Art‘My art invites hard conversations about October 7’Juliet Gilden began painting soon after the massacre...and hasn’t stopped sinceBy Karen Glaser1 min read
ArtThe artist who lived in hovels but was worth millionsHolocaust survivor Boris Lurie made angry art which critiqued the shallowness of the art world and wider societyBy Keren David4 min read
ArtHeirs of Jewish banker sue Sotheby’s over £1.2m sale of painting ‘looted by the Nazis’Lawyers for the auction house dispute the family’s claim that Salomon Flavian’s painting was taken from him in 1941By Jamie Shapiro1 min read
SettlementsGush Katif exhibition revisits Israel’s divisive 2005 Gaza withdrawalThe exhibition explores whether Israelis can recognise the pain of people with whom they fundamentally disagreeBy Melanie Swan1 min read
October 7 commemorationImmersive October 7 art installation brought to Tel Aviv rooftop‘We Shall Rise’ is ‘an attempt to engage with the living memory’ of this period in Israel’s historyBy Melanie Swan1 min read
New YorkMet cancels Galliano exhibition amid backlash over historic antisemitismThe fashion designer has previously apologised for saying he “loved” Hitler and told a Jewish woman she would have been ‘f***ing gassed’ while he was drunk in a Paris restaurantBy Phoebe Black1 min read
IsraelTel Aviv-born artist Itzik Mevorah to showcase his kinetic art in Israel for the first timeIn addition to his reliefs that combine movement, light and optical illusions, the exhibition in the Ofer Ramat Aviv Mall will also present his Tube works and Tube Face sculpturesBy Melanie Swan1 min read
Photo of Benjamin Disraeli among artwork ‘missing’ from parliamentThe portrait image of the UK’s first Jewish prime minister was taken by famous photographer John Mayall, who also counted Queen Victoria and Charles Dickens among his clientsBy JC Reporter2 min read||August 24, 2026 09:39
Australian Jewish leader’s post-Bondi portrait wins major art awardThe work was dedicated to a fallen friend of Alex Ryvchin, who was killed when IS-linked gunmen opened fire on a Chabad Chanukah eventBy Gabrielle Apfel1 min read||July 30, 2026 13:49
Artist Tess Jaray dies at 88The geometric abstract artist was inspired by Renaissance, Baroque and Islamic architecture5 min read||July 30, 2026 11:36
The genius of Enid Marx who went from art school failure to London Tube iconA new exhibition celebrates the life and work of a designer who brought colour to gloomy everyday life during the Second World WarBy Anthea Gerrie3 min read||July 29, 2026 09:45
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it’s a floating synagogue above a Venice lagoonThe artwork takes flight next week as part of the Venice Biennale, representing ‘Yiddishland’By Jenni Frazer3 min read||July 9, 2026 14:17
Italy advances law to compensate victims of Nazi-era art lootingMore than 100,000 pieces of art have not been returned to their rightful owners, according to official figuresBy Etgar Lefkovits1 min read||July 8, 2026 10:53
Grandson of Jewish art collector fights to reclaim Van Gogh lost during Nazi eraThe painting comes from Van Gogh’s Saint-Rémy period, one of his most sought-after, and is likely worth tens of millionsBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read||July 2, 2026 13:34
Arts Therapies for Children marks decade of showing up for struggling youngstersThe charity now supports more than 250 children across London and beyondBy Ben Conway3 min read||July 2, 2026 12:37
Rabbis turned into rock stars at Chabad art showNatalia Rabinowitz grew up in a secular home surrounded by music, becoming more observant as an adult. Her latest collection brings together both these worldsBy Alma Green3 min read||July 1, 2026 15:42
