Art

Sightings, sounds, and self-knowledge: Ten reasons to go out next week

Art, music, and dance come alive this week in Israel, from AI-driven installations to opera, jazz, and contemporary dance.

Blindness by choice, Israeli opera.
Beit Hillel – “The North Star” Sculpture Exhibition.

The north star: A traveling sculpture exhibition tells the story of northern resilience

Tavlin Distillery.

Culinary experience, art, and nature: 24 hours of escaping routine in Mateh Yehuda

 South Africa's Minister Sport, Arts, and Culture Gayton McKenzie during a press conference on June 18, 2025.

‘Foreign power’ attempted to use South Africa art entry as ‘proxy’ against Israel


Innovation and tradition heavily featured at Bezalel’s 2025 Graduate Exhibition

Starting Wednesday, July 30, at 9:00 p.m., visitors can explore approximately 500 final projects.

ANN ANTONOV.

Three artists, three questions: In surreal times

Contemporary art wouldn’t be the same without Surrealism.

RONIT PORAT.

Art by divine: Artist Joshua Borkovsky takes the Christian route to wonderment

Borkovsky’s border-hopping tending discipline culls rich pickings from across centuries of artistic endeavor of various ilks. 

Joshua (Shuky) Borkovsky displays work accumulated over the past 12 years.

Sean Go: A Contemporary Voice from the Philippines

 Sean Go

Top 5 wood carving tool brands for 2025: What we tested and what we actually use

Choosing the right wood carving tools at carving stores is crucial to the quality of your work.

Wood Carving.

Realistic analytical intimacy in art: An interview with Yossi Mark

Renowned Israeli realist artist and winner of last year’s Haim Shiff Award for Figurative-Realistic Art, opens his solo exhibition 'Bona Nox, Mater' at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

 ARTIST YOSSI MARK: Complete control of technique.

Art and Torah: How can we dance out the darkness in our lives?

We danced out of Egypt toward revelation at Mount Sinai, out of Haman’s decree toward the rebuilding of the Second Temple, out of gas chambers to the State of Israel.

 YORAM RAANAN, ‘Dance Out Darkness,’ organic and acrylic paint, iridescent gold and glass beads on canvas, 20 x 90 cm., 2025.

Reaching for the sky: Manofim Festival returns to Jerusalem

The leaps-and-bounds trajectory comes across loud and clear from just the briefest of glimpses of this year’s program, which kicks off on July 22 and runs until July 26. 

 Veteran Oriental metal rock band Orphaned Land.

Ancient sarcophagus of 'Pa-di-Hor-pa-khered' returns to Egypt

The sarcophagus, dating from the Ptolemaic period, belonged to a member of high society in ancient Egypt.

 Ancient sarcophagus of 'Pa-di-Hor-pa-khered' returns to Egypt.

Jerusalem highlights: July 11-17

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

Avishai Cohen.