The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/israeli-art/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Thu, 11 Jun 2026 06:14:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Israeli art | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/israeli-art/ 32 32 Using discarded Israeli flags, artist tries to stitch divided country together https://www.timesofisrael.com/using-discarded-israeli-flags-artist-tries-to-stitch-divided-country-together/ Tue, 19 May 2026 13:21:05 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3822502 Tal Tenne Czaczkes created 'The Flag of Flags,' a banner of nearly 700 pennants once abandoned on roadsides, now sewn into a giant canopy

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]]> New film profiles Jewish feminist who is NYC Sanitation Department’s official artist https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-film-profiles-jewish-feminist-who-is-nyc-sanitation-departments-official-artist/ Fri, 01 May 2026 23:20:20 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3813541 'Maintenance Artist' looks at Mierle Laderman Ukeles's 50-year partnership with the municipal workers and her belief, rooted in Jewish identity, that people are more than their societal roles

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]]> Venice Biennale judges won’t consider Israel due to Netanyahu’s ICC arrest warrant https://www.timesofisrael.com/venice-biennale-judges-wont-consider-israel-due-to-netanyahus-icc-arrest-warrant/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:57:30 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3811546 Artist and sculptor Belu-Simion Fainaru, representing Israel, says he believes 'art thrives on openness'; Foreign Ministry: 'Spectacle of false, anti-Israeli political indoctrination'

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]]> ‘Creativity is the basis of Judaism’: Yaacov Agam, father of kinetic art, receives Israel Prize https://www.timesofisrael.com/creativity-is-the-basis-of-judaism-yaacov-agam-father-of-kinetic-art-receives-israel-prize/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:12:16 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3806243 Accepting the award in the eponymous museum he helped design ahead of Wednesday's ceremony in Jerusalem, the 97-year-old creator charms admirers -- and a ToI journalist

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]]> Israeli artist adopts classical motifs to frame contemporary trauma in new exhibit https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-artist-adopts-classical-motifs-to-frame-contemporary-trauma-in-new-exhibit/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:50:49 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3778577 'Yudith Levin: Break of Dawn' at the Israel Museum features her work over 50 years, from her brother's 1956 death in a military plane crash through the Oct. 7 Hamas atrocities

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]]> Speaking the language of music, Israeli-born couple brings Moroccan roots to US university https://www.timesofisrael.com/speaking-the-language-of-music-israeli-born-couple-brings-moroccan-roots-to-us-university/ Sat, 10 Jan 2026 06:38:35 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3727382 Neta Elkayam and Amit Hai Cohen draw on rediscovered heritage to connect with students at the historically Black Xavier University in Louisiana, where many have no exposure to Jews

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]]> Celebrated Israeli painter’s grandchildren get their turn at the easel in Eilat exhibit https://www.timesofisrael.com/celebrated-israeli-painters-grandchildren-get-their-turn-at-the-easel-in-eilat-exhibit/ Sun, 07 Dec 2025 12:15:53 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3699057 Curator Céline Avrahami's 'Face to Face' brings photographs by Michal Rubin and paintings by Gidi Rubin, descendants of artist Reuven Rubin, now through February 7

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]]> TV writer Hagai Levi says artists want to leave Israel, boycott is hurting wrong people https://www.timesofisrael.com/tv-writer-hagai-levi-says-artists-want-to-leave-israel-boycott-hurting-wrong-people/ Wed, 17 Sep 2025 08:31:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3643870 Screenwriter warns cultural isolation risks stifling domestic voices in the country who are critical of Netanyahu and his government

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]]> Kibbutz marks 80 years of Shavuot song and dance with pioneering artworks https://www.timesofisrael.com/kibbutz-marks-80-years-of-shavuot-song-and-dance-with-pioneering-artworks/ Sun, 01 Jun 2025 10:00:46 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3558266 Northern Kibbutz Ramat Yohanan hosts expansive exhibit inspired by the pre-state work of choreographer Leah Bergstein and composer Mattityahu Shelem for the harvest festival

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]]> Nova community to get proceeds of exhibit showcasing Israeli art https://www.timesofisrael.com/nova-community-to-get-proceeds-of-exhibit-showcasing-israeli-art/ Tue, 11 Feb 2025 13:07:55 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3480146 Bank Hapoalim's annual 'Israeli Art' event will donate 75% of proceeds from sales to helping survivors, the bereaved and families of hostages taken from rave on October 7

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]]> With Hezbollah rockets halted, Haifa’s cultural scene experiences post-ceasefire boom https://www.timesofisrael.com/with-hezbollah-rockets-halted-haifas-cultural-scene-experiences-post-ceasefire-boom/ Thu, 09 Jan 2025 11:33:38 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3454488 Long-delayed Haifa Film Festival finally marks 40th year, as Tikotin Museum celebrates iconic Japanese wave print and Haifa City Museum waxes nostalgic about Israel's homegrown car

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]]> What dreams may come: Surrealistic exhibits mark start of Israel Museum’s 60th year https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-dreams-may-come-surrealistic-exhibits-mark-start-of-israel-museums-60th-year/ Thu, 02 Jan 2025 07:22:40 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3445235 After international institutions shunned them amid war, the curators of 'Lucid Dreams' and 'Alma Mater' turned inward, assembling over 180 local works

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]]> In new exhibit, Israeli museum responds to wartime isolation with ‘respins’ of great works https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-new-exhibit-israeli-artists-respond-to-wartime-isolation-by-respinning-great-works/ Sun, 17 Nov 2024 04:02:06 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3419486 Running through February, 'Masterpieces' at the Mishkan Museum in Kibbutz Ein Harod contains 300 works by 47 artists, including rethinks of 'The Last Supper' and 'Guernica'

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]]> US ambassador fills home with Israeli art showing post-Oct. 7 resilience https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-ambassador-fills-home-with-israeli-art-showing-post-oct-7-resilience/ Wed, 25 Sep 2024 14:22:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3382378 Jack Lew opens official residence and shows off a collection built up over the tumultuous first year of his posting

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]]> Displaced by war, Israeli artists are given a seaside studio refuge following Oct. 7 https://www.timesofisrael.com/displaced-by-war-israeli-artists-are-given-a-seaside-studio-refuge-following-oct-7/ Sun, 12 May 2024 01:53:45 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3280195 Providing living quarters and studios near the beach, the Old Jaffa Artists Residency sought to reignite smoldering creativity; the work that emerged has surprised even its makers

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