Basia Monka

Basia Monka, who made aliyah from Poland in 2014, is a multilingual journalist with many years of experience in TV and leading international publications. Covering both culture and politics, at The Jerusalem Post, she interviews both unknown artists/musicians and those of global acclaim.

Layla Blenden.

Layla Blenden: Jewelry of kindness

Ariel Hacohen

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

The writer with Roberto Casarotto during the interview.

Dancing for health in museums with dance activist Roberto Casarotto - interview


Three artists, three questions: The 9th Biennale for Drawing in Israel

The selection of 77 artists from over 600 Israeli artists, who responded to the open call, is inspiring.

DORIT FIGOVICH GODDARD.

Three artists, three questions: In search of positive emotions

I interviewed the artists while we were still holding our breaths for the return of the 20 living hostages.

MEITAL KATZ-MINERBO

Three artists, three questions: Cross-disciplinary creators

Three artists who have moved to the visual arts, from fashion and jewelry, classical music, photography, and film.

KATRIN TOLKOVSKY

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.'

‘Reuven Rubin: Be my Guest’ exhibition opening, Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

Three artists, three questions: Is the body limitation or freedom?

In the artworks of the three artists I selected for this month’s column, the body plays diverse direct and indirect but important roles.

Didi Khalifa grew up in the Hebron hills.

Three artists, three questions: In surreal times

Contemporary art wouldn’t be the same without Surrealism.

RONIT PORAT.

Realistic analytical intimacy in art: An interview with Yossi Mark

Renowned Israeli realist artist and winner of last year’s Haim Shiff Award for Figurative-Realistic Art, opens his solo exhibition 'Bona Nox, Mater' at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

 ARTIST YOSSI MARK: Complete control of technique.

Three artists, three questions: Interviews amid sirens from Iranian missiles

Three Israeli artists, from different generations and with very different approaches and backgrounds, answered my three questions.

 Chen Nucher

Dr. Joseph Zrihen: A Franco-Israeli doctor and artist

In Israel, perhaps even more so during the war, he feels that he can fulfill his two main passions in life: healing bodies and heartening souls.

 DR. JOSEPH ZRIHEN during a TV interview.

Three artists, three questions: New artists explain what inspires them, sets them apart

The Artists Greenhouse section highlights new, independent artists. Selection is anonymous and takes over half a year.

 SHIRLEY MONEYHON