Israeli art

From canvas to country: Israeli artists turn landscape into ideology and memory

The landscape of the Land of Israel has never been neutral. Shaped by longing, ideology, and memory as much as by sight, artists have repeatedly turned the land into an idea.

|ByDR. DORON J. LURIE
YEHUDA ARMONI, ‘Capriccio’
THE CHIZBATRON, (1948) by Arieh Navon

Ink and irony: A closer look at the cartoonist who chronicled Israel’s formative years

From a discarded book at the National Library to iconic sketches of Arieh Navon, a personal journey through the satirical heart of early statehood reveals the humor and grit of our founding years.

|ByDAVID GEFFEN
RENANA RAZ defines her independent status through a constant tension between freedom and responsibility

Independence is a dance between freedom and responsibility, Renana Raz tells 'Post'

Raz, one of Israel’s most prominent multidisciplinary artists, says independence offers freedom, but it also demands that the artist carry the full weight of what unfolds.

|ByORI J. LENKINSKI
Art auction at Kehilat Kol HaNeshama.

Canvas for a cause: Art, music, and tzedakah in Jerusalem

Canvas for a Cause, an art auction benefiting the synagogue’s charitable fund, Keren Tzedakah, drew community members, art lovers, and supporters of social justice.

|ByPENINA HOROWITZ

Israeli art canceled at international Istanbul show

Turkish Muslim artist offers to stand by Israeli colleague Shahar Marcus

NOVEMBER 4, 2023ByHAGAY HACOHEN
NEZAKET EKICI and Shahar Marcus in ‘Fossils.’

Art roundup: Trolling terrorist sympathizers with 'Dear Hamas'

Local artists show solidarity and take up their brushes to offer a vision of hope to a nation reeling after an unprecedented murder spree.

OCTOBER 31, 2023ByHAGAY HACOHEN
‘Bring them Back Home’

Revisiting Israeli art at the Ramat Gan Museum

The Ramat Gan Museum of Israeli Art unveils a precious hoard of contemporary works.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023ByBARRY DAVIS
URI LIFSCHITZ, 1967.

The Director's Cut is widely accessible to an array of audiences

The Kibbutz Dance Company is based at Kibbutz Ga'aton and has just celebrated its 50th year.

JUNE 15, 2023ByORA BRAFMAN
RAMI BE’ER’S ‘Director’s Cut’ is performed by The Kibbutz Dance Company.

The Nederlands Dance Theater returns to Israel

The evening boasts works by Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite, Romanian choreographer Edward Clug and Israeli dancer and choreographer Nadav Zelner.

JUNE 1, 2023ByORI J. LENKINSKI
NDT2 IN action.

Who are we? 120 years of art in Israel - Opinion

An overview of the first collaboration between Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan and the Institute for Israeli Art at the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Academic College.

APRIL 13, 2023ByINSTITUTE FOR ISRAELI ART
Marcel Janco, Nocturne Death of the Soldier 1949 private collection

History, art come together at colorful Jerusalem Drawing Biennale

The Biennale for Drawing in Israel has celebrated the medium of drawing and shown how deeply the past and present are intertwined in the holy city.

DECEMBER 5, 2022ByMAYA MARGIT/THE MEDIA LINE
Ruven Kuperman, "No Title," (2020), ink and color pencil on paper.

Pope Francis receives Israeli artwork depicting Jesus

Israeli artist Nilly Shachor found a formation of branches that look like crucified Jesus, so she took it home and enhanced it.

NOVEMBER 30, 2022ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Prof. Dina Porat gives Pope Francis a photo of an Israeli artwork of Jesus on the cross made of branches.

Fourth Israeli Art Lending Library Launched in New England

The art collection encompasses more than 100 original pieces of art by Israeli artists.

NOVEMBER 21, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM

Mika Hadar's beautifully composed works at her solo exhibition

Her solo exhibition will be at the Tribal Art and Israeli Art Gallery in Tel Aviv, curated by Michali Adler and Dr. Galia Duchen Arieli.

NOVEMBER 9, 2022ByDANIEL SHORKEND
A social media post by Mika Hadar captioned "Self image".