Everything That's Wrong With Putting Graffiti in a Museum
A show by the French collective Da Mental Vaporz in Tel Aviv demonstrates that removing street art from its context just doesn't work
Shaul Setter
A Jerusalem Art Show Revives the Ghosts of 1948
The exhibition ‘Properties’ in Jerusalem’s Talbieh neighborhood is a brave event. An in-depth look at the area, it features works by Palestinian and Israeli artists who present a sophisticated take on the hurts of 1948
A Device That Lets Palestinian Israelis Shed Their Arabic Accent?
A new project by Palestinian director and artist Scandar Copti presents fake technological solutions, but the irony in the work becomes a double-edged sword
Jerusalem Artist Spotlights Israelis and Palestinians Who Were Burned Alive
A series of works, jolting in their simplicity, center on the names of eight Israelis and Palestinians who burned themselves to death or were burned alive
Painter Zoya Cherkassky, Israel's Eternal Dissident, Is Embraced by an Unlikely Institution
In a solo exhibition titled 'Pravda,' Zoya Cherkassky expresses the truth about the hardship, oppression, and disappointment faced by Israelis who immigrated from the Soviet Union
Opinion Film That Goes Behind the Scenes of the Israel Museum Is Actually Zionist Propaganda
‘The Museum’ is an ideological work, a paean to the Israel Museum and the state, ignoring gloomy reality
Israeli Islamic Culture Museum Exhibits Muslim Artist for the First Time
Anisa Ashkar is a female Muslim artist presenting her work in a place once reserved for men's prayer. She addresses this tension in her art
In the Footsteps of the Mossad Chief Who Went Undercover as a French Artist in Egypt
Shlomo Cohen-Abarbanel won artistic success while serving as a secret agent in Egypt in the early 1950s; Israeli artist Tamir Zadok traveled to Cairo in pursuit of his story
'How Does a Cultural Institution Exist in a Climate That Censors Culture?'
Doron Rabina, the new chief curator of Tel Aviv Museum of Art, poses the question – and answers it – in an interview in which he lays out his vision, evaluates the impact of the Culture Ministry and blasts blatant 'political art'
What's the Anne Frank House Doing in Tel Aviv?
English artist Simon Fujiwara's ambitious project starts with a gift shop model of the Anne Frank House and incorporates donated copies of 'Fifty Shades of Grey'
Art Show Projects Gloom Over How 1967 Irrevocably Altered Israel’s History
‘Euphoria,’ a project marking the 50th anniversary of the 1967 war on show at Kibbutz Ein Harod, is a display of nostalgia for a unified, justified Israel, under a cloak of biting critique
Israeli Artist Shy Abady Explores the Failure of Modern Judaism
An exhibition of portraits that features lesser known or errant offspring in Jewish history positions the ‘Arab Jew’ as the necessary extreme of the dynasty
This Artist Didn't Steal From Auschwitz, but Rather, From Other Artists
Even after the international outcry over the items Rotem Bides was accused of stealing from Auschwitz, her work is still interesting
Review Naomi Klein's 'No Is Not Enough': An Urgent, but Outdated, Message for the Trump Era
To dismiss the new, the surprising, the unknown or the incomprehensible as an ideological diversion has always been one of the main flaws of dogmatic leftist thought
Israeli Exhibit in Venice Biennale Expresses the Ruin of Culture
Artist Gal Weinstein draws on previous works for ‘Sun Stand Still,’ but visitors may struggle to discern a clear meaning from it all
Tel Aviv Museum of Art Strikes Colonialist Tone With 'Regarding Africa' Exhibit
There is no pain and no suffering in an exhibition that presents an Africa without wars and violence, ignoring history along with the present day
The Israeli Photojournalist Collective That Foments Social Change
There is striking disparity between the impressive display of resistance documented in Activestills' new book and the lack of action by the Israeli and Palestinian left
Two Exhibits Herald the Future of Israel's First Palestinian Museum
A visit to the Umm al-Fahm Art Gallery.
Artist Group Paints Israel as a Remote and Backward Locale
The women of the New Barbizon group bring Kiev to the Middle East.
Tommy Hartung’s Tel Aviv Exhibit: A Playful Look at the Myths of Creation and Destruction
American artist Tommy Hartung's 'Lilith' adds a whimsical comment to the non-human condition.
Israeli Video Artist Offers a New Model for 'Feminine' Work
Hilla Ben Ari's exhibition is a tribute to choreographer Heda Oren.
A Rabbi, a Wandering Jew, a Martyr: Jesus in 'Israeli' Art
A new show at the Israel Museum illustrates the extensive presence of Jesus in Jewish and Israeli art. But when it comes to explaining the attraction to this figure, the thrust of the exhibition is misguided.
It's Hard to Pull Yourself Away From Mark Yashaev's Tantalizing Photos
Tucked away in the Tel Aviv Museum is a photographic exhibition by Mark Yashaev, winner of the 2016 Mitchell Presser Photography Award. With theatrically designed spaces and photos within photos, his work is at once incisive and seductive.