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Royal Academy takes down artwork depicting ‘Nazi’ Israel after criticism

A piece featuring a murderous Jewish pilot remains on display, however

By Jane Prinsley

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The RA has removed an artwork titled 'Conflict' by Andy, 16, in which the teenage artist depicts a large Buddha with a swastika over the heads of three screaming women. The artist said in his caption: "Watching the conflict unravel in Gaza draws many parallels with the Nazi’s and Chinese oppression, hence the Buddha symbol and the swastika."

In a piece titled 'Conflict' by Andy, 16, the teenage artist depicts a large Buddha with a swastika over the heads of three screaming women. The artist said in his caption: "Watching the conflict unravel in Gaza draws many parallels with the Nazi’s and Chinese oppression, hence the Buddha symbol and the swastika."

Royal Academy criticised over artworks featuring murderous Jewish pilot and depiction of ‘Nazi’ Israel

By Jane Prinsley

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Some of the textile pieces in Pomidor's "Speech(less)" collection which were due to be exhibited in Metamorphika Studio in London for the first time this week

London gallery cancels anti-Putin exhibition after artist posted her grief about October 7

By Jane Prinsley

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Issakhar Ber Ryback, City Shtetl, 1917, oil on canvas, National Art Museum of Ukraine

The art that made Ukraine and the Jewish artists who made it

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Claude Monet’s “Meules à Giverny,” one of the paintings in the collection under investigation

Swiss museum takes down paintings allegedly stolen by Nazis

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Picture of sophistication: Peggy Guggenheim on the roof terrace of Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, Venice, in the early 1950s

My grandma the legend: Life with art collector Peggy Guggenheim, the fabulously wealthy bohemian

By Anthea Gerrie

6 min read

In the Beginning from Birth Project

The mother of feminist art: Judy Chicago comes to London

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‘This is about women taking charge of their futures’

A new exhibition at the Tate features two Jewish women artists from different eras

By Nicole Lampert

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May 23, 2024 13:03

Two paintings by Rachel Solomon (Photo: Tate)

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All four turned to collage as their careers developed

By Anthea Gerrie

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May 16, 2024 17:24

Material world of four women artists

Painted after October 7, the Holocaust survivor portrait that radiates hope

A painting of Susan Pollack OBE is on display at a gallery in London

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May 8, 2024 11:58

Picture of resilience: Laura Arenson’s painting of Susan Pollack

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I have seen antisemitism growing in the politicised art world for years

One artist colleague of many years shared an infographic that said it was impossible to be antisemitic because Jews weren’t ‘Semites’

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May 1, 2024 10:07

I have seen antisemitism growing in the politicised art world for years

Israeli artists shutter Venice Biennale pavilion until ceasefire and hostage deal

The delegation representing Israel at the art fair will not open their show in protest at war

By Jane Prinsley

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April 16, 2024 12:20

Artists and curators representing Israel at this year's Venice Biennale will not open their exhibit until a ceasefire in Gaza and a hostage deal is announced (Photo: AP)

Hitler dog installation sparks controversy in Vienna

Artwork commemorates Hitler’s infamous ‘Pearl Speech’

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April 9, 2024 10:03

Hitler dog installation sparks controversy in Vienna

My father risked his life making fun of Hitler

The defiance of a Jewish artist and poet in hiding in wartime Holland is explored in a deeply moving new exhibition in the German capital

By David Herman

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April 4, 2024 18:36

My father risked his life making fun of Hitler

Esther without borders: Artists around the world reimagine the Purim story

For the past 34 years, Jerusalemite David Moss has been asking fellow artists from across the globe to interpret the story of Purim.

By Mordechai Beck

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March 20, 2024 12:26

'Sending The Story to All Lands' © Philip Carey, California (Photo: Shira Cohen Beck)

Artists try to ban Israel from Venice Biennale art fair

Petition says Israel’s presence would amount to having a ‘genocide pavilion’

By Jane Prinsley

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February 28, 2024 18:12

VENICE, ITALY - MAY 20: The tent of Majlis pavilion built for the 2021 Venice International Architecture Biennale (Photo by Simone Padovani/Awakening/Getty Images for Bolton&Quinn)

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