Art
Congress removes deadline for Holocaust-looted art claims, opening door to more restitution
The controversial "sunset clause" of a 2016 law led watchdogs to believe that those owning looted works were purposefully obscuring them from public view until the deadline had passed.
Simon Betuel: Cosmetics producer by day, artist by night
Jerusalem highlights: April 10 – April 16
Between miracle and memory: The evolution of Miriam in art over the years
Avner Bar Hama: An artist with a soul
Reading some of the comments on his book’s inside cover, I began to realize how singular a man he is.
Avraham Vofsi: An aliyah journey painted on canvas
Vofsi is currently planning a landscape project with Aboriginal communities, informed by his deepened understanding of what it means to belong to a land as a Jew in Israel.
Ohio auction house halts sale of paintings looted during Holocaust, billed as ‘unclaimed property'
Two 17th-century paintings looted by Nazis were pulled from an Ohio auction after a Holocaust art restitution group confirmed their rightful heirs.
Ekaterina Korotovskikh: A painter who followed her heart from Russia to Israel
“I am an Israeli, and that is the most important thing. I am studying the culture and customs of the country, and I am interested in it. I do not feel any difference between Jews and non-Jews.”
Reuven Rubin at Tel Aviv Museum of Art – a Zionist dream
'The paintings of Lavie, Gershuni, Aroch, and others give a wider, sometimes political context to Rubin. The key was tension between the figurative works of Rubin abstract work from our collection.'
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.”
Baobab Studio - art as a healing space
A groundbreaking Israeli social initiative that combines art and wood carving with community and psychological support.
Artful Ethiopia: Israeli artists with Ethiopian roots get a chance to shine in Jerusalem
This year’s festival takes place on September 9-11 at the host venue, The Mazkeka in downtown Jerusalem, and The Yellow Submarine and the Shalem Dance Center in Talpiyot.
Argentina investigates daughter of former Nazi official and her husband over stolen painting
Friedrich Kadgien was a senior Nazi official who fled to Argentina after the war. He died in 1979.
The Israeli designer selling €250 cushions in Paris and hoping to conquer the world
Amid rising antisemitism, Israeli designer Oron Milshtein presents a luxury cushion collection at Paris’s Maison&Objet. “In such a time, it is both moving and deeply obligating.”
