Painting

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

Ben Cnaan made his name with large, meticulously staged scenes, many of them biblical stories recast with present-day Israelis.

‘INCIDENT PAINTINGS’ by Matan Ben Cnaan: ‘Shitty Day,’ 2024.
MENASHE KADISHMAN’S 1975 ‘Laundry Forest’ installation outside the Israel Museum invited the public into the work.

Not sheepish: Israel Museum reveals a different side of Menashe Kadishman’s art

SHAHAR BERLINER.

Three artists, three questions: Straight from the school

Ori Livne’s ethereal red-hued works draw on the past and allude to fading memory.

New art for a New Year: Jerusalem Artists House unveils a new set of exhibitions - review


Why is this 19th century woman holding a smartphone?

The woman appears to be scrolling through her smartphone during her walk. Of course, that cannot be the case as the painting is from 1860.

 "The Expected One" by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, 1860

Art Roundup: Thirsty Jerusalem goats, Tivon portraits and a Nigerian funeral

A preview of September exhibitions around the country:

 ‘The Burial of Patricia Nnadi,’ a new exhibition by Soviet-born painter Zoya Cherkassky.

Ein Harod measures spaces between past and current art

A new group exhibition with works by Shira Gepstein, Eyal Assulin, Nitzan Satt and I. S. Kalter is now shown at Ein Harod.

 ‘TRIPTYCH’ by Shira Gepstein.

Azerbaijan-born artist brings his cultural and ethnic backdrop to Tel Aviv

Meir’s artistic work is not only a labor of love and, naturally, immense talent.

 A POP-UP exhibition of Rami Meir’s works.

A soldier's journey from paratrooper to painter

It took being exposed to the ravages of war for Marc Provisor to find his passion in art.

 One work from Marc Provisor's exhibition 'Hashiveinu.'

Exhibit by by comic book artist Rutu Modan drew visitors in the Big Apple


Emergency art sale in support of Ukraine

Whoever purchases a painting, will be asked to transfer the funds to well trusted accounts in Ukraine.   

 Cityscape with Fire (Painter:Ilya Gefter)

New exhibition 'Treasures of the Mishkan Museum of Art' debuts in Ein Harod

This is but the first chapter of what is planned to be a gradual exploration of roughly 20,000 rescued artworks

RED COW, 1954, by Ori Reisman.

Who owns this Nazi-looted Pissarro? US Supreme Court to decide

The original owners have been fighting the Spanish art museum that currently displays it to give the painting back for nearly 17 years. 

 Rue Saint-Honoré in the Afternoon, Effect of Rain by Camille Pissarro (1897).

Van Gogh painting stolen from Rothschild by Nazis sells for $35.9m.

The painting had been purchased by Max Meirowsky, a German Jewish art collector, in 1913.

 "Wheatstacks," a Van Gogh watercolor stolen by the Nazis, was sold at auction by Christie's in New York Thursday for $35.9 million.