Art
New documentary spotlights Jewish feminist NYC sanitation artist
The film’s title refers to Ukeles’ 1969 manifesto, which declared that everyday activities often relegated to women, including cooking, cleaning, and changing diapers, were “maintenance artists."
Tel Aviv Museum of Art reimagines exhibitions amid wartime conditions
Decapitated world: Exclusive interview on the 80th birthday of Israeli sculptor Yaacov Dorchin
From canvas to country: Israeli artists turn landscape into ideology and memory
Ink and irony: A closer look at the cartoonist who chronicled Israel’s formative years
From a discarded book at the National Library to iconic sketches of Arieh Navon, a personal journey through the satirical heart of early statehood reveals the humor and grit of our founding years.
Baobab Studio in collaboration with the Home Front Command
Baobab Studio mobilized during the days of the war to create practical resilience with a mobile studio across the country.
Congress removes deadline for Holocaust-looted art claims, opening door to more restitution
The controversial "sunset clause" of a 2016 law led watchdogs to believe that those owning looted works were purposefully obscuring them from public view until the deadline had passed.
Simon Betuel: Cosmetics producer by day, artist by night
Influenced by the palettes of Rubens, Klimt, Vrubel, and especially El Greco, Betuel executes deeply Jewish paintings in both figurative and abstract styles.
Jerusalem highlights: April 10 – April 16
What's new to do in Israel's capital?
Between miracle and memory: The evolution of Miriam in art over the years
Whether in medieval ‘Haggadot’ or the lithographs of Bezalel, artists trace Miriam as she emerges, tambourine in hand, to lead the aftermath of the Exodus.
Peiwen Su – service on international competition jury panels
Evaluating artistic standards at the global level.
Modigliani painting looted, resold by Nazis returned to estate of rightful Jewish owner
The estate of Oscar Stettiner, a British-born Jewish art dealer in Paris, has been engaged in a lengthy legal battle to retrieve Seated Man With a Cane by Amadeo Modigliani.
Paul Ben-Haim’s war symphonies get just deserts
Performed at Carnegie Hall in the aftermath of the October 7 massacre, Ben-Haim’s two symphonies are foundational works within the Israeli art music tradition.
Antisemitic art may upset British Jews, but is it illegal? - analysis
In the United Kingdom, freedom of expression and protection from hate speech are both protected by law, and these protections sometimes clash.
