Painting

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.

A judge ruled in 2026 that Amedeo Modigliani's "Seated Man with a Cane," shown here in part, must be returned to the family of the man who owned it before the Holocaust.
Seated Man With a Cane by Amadeo Modigliani

Modigliani painting looted, resold by Nazis returned to estate of rightful Jewish owner

Tsuki Garbian’s art: ‘SPANGA HOME,’ 2025.

Tsuki Garbian's exhibition 'A Very Still Life' deconstructs and reconstructs art on canvas

NETA BACHRACH

Three artists, three questions: 3-D imagination - sculptures


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‘Out there’ in the art world

Painter Ella Amitay Sadovsky presents “Out There” at the Wilfrid Israel Museum, curated by Shir Meller-Yamaguchi.

 ‘OUT THERE’ by Ella Amitay Sadovsky.

Five Artists asked to paint on walls in Haifa, with impressive results

Artistic Revival: Five artists paint stunning wall murals in Haifa's urban centers, infusing the city with vibrant colors and vitality. See the captivating pictures.

 Bringing art to commercial centers in Haifa.

Art as a source of cultural resilience

Launch of the Schusterman Collection at the Haifa Museum of Art.

 The fig seller Nachum Gutman 1932

Madrid museum may keep Pissarro painting looted by Nazis, US appeals court rules

The 3-0 decision by the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, California, came in one of the oldest Nazi art theft cases.

 A visitor leans to look at Camille Pissarro's "Rue Saint-Honore in the Afternoon. Effect of Rain, 1897" at Thyssen-Bornemisza museum in Madrid, Spain, April 22, 2022.

Meet the Moldovan olah with a burning love for colors

Anna, a Moldovan olah with an affinity for art, has presented her paintings in solo and group exhibitions in Israel and around the world.

 Anna Aiach

Castel Museum showcases Pinchas Shaar

Castel was described after his death in 1991 by art historian Gideon Ofrat as a member of the “heroic period of Israeli modernism.”

 PINCHAS SAAR'S 'Chariots of Gods (An Artist as a Magician),' 1986.

The longest painting from Israeli children for IDF soldiers

They wrote: "Thank you to the soldiers who protect us."

 The Longest Painting from Israeli Children for IDF Soldiers 110 meters long.

Painting that survived kibbutz attack finds home in Israeli museum

The red paint was used by chance, but it has taken on a grim significance.

 Ziva Jelin, an Israeli artist from Kibbutz Beeri in Israel's south stands next to her painting "Curving Road", which depicts a scene of the road leading to her kibbutz which neighbours the Gaza Strip, after it was exhibited at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem November 12, 2023.

Art roundup: Broken antiques, spirits, war paintings

"Because of the war, there will be no festive reception."

 A painting by Liron Lupu.