Art
Huvy Elisha and the enduring power of Biblical Art in Jerusalem
'Shards of Laughter': Giving people permission to laugh through painful topics
Three artists, three questions: Freshpaint 2026 - interview
Int'l dance company arrives in Israel, proving Hora can be a state of mind
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.
UK art exhibition sparks outrage over drawings of Jews eating babies, Oct. 7 rape denial
An art show in Kent is under fire for drawings critics say echo antisemitic tropes, fueling debate over free expression and the limits of political critique.
60,000-year-old ostrich eggshells reveal humanity’s first brush with geometry
Archaeologist Silvia Ferrara described the organization of lines by recurring principles—parallelisms, grids, rotations, and systematic repetitions—as an embryonic visual grammar.
