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Ever the restless spirit, Tel Aviv-born architect and designer Ron Arad is still reinventing himself and his art

When the announcement was made on June 12 that Ron Arad, 75, has been appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), it marked another step in the Tel Aviv-born ar...

Yaacov Agam, Iconic Israeli Artist, Passes Away at 98

Yaacov Agam’s kinetic art always made you stop and stare. And then move and stare. And then walk back and forth, noting how it changed with every angle. His work engaged the viewer...

Painting in limbo: The people who manage to make art without having a place to call home

Dana International releases a cover of "Oseh Shalom Bimromav," featuring a video with Jews and Arabs calling for peace, and an English-language screening of the independent 2025 do...

Yaacov Agam, Israeli artist who pioneered kinetic art worldwide, dies at 98

Agam was one of Israel's most internationally recognized artists. His works include the Fire and Water Fountain at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv and exhibitions at major museums suc...

He reconnected with Judaism as an adult. With his art, he hopes others do the same.

Bruce David’s magnum opus is a psychedelic lithograph depicting practically the entire Torah. Over eight months, David filled it with a plethora of hidden symbols: If you look clos...

Stitch by stitch, an Israeli artist confronts the destruction of Gaza

Israeli activist and artist Rachel Hagigi embroiders images of the bombing of Gaza, forcing viewers to slow down and confront Palestinian suffering. Also this week: Major Israeli p...

A bold stroke: Broken Fingaz trades the wall for the canvas in new Tel Aviv show

The internationally famed artist collective Broken Fingaz trades global street murals for oil paintings in its first comprehensive solo presentation.

Faded to Grey: Tel Aviv's 'Fountain of Fire' still divides opinion after its creator's death

The fate of Yaacov Agam's iconic 'fountain of fire' in Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Square remains uncertain amid a protracted dispute between Agam's estate and the municipality over missi...

Artist alters Whitney Museum display screens to protest Israel’s conduct in Gaza

The Whitney Museum of American Art has over 27,000 pieces in its collection. On July 3, artist Jonathan Allen tried to add a couple more to call attention to what he considers “Isr...

A floating wooden synagogue at the 2026 Venice Biennale

דאָס איז איינער פֿון אַ סעריע קורצע אַרטיקלען אָנגעשריבן אױף אַ רעלאַטיװ גרינגן ייִדיש און געצילעװעט אױף סטודענטן. די מחברטע איז אַלײן אַ ייִדיש־סטודענטקע. דאָ קען מען לײענען די פֿ...

This Jewish artist hadn’t painted in more than 5 decades. Then came Oct. 7.

Sid Klein has finally found his subject. More than half a century after he scrambled to pick a topic for his senior art project at Brooklyn College—and settled on exploring the por...

The Dome of Tel Aviv: Exposing the city's Great Synagogue, layer by layer

The renovation of Tel Aviv's Great Synagogue is exposing the building's many architectural layers, and reopening the question of what a religious structure means in a secular city

A synagogue will soar above the Venice Biennale’s politics, and its lagoon

The wandering Jew. The rootless cosmopolitan. Being homeless and belonging nowhere has long been a negative Jewish stereotype. But what if this trait was, instead, something beauti...

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Ron Arad’s Unconstrained Objects and the Mind Behind Them

Bucking the stereotype that says modern design must prioritize form over function, his works achieve an incredible level of artistic innovation without compromising comfort.

The Israeli who sparked a nationwide Lego craze

Brick by brick, Israeli entrepreneur Eran Tor turned Lego stores into a wild success. Now he's been chosen by the Lego Group to act as its franchisee in Central Asia

In the heart of Tel Aviv, an exhibition turns Israel's 'enemies of the state' into art

Artport's latest exhibition 'Fragments of a Portrait,' examines surveillance policies, while Israeli movie 'Tel Aviv/Beirut' about Lebanese and Israeli women caught up in the viole...

Black Thought Pavilion / Alberto Collet + Çisem Nur Yıldırım + MEDS (Meetings of Design Students)

The concept for the construction of a pavilion, Black Thought in Rijeka, Croatia, utilizing the traditional Japanese technique of Yakisugi, offers a powerful opportunity to create...

Artist Ramy Abi Antoun Bridges Architecture, Sculpture, And Technology In One Practice

Ramy Abi Antoun is an architect and maker whose creative practice refuses to stay in one lane. He works across architecture, technology, sculpture, and education, building a body o...

Portraits of Israel's surveillance state: Turning moments of arrest into art

Artport's latest exhibition 'Fragments of a Portrait,' examines surveillance policies, while Israeli movie 'Tel Aviv/Beirut' about Lebanese and Israeli women caught up in the viole...

Featured Artist Gilad Ophir

Gilad Ophir's work invites viewers beyond representation and into a world of texture, light, and visual discovery. The post Featured Artist Gilad Ophir appeared first on Artsy Shar...

Yaacov Agam, Pioneering Master of Kinetic and Optical Art, Dies at 98

Yaacov Agam, the Israeli sculptor and experimental artist whose dazzling, shape-shifting works helped define kinetic and optical art across the twentieth century, has died at 98. H...

Eva and Marc Besen Centre / Kerstin Thompson Architects

The Eva and Marc Besen Centre, adjacent to the TarraWarra Museum of Art, is a new purpose-built facility designed as a cultural hub catering to a diverse range of activities and ex...

Ismaili Center, Houston Announces New Art Commission & Exhibition

The Ismaili Center, Houston has announced a new commission by Bangladeshi-British artist Rana Begum and an upcoming solo exhibition by Gabriel Martinez, a Houston artist and former...