The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/marc-chagall/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:00:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Marc Chagall | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/marc-chagall/ 32 32 ‘10 Agams in Iran’: The secret story of Israeli and Jewish art in the regime’s hands https://www.timesofisrael.com/10-agams-in-iran-the-secret-story-of-israeli-and-jewish-art-in-the-regimes-hands/ Mon, 25 May 2026 08:59:45 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3821699 The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art owns pieces by the iconic master of kinetic art and several other Jewish artists. While works occasionally go on display, most are shrouded in mystery

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]]> Daily Briefing April 2: Picassos and other veiled masterpieces in Iran https://www.timesofisrael.com/daily-briefing-april-2-picassos-and-other-veiled-masterpieces-in-iran/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:27:46 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3791898&preview=true&preview_id=3791898 Archaeology and religions reporter Rossella Tercatin reports on art collection amassed by Queen Farah Pahlavi and a Passover Haggadah that examines influence of Egyptian culture

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]]> Stolen in Tel Aviv, Picasso and Chagall works worth $900,000 found in Antwerp home https://www.timesofisrael.com/stolen-picasso-chagall-paintings-worth-900000-found-in-antwerp-house/ Wed, 17 Jan 2024 02:49:28 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3202641 The paintings, Picasso's 'Tête' and Chagall's 'L’homme en prière,' were purloined from a collector in 2010, along with $680,000 worth of jewelry

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]]> Not ‘Holocaust distortion’ but creativity, says creator of Netflix’s ‘Transatlantic’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/not-holocaust-distortion-but-creativity-says-creator-of-netflixs-transatlantic/ Mon, 17 Apr 2023 07:01:57 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2992266 Anna Winger's series is based on Varian Fry's real-life rescue of thousands of European artists and intellectuals; critics warn of historical inaccuracies caused by dramatization

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]]> Chagall painting stolen by Nazis on display in New York after sale https://www.timesofisrael.com/chagall-painting-stolen-by-nazis-on-display-in-new-york-after-sale/ Sat, 18 Feb 2023 02:04:10 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2954172 1911 painting of Russian-born artist's father was auctioned last November for $7.4 million, capping a tumultuous history

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]]> Nazi-looted Chagall painting fetches $7.4 million at US auction https://www.timesofisrael.com/nazi-looted-chagall-painting-fetches-7-4-million-at-us-auction/ Wed, 16 Nov 2022 15:00:30 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2876395 'The Father' sold by heirs of David Cender, who survived Auschwitz but never recovered the piece, which the Jewish painter purchased for himself after it reemerged following WWII

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]]> 1911 Chagall painting stolen by Nazis to be auctioned next month in New York https://www.timesofisrael.com/1911-chagall-painting-stolen-by-nazis-to-be-auctioned-next-month-in-new-york/ Thu, 06 Oct 2022 20:17:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2849108 Oil painting estimated to be worth $6-8 million was purchased in 1928 by Polish-Jewish violin maker David Cender, who lost possessions upon expulsion to ghetto

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]]> France votes to restore 15 works of art looted by Nazis to Jewish heirs https://www.timesofisrael.com/france-votes-to-restore-15-works-of-art-looted-by-nazis-to-jewish-heirs/ Sun, 30 Jan 2022 10:38:54 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2692884 Culture Minister Bachelot hails 'historic' bill; Senate approval still needed; among pieces to be returned are a Klimt and a Chagall

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]]> NYC exhibit of Nazi-looted art tells a tale of Jewish loss and recovery https://www.timesofisrael.com/nyc-exhibit-of-nazi-looted-art-tells-a-tale-of-jewish-loss-and-recovery/ Fri, 20 Aug 2021 12:29:23 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2602377 Opening Friday, the Jewish Museum's 'Afterlives: Recovering the Lost Stories of Looted Art' is a testament to survival, despite attempts to eradicate an identity and culture

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]]> Marc Chagall’s synagogue in Belarus is for sale to anyone willing to restore it https://www.timesofisrael.com/marc-chagalls-synagogue-in-belarus-is-for-sale-to-anyone-willing-to-restore-it/ Fri, 29 Jan 2021 23:48:55 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2478813 City of Vitebsk offers dilapidated building used by painter and his family for a nominal fee, but new owners will need to preserve its walls and restore architecture

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]]> Mysterious keepsake box reveals shards of grandmother’s pre-WWII life https://www.timesofisrael.com/mysterious-keepsake-box-reveals-shards-of-grandmothers-pre-wwii-life/ Mon, 04 May 2020 00:38:34 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2283840&preview=true&preview_id=2283840 In 'House of Glass,' The Guardian's Hadley Freeman writes a family memoir about her search to explain why her paternal grandmother survived, but didn't thrive after the Holocaust

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]]> Stolen Marc Chagall painting sells for $130,000 at auction in Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/stolen-marc-chagall-painting-sells-for-130000-at-auction-in-israel/ Wed, 29 Jan 2020 14:56:02 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2230854 Titled 'Jacob’s Ladder,' oil painting size of a sheet of office paper by famed Jewish modernist was scheduled for a 1996 sale but was swiped days before that auction

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]]> ‘Jacob’s Ladder,’ a Chagall stolen from Tel Aviv gallery in 1996, is up for sale https://www.timesofisrael.com/jacobs-ladder-a-chagall-stolen-from-tel-aviv-gallery-in-1996-is-up-for-sale/ Wed, 15 Jan 2020 04:46:59 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2217347 Painted at around the time of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, dramatic biblical work was recently found by a Jerusalem family among their deceased mother's possessions

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]]> Amsterdam museum unveils 5-year research to uncover secrets of Chagall’s art https://www.timesofisrael.com/amsterdam-museum-unveils-5-year-research-to-uncover-secrets-of-chagalls-art/ Fri, 13 Sep 2019 13:33:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2147785 Artist remained remarkably faithful to eight pigments in his colorful works even as he traveled the world, sometimes painting over previous paintings

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]]> Sotheby’s new owner Drahi — a French-Israeli tycoon with expensive taste in art https://www.timesofisrael.com/drahi-self-made-french-cable-tycoon-with-rich-taste-in-art/ Tue, 18 Jun 2019 02:27:20 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2096128 The Moroccan-born Jewish businessman is a billionaire said to own some 'fairly spectacular' works by Marc Chagall

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