Artist

Infinite painting, boundless experience: How Leo Ray finds joy in an increasingly dark world

For over 30 years, up to the pandemic, he taught art at Art School, Ein Vered, and BASIS School of Sculpture, Beit Yanai, where he also headed the painting program from 2006 to 2014. 

Leo Ray in his south Tel Aviv studio.
The Manofim program includes a plethora of live entertainment.

United in art: Jerusalem's Manofim Festival returns with art, music, and performance

How digital strategy helps international artists build loyal audiences across global communities.

How Yaniv Tal builds digital audiences for international artists and public figures

‘APPLE OF MY EYE’ from David and Adina Nipo’s joint show at Rothschild Fine Art.

David Nipo at Rothschild Fine Art: The anatomy of a gaze


A stitch within the fabric of time: A look at the quilting scene in Israel

I recently chanced to hear of a quilting endeavor which crossed the oceans to bring comfort and express solidarity with Israel and the evacuees of Kibbutz Be’eri during the current crisis.

 Israeli quilter and fiber artist Cindy Richard.

Stitching hope: Quilts provide solace for Be'eri massacre survivors

Israelis rallied in record numbers to volunteer in support of survivors of the Hamas atrocities and the soldiers battling terror.

 PROJECT COORDINATOR Gail Solomon displays a vividly detailed bucolic-themed quilt.

Acclaimed artist Ran Tenenbaum returns to realism with a new exhibition

Ran Tenenbaum’s Solar Plexus at Rothschild Fine Art marks his return to realism, exploring artistic renewal, raw emotion, and the power of observation in his latest works.

 A painting of Ran Tenenbaum.

Three artists, three questions: Ukraine-born artists in Israel, living between two wars - interview

The complex double identity, which touches most Jews around the world, has become even more complicated for Ukrainian Israelis, among them Israeli artists born in Ukraine. 

 ZOE SEVER.

Navy Bird still flies, after being killed in a terror attack last year

Artist Revital Bronstein, whose pen name was Navy Bird, was killed in a terrorist attack last year. Now, an exhibition will display her work.

 BRONSTEIN – A WEAVER  of dreams.

Tifferet Hair Art Studio: Jerusalem's salon where cutting, styling is art

Tifferet Weinberg Berkovits, owner of a popular hair salon on Derech Beit Lehem, explains why cutting and styling hair is so much more.

 The Tifferet Hair Art Studio is seen below street level on Jerusalem's Derech Beit Lehem.

The world of Yaacov Agam reexperienced

The work of Yaacov Agam both inspires and provokes questions. A visit to the Yaacov Agam Museum of Art (YAMA) in Rishon Lezion provides answers to many of them.

 Yaacov Agam.

Finding the right balance: Shayan Rose Ben Sira’s stacked sculptures

A look at the precarious beauty of Shayan Rose Ben Sira’s stacked sculptures.

 Shayan Rose Ben Sira displaying some of her work.

'Viewing Spirituality': Artist Raqeul Sanchez's exhibition digs into her Jewish spirituality

Sanchez was blessed with a sumptuous multi-layered source of inspiration.

 A WORK from Raquel Sanchez’s exhibition, ‘Viewing Spirituality.’

Three artists, three questions: Roles of art

Art plays different roles in our perceptions and lives, and these artists profoundly prove that.

 MAYA SHIMONY