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.

AUGUST 30, 2025|ByBASIA MONKA

Didi Khalifa grew up in the Hebron hills.

The suspected 'Portrait of a Lady' in 2025.

Spotted in a Nazi’s daughter’s real estate ad: A painting looted from a famed Jewish art dealer

A painting by Giuseppe Ghislandi, looted by Nazis 85 years ago, was spotted in Argentina but vanished after being listed in a real estate ad. Interpol is now involved in the search.

AUGUST 27, 2025|ByTOBY AXELROD/JTA

RAN TENENBAUM, ‘Self Portrait with a Hoodie, 2024,’ from the new collection.

Tel Aviv Museum brings 35 new works by Israeli artists into its collection

Acquired through the ‘Voting for Art’ group, the works span a variety of genres, capturing a cross-section of contemporary Israeli creativity.

AUGUST 25, 2025|ByNERIA BARR

Large cutouts of knights seen lining the Mamilla Mall in Jerusalem ahead of the Jewish holiday of Purim, March 11, 2025

Mamilla: When a mall is also a sculpture gallery

'Mamilla is the largest platform for exhibiting sculptures in the country. No other outdoor mall has an ongoing exhibition like this, and no other place has such a variety of Israeli art.'

AUGUST 23, 2025|ByABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN

At 60, the Israel Museum offers a new take on its accumulated treasures

Reuven Rubin’s evocative 1923 oil painting 'First Fruits' conveys something of a utopian futuristic human and bucolic scene, with Jews and Arabs enjoying a harmonious coexistence in Eretz Yisrael.

AUGUST 23, 2025ByBARRY DAVIS

The Transparent Conservation Lab offers the public a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the work of the art conservator

'Home is here': Art exhibition showcases undocumented children's stories amid release of new report

Heartfelt art exhibit soon to open in Tel Aviv, featuring the work of children facing the threat of deportation due to their status as the children of migrant workers in Israel.

AUGUST 21, 2025ByJOANIE MARGULIES

Painting of the government complex build with people protesting in front of it against the deportation of themselves, their families, or their friends.ing in Tel Aviv

From Baku to Tel Aviv: Galina Mintz’s journey of art, aliyah, and identity

It’s hard to imagine that Mintz’s life would have progressed as it did if she hadn’t made aliyah.

AUGUST 16, 2025ByABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN

‘CATS’ BLUES,’ dedicated to the stray cat that came into the artist’s home and soothed her soul in the wake of Oct. 7.

Jerusalem highlights: August 8-14

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

AUGUST 8, 2025ByHAGAY HACOHEN

'Can You See Its Beauty' exhibition showcases and celebrates Zionist pioneers

Goren’s multi-media use is compelling: Photographs, poetry, and music culled from well-known Israeli culture and history, as well as the use of symbols.

AUGUST 6, 2025ByDANNY SHORKEND