Culture in Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv's Animix festival combines political satire, cartoons with tributes, memorials, lectures

Alongside tributes and lectures, five-day event packs in live performances, gaming, and comics fair.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
CARTOON ANIMALS by lifetime achievement award winner Dovi Keich.
REUNITED AND IT FEELS so red (from L): Emily Blunt (Emily Charlton); Anne Hathaway (Andy Sachs); and Stanley Tucci (Nigel Kipling) attend ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ world premiere at New York City’s Lincoln Center, April 20.

‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’: Israel rolls out red carpet as Tel Aviv hosts early premiere

Israel rolls out the red carpet for highly anticipated fashion romp ahead of US release, as celebrities and creatives return to the spotlight weeks after war.

|BySHANNA FULD
Ariel Hacohen

Three artists, three questions: Recurring motifs through chaos and order

Three artists, three questions, and a shared urge to find order in chaos through repetition, light, and form.

|ByBASIA MONKA
Two exhibitions of Judy Chicago's work were staged in Tel Aviv in 2025.

Judy Chicago’s feminist art lands in Tel Aviv, igniting boycott call, hard questions about Israel

A group of Israeli and Palestinian artists wrote to Chicago and her collaborator, artist Nadya Tolokonnikova, urging them to “not artwash the genocide and ongoing ethnic cleansing” in Gaza.

|ByKAREN CHERNICK/JTA

An oasis of calm

In the frenetic metropolis that is Tel-Aviv, the Hilton Hotel can always be relied on to provide an oasis of calm amid the chaos.

MAY 30, 2019ByGLORIA DEUTSCH
CHEF RAFIK JABARIN

Millions tune in to Tel Aviv again for second Eurovision semi-final

Madonna finally signs a contract for her Saturday appearance.

MAY 17, 2019ByAMY SPIRO
The 10 acts that made it through the second semi-final.

Millions tune into Tel Aviv again for second Eurovision semi-final

Madonna finally signed a contract for her Saturday appearance.

MAY 17, 2019ByAMY SPIRO
The 10 acts that made it through the second semi-final.

Emma Shapplin shares Tel Aviv stage with Idan Raichel

Emma Shapplin . April 26. Habima National Theater. Charles Bronfman Auditorium, Tel Aviv

APRIL 28, 2019BySHIRLEY FINKELSTEIN
EMMA SHAPPLIN and Idan Raichel

Lina Lapelyte opens up the Lithuanian Story festival

Lapelyte’s show addresses a wide range of issues, including aging, gender and socioeconomic status.

APRIL 9, 2019ByBARRY DAVIS
LINA LAPELYTE performs ‘Candy Shop.’

Turkish soap stars get fanatical reception in Israel

'Bride of Istanbul's Ozcan Deniz gives concert in Tel Aviv: "We succeeded where politicians haven't."

APRIL 8, 2019ByAMY SPIRO
The Bride of Istanbul's Ozcan Deniz performs in Tel Aviv on April 6th, 2019

Love lives here for Israeli choreographers

Yossi Berg and Oded Graf turn their attentions to ‘amour’ for latest work at Tmuma Theater.

APRIL 7, 2019ByORI J. LENKINSKI
‘WHEN LOVE WALKED IN’ by Yossi Berg & Oded Graf

The Lounge: March 26, 2019

MARCH 25, 2019ByMICHAL GALANTI
FROM LEFT: Pnina Edri, Koby Gal-Raday and Moshe Edri

Tools for life, not just dance

March Hare Festival offers performances, discussion and community.

MARCH 13, 2019ByORI J. LENKINSKI
A PERFORMANCE from the March Hare Dance Festival

Marimbas from Estonia

MustonenFest Tallinn-Tel Aviv brings together some great Estonian-Israeli collaborations.

MARCH 10, 2019ByMAXIM REIDER
19-YEAR-OLD Tanel-Eiko Novikov: At the concert in Jerusalem, I will even be playing with six mallets at certain moments, so it’ll keep me on my toes as well