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Israel Makov opens a window into six decades of collecting and championing Israeli art

A new book opens a window into Israel Makov's collection of nearly 400 works, tracing six decades of passion for Israeli art and support for artists before they gain recognition.

|ByNERIA BARR
ISRAEL MAKOV at the ‘Viewpoints’ book launch.
‘TEL AVIV SUMMER,’ 2026, created especially for TAMA exhibition.

From the other side - with Noma Bar

Seeing beyond the barriers and shapes, encouraging viewers to perceive space in the most unexpected places – that’s Noma Bar.

|ByBASIA MONKA
BRING ALL THE PAIN’ was inspired by Noam Harel’s reserve-duty service and offers an intimate look at the soldiers tasked with recovering the bodies and taking care of the bodies of fallen soldiers, as well as those of Hamas members and Gazan civilians.

Bezalel’s ‘Graduate Exhibition’ features projects that spotlight the pain of war

At Bezalel’s 2026 Graduate Exhibition, student films and more than 500 works confront war, grief, memory, recovery, and renewal.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
Ronen Siman Tov, fourth-generation Jerusalemite.

Painting through the ashes: Ronen Siman-Tov turns Jerusalem’s wounds into art - interview

‘A believer’: In conversation with Ronen Siman-Tov, whose solo exhibition opens tomorrow at the Jerusalem Artists’ House.

|ByBASIA MONKA

AI vibe coding will replace frontend developers within two to three years, experts tell ‘Post’

The role of frontend engineers will vanish by 2028 as "vibe coding" empowers designers to build products directly, experts from MyOp, Pic-Time, and Bezalel Academy told The Jerusalem Post.

FEBRUARY 25, 2026ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
AI video and images.

Avinadav Begin unveils solo exhibition in Neve Tzedek

“I build the works because I need to. The rest is that it meets people, and I see what it does.”

SEPTEMBER 10, 2025ByNERIA BARR
A PIECE FROM Avinadav Begin’s solo exhibition at the Sheetrit & Wolf Gallery in Neve Tzedek.

Grapevine: May it be

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

AUGUST 9, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Worshipers are seen at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Tisha B'Av.

Bezalel Academy opens new int’l hub, honors leading cultural figures

Bezalel Academy inaugurated a new art wing and international hub for the Fine Arts, Visual Communication, Photography, and Screen-Based Arts departments.

AUGUST 5, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Yakir Bezalel honorees (from right to left), Said Abu Shakra, Ohad Naharin, Batia Ofer, Idan Ofer, and Maira Kalman.

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.

JULY 27, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
ANN ANTONOV.

New Tel Aviv art exhibition powerfully explores femininity and freedom

In her work, Hen explores a liberated femininity, free from the need to please, offering a new model of existence.

JUNE 11, 2025ByYOSEFA KIMCHI
Artist Sigal Hen with a piece from her "Silent Power" exhibition, June 2025.

Behind the textiles at Hadassah’s Chagall-adorned synagogue - opinion

Aviva Green was tasked 45 years ago to create the parochet that complements Marc Chagall’s stained-glass windows in the synagogue at Hadassah-University Medical Center in Jerusalem.

JANUARY 25, 2025ByBARBARA SOFER
ARTIST AVIVA GREEN visits the Chagall Windows in the Abbell Synagogue, where her soft sculptures complement Chagall’s art.

This week in Jewish history: Babylonians besiege Jerusalem, Zola publishes 'J’accuse'

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars.

JANUARY 10, 2025BySTEVEN DRUCKER
Babylonian forces destroy Jerusalem in this 19th-century painting by James Tissot.

Top 10 reasons to leave the house: January 3-11

Fun events to take part in throughout Israel in the coming week.

JANUARY 3, 2025ByNERIA BARR
THE SITKOVETSKY Trio.

Grapevine December 29, 2024: Why retire?

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

DECEMBER 29, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PROTEA HILLS VOLUNTEERS.