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Artist Tal Tenne Czaczkes working on her Flag of Flags, a massive canopy made of abandoned Israeli flags now being shown around the country, in May 2026 (Roni Czaczkes)
May 19, 2026, 4:21 pm
Using discarded Israeli flags, artist tries to stitch divided country together
Tal Tenne Czaczkes created ‘The Flag of Flags,’ a banner of nearly 700 pennants once abandoned on roadsides, now sewn into a giant canopy
By Jessica Steinberg
Mierle Laderman Ukeles speaks with a sanitation worker in an archival photo. (Courtesy Toby Perl Freilich via JTA)
May 2, 2026, 2:20 am
New film profiles Jewish feminist who is NYC Sanitation Department’s official artist
‘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
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Judy Chicago stands in front of one of her artworks entitled 'What if Women Ruled the World' during a press preview for the exhibition 'Judy Chicago: Revelations' at the Serpentine North gallery in London on May 21, 2024. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)
November 29, 2025, 1:30 pm
Judy Chicago’s feminist art lands in Tel Aviv, igniting an anti-Israel boycott call
In ‘What If Women Ruled the World,’ on display through Dec. 27, the artist poses a question that hits home in a war-torn country predominantly led by males – though critics still loom large
By Karen Chernick
At left: Jean Carroll circa 1955. (via Photofest); Cover of 'First Lady of Laughs' by Grace Kessler Overbeke. (Courtesy: NYU Press)
November 18, 2024, 4:25 am
Before Midge Maisel, there was Jean Carroll, a real-life trailblazing Jewish comedienne
In her new book, ‘First Lady of Laughs,’ scholar Grace Kessler Overbeke shines light on the oft-overlooked performer who created ‘a totally different model of funny Jewish women’
By Rich Tenorio
From 'Japanese Sushi Girls,' an exhibit at Haifa's Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art through November 2024 (Courtesy Hedva Rokach)
August 8, 2024, 9:16 am
Art and design on display in Haifa as creativity trumps tensions
Haifa Museum of Art features six solo exhibits of artists hailing from Israel’s north, as Tikotin Museum shows Japanese design and a sushi project for reservists
By Jessica Steinberg
At the 'New Barbizon' show at New York's FORMah gallery, showing the work of three Israeli artists through July 20, 2024 (Courtesy)
July 7, 2024, 11:48 am
Manhattan gallerist draws empowerment from exhibition of Israeli artists
‘Every Israeli who walks in here says it feels like the art is hugging them,’ says owner of FORMah Gallery, featuring ‘The New Barbizon’ show of 3 Russian-born Israeli artists
By Jessica Steinberg
Anuar Jour had trouble creating following the October 7 atrocities. (Bernard Dichek)
May 12, 2024, 4:53 am
Displaced by war, Israeli artists are given a seaside studio refuge following Oct. 7
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
By Bernard Dichek
At the opening of the rescheduled 2024 Jerusalem Biennale in March 2024, at the Nahon Museum of Italian Jewish Art (Courtesy)
March 20, 2024, 1:12 am
Delayed by war, a rescheduled Jerusalem Biennale beats sheep into swords of iron
Originally planned around the theme of cultural assets — ‘iron sheep’ in Hebrew parlance — the 7-week art exhibit spread throughout Jerusalem is now shaded by October 7’s horrors
By Jessica Steinberg
'Signaling' by Michal Rovner is projected onto the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, January 12, 2024. (Courtesy of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art/Photo by Yaron Eini)
March 10, 2024, 7:30 pm
Despite vandalism and protests, NY gallery Pace showcases Israeli artist as planned
Exhibition of Michal Rovner’s ongoing ‘Pragim’ series opens on schedule March 7 after art houses across the city are defaced by anti-Israel protesters following Hamas atrocities
By Karen Chernick
Walied Khury in his blacksmith studio in Fassuta. (Duha Khoury)
January 9, 2024, 9:33 am
Along the border with Lebanon, artists in a Christian Arab village forge on amid war
For painter Rima Khoury and blacksmith Walied Khoury, Hezbollah rocket fire and the evacuation of many residents have hurt emotionally and financially, but art helps them persevere
By Diana Bletter
Cartoonist Roz Chast attends The Hatter's Mad Tea Party: 2018 Moth Ball at Capitale on June 5, 2018 in New York City. (Ben Gabbe/Getty Images for The Moth/AFP)
November 29, 2023, 1:41 am
Here’s what Jewish New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast’s dreams are made of
The acclaimed illustrator, who has been at the magazine since 1978, takes readers on a nighttime tour of her phantasmagorical mind in her latest book, ‘I Must Be Dreaming’
By Risa Doherty
In Buenos Aires, the AMIA Art Space is hosting 'These Are the Names, paying tribute to the 1,200 victims of the October 7 massacre committed by Hamas, taking part in the postponed Jerusalem Biennale that was meant to open in November 2023 (Courtesy)
November 19, 2023, 11:45 am
Jerusalem Biennale postponed, exhibits shown abroad to support Israel
The biannual exhibit of Jewish and Israeli art will open in Jerusalem in the spring; for now, works are hung in Italy, NY and Buenos Aires
By Jessica Steinberg
Artist Netta Lieber Sheffer paints in the square of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, October 26, 2023, as part of the This is Us project. (Bernard Dichek)
November 4, 2023, 9:34 am
In Tel Aviv, diverse mix of artists shines spotlight on Israeli hostages
From around the country, artists come to city’s museum square to paint victims held in Gaza, in the hopes of drumming up support — and one day gifting portraits to their subjects
By Bernard Dichek
A work by Zavi Apfelbaum from her exhibit, 'Observation Point' at Tel Aviv Artists' House through October 14, 2023 (Courtesy Zavi Apfelbaum)
October 1, 2023, 1:25 pm
Artist sees romantic realism at the beach, in a hammock and on the street
Zavi Apfelbaum shows latest collection, ‘Observation Point’ at Tel Aviv Artists’ House
By Jessica Steinberg
From Hilla Ben-Ari's video 'Seed,' for Videonale #1 in Haifa, through June 2023 (Courtesy Mediterranean Biennale)
June 1, 2023, 1:34 am
Haifa artworks can be seen on the way to work (or school)
Curators launch Videonale, the first video biennale focused on female art
By Jessica Steinberg
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