTand still, is a traveling one-artist show forever intertwined with the beaches of Israel.

sTand still outdoor exhibit