Artist
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.
'Kat World:' Artist Risa Brooke Oze turns wartime life in Israel into whiskered, cat-themed satire
'Megillat Yerushalyim': Israeli artist Rachel Kainy is turning Jerusalem into a living scroll
Three artists, three questions: Creating an alternative reality
Infinite painting, boundless experience: How Leo Ray finds joy in an increasingly dark world
For over 30 years, up to the pandemic, he taught art at Art School, Ein Vered, and BASIS School of Sculpture, Beit Yanai, where he also headed the painting program from 2006 to 2014.
United in art: Jerusalem's Manofim Festival returns with art, music, and performance
The 18th edition of the Manofim arts festival maintains its inclusive take on local life.
How Yaniv Tal builds digital audiences for international artists and public figures
David Nipo at Rothschild Fine Art: The anatomy of a gaze
Exhibit combines hyper-realistic still lifes, Adina Nipo poetry.
A master musician: Michael Tilson Thomas’s compositional legacy
While much of his oeuvre was deeply indebted to his American identity, several works explicitly engaged with his Jewish heritage.
David Hockney, one of the most celebrated artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, dies at 88
"Strong shadows meant a lot of sun," the painter recalled to BBC television in 2009. "So I thought, well, wherever that is, it's always sunny."
John Lithgow wins Tony Award for portraying Roald Dahl in ‘Giant,’ about author's antisemitism
Not long before his death, Dahl said, “I’m certainly anti-Israeli, and I’ve become antisemitic.”
Meet the Israeli author making Jewish texts accessible for children
The first book I received of Dina’s series of three was her Scroll of Ruth, most appropriate since Shavuot was only a week away.
Influential Israeli painter and satirist Yair Garbuz dies at 80
Garbuz showed his work at dozens of exhibitions in Israel and all over the world, and also headed the Midrasha Faculty of Arts at Beit Berl College.
Three artists, three questions: Perspectives on art - opinion
Explore the minds of three artists as they discuss art, creativity, and what makes their work stand out.
