Painting
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.
Jerusalem highlights: August 14-20
Belgian collector lends rare René Magritte work to Israel Museum during painting restoration
Previously undiscovered ancient Egyptian tomb found at Theban necropolis on Nile's west bank
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.
Three artists, three questions: Freshpaint 2026 - interview
In an era of growing use of AI, including in art, I sought out artists who still work with their hands, paint, and sculpt, but manage to keep their art fresh.
David Nipo at Rothschild Fine Art: The anatomy of a gaze
Exhibit combines hyper-realistic still lifes, Adina Nipo poetry.
Spanish police recover two priceless 17th-century paintings missing for nearly a century
The paintings, titled “Samson Taking the Honeycomb from the Lion's Mouth” and “David Receiving the Loaves of the Presence from Achimelech” had originally been part the church’s center altarpiece.
For restoration of Vienna’s historic synagogue: Gottfried Helnwein to auction painting
Artist Gottfried Helnwein donated the painting to IKG.Kultur, the cultural arm of Vienna’s Jewish community, to raise funds for the restoration of the historic Vienna City Temple.
Revealing the invisible: Jewish artists bring Mount Sinai to life
For artists who take on the challenge of depicting scenes from the Torah – particularly Moses and the giving of the Ten Commandments – the process begins with preparation.
London venue cancels ‘grotesque’ antisemitic art exhibition following UKLFI complaint
A controversial art exhibition featuring antisemitic imagery was canceled in London after UK Lawyers for Israel raised concerns. The show depicted Jews in grotesque caricatures and blood libel.
From canvas to country: Israeli artists turn landscape into ideology and memory
The landscape of the Land of Israel has never been neutral. Shaped by longing, ideology, and memory as much as by sight, artists have repeatedly turned the land into an idea.
Congress removes deadline for Holocaust-looted art claims, opening door to more restitution
The controversial "sunset clause" of a 2016 law led watchdogs to believe that those owning looted works were purposefully obscuring them from public view until the deadline had passed.
Modigliani painting looted, resold by Nazis returned to estate of rightful Jewish owner
The estate of Oscar Stettiner, a British-born Jewish art dealer in Paris, has been engaged in a lengthy legal battle to retrieve Seated Man With a Cane by Amadeo Modigliani.
