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Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama, known for dots and pumpkins, dies at 97

Kusama, who was candid about her mental health struggles, said New York gave her neuroses. Around 1977, a few years after returning to Japan, she voluntarily entered a mental hospital.

Artist Yayoi Kusama poses for a photograph with her artwork "Love arrives at the Earth Carrying with it a Tale of the Cosmos" at the Tate Modern gallery in London
Night Work (see Saturday).

Jerusalem highlights: August 14-20

"The Castle of the Pyrenees" a painting by famous Belgian artist Rene Magritte is seen on a wall as a laborer on a ladder prepares the Israel Museum of Jerusalem for a re-opening.

Belgian collector lends rare René Magritte work to Israel Museum during painting restoration

Previously undiscovered tomb of an individual named "Paser," found at the ancient Theban necropolis, July 24, 2026.

Previously undiscovered ancient Egyptian tomb found at Theban necropolis on Nile's west bank


Holocaust victim's heirs to pay Austria after mix-up over returned Klimt

The original owner was forced to sell the piece to survive in 1938

Museum visitors study "Adele Bloch-Bauer I," a 1907 painting by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt at a special exhibition of Klimt paintings looted by the Nazis during World War II.

What's the best color to paint a small, dark room?

Small rooms with no natural light are a challenge for interior designers, but this TikTok user has a surprising solution.


Most people cannot figure this out: How many people are in this picture?

The following brainteaser was recently published on TikTok and challenged web surfers to find out how many people are in the image. Few succeeded.

 How many people are there in this picture?

Unusual compound found in Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’ - study

As part of the 2019 Operation Night Watch, an international research team joined forces to study how the painting materials react chemically and with time.

 The Night Watch, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1642

Israeli artist creates massive mural to celebrate 700 years of Vilnius


Israeli artist depicts Serbian women who changed their country


Lost Jewish renaissance painter favored by the Medici discovered

The life and career of Jona Ostiglio also shed light on the relations between faith communities in 17th-century Florence.

Tapestry "Christ's charge to Peter" designed by Renaissance artist Raphael is on display on a lower wall of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican

Art Roundup: Remembering Breitberg-Semel & ‘Garden of Earthly Delights’ 

Art Roundup intends to offer readers a monthly glance at some of the finest art exhibitions currently being shown across the country.

 End of the line butcher shop.

Jewish philanthropist brings ‘healing’ murals to hospitals and clinics

The Community Mural Project carried on a hospital system tradition to create works for government buildings.

FOR NEW YORK City, the financial capital of the world, cyberattacks have always posed a major threat.

Soup thrown at Van Gogh painting in Rome climate change protest

The stunt directed at "The Sower" was carried out by four women from the group Ultima Generazione (Last Generation) who shouted slogans against global warming and fossil fuels.

 Activists of ''Ultima Generazione (Last Generation)" glue their hands to the wall after throwing soup at a van Gogh's painting "The Sower" at Palazzo Bonaparte in Rome