Painting

From Nazi-era escapes to October 7 memories: David Breuer-Weil's art comes to Israel

“A lot of my work has a sort of Monty Python double edge,” David Breuer-Weil says. “At first, it may be quite amusing, but there’s a deeper thing behind it.”

DAVID BREUER-WEIL with ‘Emergence 2,’ 2020.
Two members of staff hold the painting by late Franco-Danish painter Camille Pissarro "Darse de peche et bassin Duquesne, Dieppe, apres-midi ensoleillee" (Fishing dock and Duquesne basin, Dieppe, sunny afternoon) during the photocall at the Sotheby's auction house, in central London, in 2024

Painting Nazis stole from French Jew during WWII to be returned to owner's family, Paris court says

One of Barbara (Bracha) Hines's painting, entitled ‘Grant Our Heart Understanding.’

Barbara 'Bracha' Hines: Painting her way from Florida to Jerusalem

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

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


Three artists, three questions: Roles of art

Art plays different roles in our perceptions and lives, and these artists profoundly prove that.

 MAYA SHIMONY

Medieval wall paintings depicting unicorn hunt uncovered in Stralsund's Catherine Monastery

According to director Maren Heun, the wall paintings date from around 1500 and are of very high quality.

 Stralsund, Katharinenkloster.

The new finding from Egypt? A 3,000-year-old painting of a woman that looks just like Marge Simpson

It was discovered at the upper part of a tomb dating back over 3,000 years to the Twentieth Dynasty of the New Kingdom period in Egypt.

 Decidedly not Marge Simpson.

Frank Auerbach, renowned figurative painter and Holocaust survivor, dies at 93

Auerbach fled Nazi Germany as a child on a Kindertransport train in 1939 and never saw his parents again.

 Frank Auerbach, 1975-6.

Poetic wings: Yossi Waxman's new exhibition in Ein Hod celebrates hebrew literary legends

Yossi Waxman's "Class Picture, Poets and Other Birds" opens August 17 at Ein Hod's Janco-Dada Museum, showcasing portraits of Hebrew poets with symbolic birds. The exhibit runs until October 15.

 A PAINTING OF Hanoch Levin by Yossi Waxman.

New York City announces return of stolen Nazi art to Austrian Jewish owners

The piece was purchased by Gustav “Gus” Papanek, an Austrian Jew who fled the Nazis in 1938 and was reportedly unaware that the artwork had been stolen.

 Seated Nude Woman was originally owned by Austrian-Jewish cabaret performer Fritz Grünbaum, whose art collection was stolen by the Nazis.

Another Nazi-looted Schiele painting returned to heirs of ‘Cabaret’ inspiration Fritz Grünbaum

Reif and his relatives have spent countless hours over the decades fighting in court to recover the vast art collection that once belonged to their ancestor.

 Timothy Reif and son Paul Reif pose in front of “Seated Nude Woman, front view,” an Egon Schiele drawing stolen by the Nazis from the private collection of their ancestor, Fritz Grünbaum.

Archaeologists uncover mural of ‘Westerner’ blond trader in ancient Tang dynasty tomb in China

Archaeologists in northern China uncovered a Tang dynasty tomb with well-preserved murals depicting daily life and a Sogdian trader.

 Han Tomb Mural, Luoyang.

Convergence: Eran Shakine's exhibition explores interpersonal relations in digital age - feature

Eran Shakine's Convergence exhibition at Hezi Cohen Gallery in Tel Aviv explores the impact of digital communication on human relationships through evocative oil paintings of contemporary life.

 TWO OF Eran Shakine’s works from the Convergence exhibition at the Hezi Cohen gallery in Tel Aviv.

The new exhibit by artist David Nipo - The transient nature of life

David Nipo's new exhibition Birds Sing evokes a palpable sense of tension, mystery, and instability - capturing the aftermath of October 7.

 David Nipo