Art

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.

CONDUCTOR LAHAV SHANI with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
Exhibition 'Drawings Against Genocide' by British artist and art critic Matthew Collings.

Antisemitic art may upset British Jews, but is it illegal? - analysis

Exhibition 'Drawings Against Genocide' by British artist and art critic Matthew Collings.

UK art exhibition sparks outrage over drawings of Jews eating babies, Oct. 7 rape denial

60,000-year-old ostrich eggshells.

60,000-year-old ostrich eggshells reveal humanity’s first brush with geometry


Three artists, three questions: In search of positive emotions

I interviewed the artists while we were still holding our breaths for the return of the 20 living hostages.

MEITAL KATZ-MINERBO

Stolen Nazi painting returned to Jewish descendants of rightful owner

Lady with a Fan by Gerard ter Borch, a 17th-century painting, has been returned to the descendants of Dr. Henry Bromberg

Lady with a Fan by Gerard ter Borch.

The legacy of Huvy Elisha: The quiet life of a Mea She’arim painter and matriarch

Ahuva “Huvy” Elisha lived in step with the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood she called home for the last 40 years of her long and well-traveled life.

Huvy Elisha.

Picasso painting disappears en route to Granada exhibit

The loss was not discovered until the following Monday, when the exhibit's curator and the foundation's head of exhibitions began unpacking the crates.

Still life with guitar.

Tel Aviv Festival to take over city

More than 120 artists and creators will perform, taking part in 40 different performances.

SHLOMI SHABAN

Print for the ages: Israel Museum showcases printmaking masterpieces

The Israel Museum continues its 60th anniversary festivities with a sumptuous print-based exhibition

THE POLYCHROMATIC love design was a leitmotif of Robert Indiana’s long career.

Ripples of Venice: Charting the path of survival of Italian Jewry

Ripples of Venice, which opened on September 18 and runs through to May 1, takes the visitor on a journey across the centuries of the Jewish community in Venice and elsewhere in Italy.

Umberto Nahon saved the synagogue from Conegliano in Italy from destruction.

Bentzi Moser: The artist inspired by Jerusalem

Jerusalemite of the Week: Bentzi Moser was inspired to become an artist in Jerusalem itself. And years later, the city continues to inspire his work.

Bentzi Moser

Rhyme & reason: The annual Ushpizin Festival returns to Jerusalem

This year’s bash takes place, under the continued aegis of Confederation House and its long-serving head Effie Benaya, on October 8-10.

Welcome poetry into your sukkah.

A Canadian artistic perspective on healing, post-October 7

The 'Day After Yesterday' exhibition at the Canadian Embassy in Tel Aviv features works by Marla Buck, Paul Curran, and Dorothy Zafir, who address post-October 7 healing through creative expression.

Themes of art and love in Tel Aviv, depicted by Dorothy Zafir.