Israel Museum to Reopen After Months of Uncertainly and Internal Conflicts
Bolstered by a monetary 'safety net' of $4 million from its U.S. Friends group, museum set to welcome back embittered furloughed workers and to reopen on August 16
Naama Riba
Bibi's 'Last Supper' Is the Most Talked About Artwork in Israel. Meet Its Creator
Itay Zalait has a long history of afflicting the prime minister and his cohorts. He says he doesn't want to have to explain to his children how Israel became a dictatorship
Israeli Iconography, Through the Lens of Alex Levac
Political photos by Haaretz's inimitable photographer Alex Levac are now on show alongside images documenting everyday stories
Echoing U.S. Street Art, Tel Aviv Activists Paint Mural Against West Bank Annexation
The 900-square-meter ground mural is a tribute to Black Lives Matter murals that have popped up in American cities recently
New Photo Exhibition Puts Focus on Tel Aviv's African Women
A new photography exhibition shows the women of a close-knit community wearing textiles they wove themselves, but great sadness hides behind their proud smiles
Israeli Architect's 'Horizontal Skyscraper' Finally Open to Brave Visitors
Free your inner Spiderman: visitors to China's Chongqing megacity are now walking on air – literally. The new $3.4 billion 'Crystal' designed by Moshe Safdie boasts views of the heavens and the Yangtze far below
Tel Aviv Museum One of World's First to Reopen
The chief curator tries to explain that kitsch is cool and the director holds court in the sculpture garden. The museum is back after being shut for months due to the coronavirus – for the most part
Tel Aviv Plans to Double the City's Network of Bike Paths by 2025
Hailed as 'revolutionary' by deputy mayor, plan will require eliminating about 2,500 parking spaces, one official notes
Traffic and Jam: Tel Aviv Turns Parking Spots Into Dining Areas Post-quarantine
Check out the city's creative solution to shrinking dining areas due to the new coronavirus guidelines
Tower Boom Threatens to Render Jerusalem Unrecognizable
High-rises are going up in Jerusalem in big numbers, and critics say the City Of Gold could soon become the city of bland
Tel Aviv to Turn 11 Street Sections Into Pedestrian Malls
The city plans to study the effects the change has on the environment
What Makes Rabin Square a Cornerstone of Israeli Democracy
Thousands of protesters thronged the square on Sunday evening, standing at the requisite six feet from one another but showcasing the square at its best
Walk Through the Sistine Chapel and Musee d’Orsay While in Quarantine
Shuttered until the coronavirus pandemic blows over, museums are harnessing digital platforms to launch free online tours that can banish the quarantine boredom
Finally, a Twist in the Story of 'The Lowest Place in Tel Aviv'
Street prostitution, adult movie theaters, drugs and extreme poverty are the hallmarks of Tel Aviv's old bus station neighborhood. New residential developments aim to change its future
Israeli Court Allows Tel Aviv to Remove Billboards of Blindfolded, 'Defeated' Abbas and Haniyeh
Group sponsoring the campaign claims it isn't offensive to the public because it does not depict harm to Jews
An Arab Israeli Artist Finds Home Inside a Suitcase
Raida Adon, the first Arab Israeli artist to get a solo exhibit at Israel Museum, tells Haaretz how sitting in a suitcase is a metaphor for the state not being able to contain her
Artist Jeff Koons to Attend Opening of His Tel Aviv Museum Exhibit
'Koons is an exceptional phenomenon in the world of art and culture, a persona which has far exceeded the world of art,' says the museum’s chief curator
This Designer Is Waging a Bold War Against a Monochrome World
After making his mark in Britain, America, Japan and now at the Design Museum Holon in central Israel, Adam Nathaniel Furman wants to add colorful pizzazz to public spaces in Israel
In Yemen, Thrilled to Meet a Foreigner Who Speaks in the Holy Tongue
A new exhibition at Jerusalem’s Bible Lands Museum brings to life the rich heritage of Yemenite Jewry
Chagall Painting Stolen 24 Years Ago to Be Auctioned in Israel
For 19 years, no one knew what had happened to the painting. Then, in 2015, a woman in Jerusalem died, and her family found the painting in a safe
Museum in Haifa Cancels Talk by Arab Israeli Because He Is ‘Palestinian’
Director of Hecht Museum at Haifa U says Hecht Foundation, associated with museum, ‘would not permit a gallery talk to be held at the museum for a Palestinian artist’; university slams decision
The Most Beautiful Way to Save the Planet
Coping with the hazards inherent in the use of plastic is a huge challenge worldwide. An exhibition at the Design Museum Holon displays state-of-the-art biodegradable materials, including Israeli-made innovations
'The City Didn't Help Us': Why Is This Part of Tel Aviv Under Water Every Time It Rains?
The municipality says it has improved drainage system, but latest deaths point to a bigger problem in the city's southern, neglected neighborhoods, which experts says may take years to fix
Jerusalem Municipality to Evict Art Gallery, Accusing It of Damaging 'Israel's Good Name'
Barbour Gallery has been battling pushback from the government and municipality for its pro-Palestinian programming
Jerusalem Architect Follows in Footsteps of His Friend Amos Oz in New Book
‘I wanted to give it to him on his 80th birthday, but he died on me,’ says David Kroyanker, author of ‘The Jerusalem of Amos Oz’
Haaretz Photographer Ofer Vaknin Wins Photo of the Year
Local Testimony competition and exhibition names photo of Yisrael Beiteinu Chairman Avigdor Lieberman as 2019's Photo of the Year
Israelis' Appetite for Housing Is Eating Away at Farms
Many people in the agriculture sector are up in arms about what they see as needless expropriations
How This Tel Aviv Gallery Became One of Israel’s Most Prominent Art Spaces
Established over 50 years ago, Gordon, now based in the city's south, has managed to constantly reinvent itself
'A Billion Dollars Worth of Jewelry? Nonsense': Inside the Robbed German Museum
'If they don’t find these jewels quickly, they will be taken apart, and they will disappear', said an Israeli professor, who has been doing his research inside the Green Vault
Israel Prize-winning Designer Behind Iconic Logos of El Al, Habima, Dies at 85
Dan Reisinger designed hundreds of symbols, stamps, army badges and medals, calendars, wall reliefs and more. His 'Let My People Go” poster from the late 1960s became a symbol of the struggle for Soviet Jewry