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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 650

street art in Israel

Iranian-American artist Hooman Khalili posing in front of a mural he designed on the outside wall of the Jerusalem Museum of Tolerance depicting slain Iranian-Israeli soldier Shirel Pour Haim (L) and Mahsa Amini, the woman who sparked protests in Iran after being killed by the regime, January 30, 2024 (Gianluca Pacchiani / Times of Israel)
February 5, 2024, 4:45 pm
In Israel, Iranian artist unveils Oct. 7-themed mural honoring Persian-Jewish ties
Hooman Khalili is halfway through his mission of painting 18 public spaces to raise awareness of Iranian women’s oppression; new work highlights slain IDF soldier Shirel Haim Pour
By Gianluca Pacchiani
One of the 38 Tel Aviv Walls of Hope street paintings curated by street artist yamb0x.eth with Free Our Kids IL, in effort to create international pressure to free the 38 children held hostage by Hamas since October 7, 2023 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
November 21, 2023, 4:47 pm
Street artists paint Tel Aviv wall murals about child hostages
Free Our Kids IL and artist Yamb0x.eth collaborate on Walls of Hope street paintings in Florentin neighborhood
By Jessica Steinberg
Israeli artist Ronit Levin Delgado in New York City’s Union Square, October 16, 2023. (Luke Tress JTA)
October 19, 2023, 1:04 am
NYC ‘Kidnapped’ posters calling attention to Israeli hostages keep getting torn down
Created by Israeli street artists in the city for an art residency, the signs have caught on across the globe – and have emerged as a new front in the battle for hearts and minds
By Luke Tress
Legos used to repair a wall struck by a Gaza rocket in Ramat Gan on May 15, 2021. (Raz Sror)
June 6, 2021, 4:14 pm
Student uses Lego to repair Ramat Gan wall damaged by Hamas rocket
Raz Sror, who’s studying architecture, spent several days completing a school assignment by filling in holes in a building in the Tel Aviv suburb
By Amy Spiro
Alander Especie, shown with his daughter Liz, puts on tefillin every day. (Courtesy of Especie/ via JTA)
February 26, 2021, 5:01 am
Raised in one of Rio’s most violent favelas, he’s now a rising artist in Israel
New immigrant Alander Especie joins hundreds of fellow Brazilian expats in Ra’anana, which he and other creatives are working to beautify through art
By Marcus M. Gilban
Street art in Tel Aviv by Imaginary Duck. (Lord K2)
October 3, 2020, 8:06 am
The disappearing street art of Tel Aviv’s gentrifying Florentin neighborhood
As developers rush to ‘clean up’ bohemian area and artists are pushed further to the city’s south, a cultural center is in danger of being erased
By Lord K2
Designer Yoav Gati makes doodles out of discarded gloves. (Courtesy of Yoav Gati/ via JTA)
May 15, 2020, 9:54 am
How Tel Aviv creatives made art out of the COVID-19 crisis
From giving stories and discarded gloves on the street to outfitting portraits on shekel bills with personal protective gear, Israelis aren’t wasting a chance to make a statement
By Karen Chernick
Julie Robertson painted a mural of Hannah Senesh in downtown San Diego. (Courtesy of Robertson)
October 5, 2019, 7:47 pm
Why a Japanese-American artist painted a mural of Nazi fighter Hannah Senesh
Christian artist Julie Robertson learned about one of the country’s national heroes earlier this year during a trip to Israel, says she was struck by her bravery
By Josefin Dolsten
Israeli-born New York-based street artist Sara Erenthal smiles in front of one of her murals in Tel Aviv on January 28, 2018. (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)
March 14, 2018, 11:19 am
Beyond belief: From strict ultra-Orthodox roots to street artist
Sara Erenthal, 36, fled her Neturei Karta family at 17, when her parents told her they had found her a husband; she is now a celebrated Brooklyn-based artist
By Delphine Matthieussent
Street artist Dan Groover in his studio in Talpiot, Jerusalem, March 14, 2017 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
March 16, 2017, 11:57 am
Street art graffiti with some groove, and soul
Pop artist Dan Groover plied his art from Paris to Guadeloupe until he settled in to his Jerusalem studio
By Jessica Steinberg
A 10-foot vagina sculpted from cards advertising prostitution services. The piece, by Sasha Kurbatov and Vanan Borian, was placed on Rothschild Avenue in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, March 8 2016, to coincide with International Woman's Day. (Screen capture Ynet)
March 9, 2016, 3:16 pm
Artists place huge vagina on major Tel Aviv street
Sculpture, made of thousands of cards advertising prostitution, meant to highlight plight of women in the industry
By ToI Staff
Mural of Abraham Joshua Heschel by Solomon Souza in the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, February 25, 2016. (Renee Ghert-Zand/Times of Israel)
February 29, 2016, 10:53 am
Young artist turns Jerusalem’s market into gallery of famous faces
Mahane Yehuda comes to life on the Sabbath as colorful murals of historical and contemporary figures appear on shops’ closed shutters
By Renee Ghert-Zand and Luke Tress
Mural on Agrippas Street (Shmuel Bar-Am)
December 12, 2015, 8:40 am
A neglected Jerusalem neighborhood illuminated by street art
Fabulous murals and other creative works on walls, poles, balconies, doors and shops have helped transform the streets around the Mahane Yehuda market
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
The Dolphinarium in Tel Aviv, with a new paint job by street artist Dede (Courtesy Facebook)
June 19, 2015, 6:16 am
Artist gets his teeth into TA bombing site
City’s abandoned Dolphinarium building, the scene of a 2001 suicide bombing, has been turned into a set of wind-up choppers
By ToI Staff
The anonymous artist Banksy released a video on Feb. 25, 2015 showing a recent visit to the Gaza Strip. (Screen capture)
February 26, 2015, 2:31 pm
Banksy releases ‘promo’ for Gaza
In return visit to the Holy Land, street artist brings his signature dark humor to the Palestinian enclave
By Judah Ari Gross
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