Contemporary Art in Jerusalem
This is Not About Transgender Art: Reviewing Roey Heifetz’s ‘Victoria’ Exhibit March 8th, 2017. Roey Heifetz, an Israeli born artist who currently lives and works in Berlin, is in the midst of a transgender process. Heifetz’s show Victoria, now on…
By Jenna Romano Design, science, technology — these are sectors whose developments influence the progress of important factors in our everyday lives — i.e. culture, geopolitics, the economy, the environment. As these fields develop, society is ineluctably bound to the…
Written by Reena Baras At the end of each academic year, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem holds its annual Graduate Exhibition. In Medusa and Narcissus, BFA graduate artist Ronny Almagor explores themes of observation and reflection throughout her…
Written by Natalie Chetboun In Russian, "Pravda" means truth. It is also the name of the former official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union—and the title of acclaimed Israeli artist Zoya Cherkassky’s first solo exhibition, currently on…
Written by Lonnie Monka Moshe Hoffman was an accomplished Israeli artist and Holocaust survivor, who passed away in 1983. For the current Jerusalem Artists’ House exhibition of his work, curator Ron Bartos chose the name Fighting the Rules of Attraction.…
“...glorious (gifts) of the Muses...makes…and of the Graces… slender…not to forget the anger… mortals… share…” -Sappho (from the Loeb Classical Library) Gallery visitors are now acclimated to exhibitions displaying unframed works. Adhesives, or sometimes pins, connect these works directly to…
Written by Lonnie Monka Flipping a page of a book too forcefully, someone may unintentionally tear it. As a page approaches losing its status as a single unit, it calls out to be fixed. Applying some sort of adhesive, the…
Amidst a winter day, just meters from the Shivtei Yisrael train stop in Jerusalem, The Museum on the Seam was stands tall and proud under a sunny sky. It's old stone walls make it look graceful and immanent all at…
Written by Lonnie Monka On Barbur Gallery’s website, a poster for the Courtyard exhibition contains two works by the featured artists: Boaz Levental and Yana Ar. Levental’s work depicts a fuzzy scene. A human figure, distinguishable by a white and…
