Category Archives: art

Israeli Artists Born in Romania

Jewish artists played an important role in the development of the Romanian art, and artists from Romania played an important role in the history of Israeli art. For the Israeli Independence Day I chose to present a short selection of … Continue reading

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Carte: Petre Pandrea – Brancusi, amicii si inamicii

‘Brancusi – amicii si inamicii’ (editie ingrijita de Nadia Marcu-Pandrea si prefatata de Stefan Dimitiriu, aparuta in 2010) este prezentata de Editura Vremea ca al treilea volum al monografiei Brancusi a lui Petre Pandrea. Descrierea este destul de inexacta, caci … Continue reading

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Solti, Dix and Alina Szapocznikow (two documentaries and one exhibition)

    We spent a nice late morning and early afternoon in the Tel Aviv Museum of Art with two documentaries in the program of the 5th edition of the EPOS International Art Film Festival and a few exhibitions, one … Continue reading

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World Press and Local Testimony 2013

Bringing to Israel the international Word Press journalistic photography winners and joining in the same exhibition the Israeli Local Testimony collection has become a tradition, and so is my visiting the show at the Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv. … Continue reading

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“Truthful Fiction” – Dina Bova’s Exhibition in Kfar Shmaryahu

I need to thank Mark Zuckerberg for my first encounters with Dina Bova. Via his wonderful and awful (whatever meaning you chose) Facebook I met a young Israeli artist who uses this social media in order to make known to … Continue reading

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Dali’s “Aliyah, The Rebirth of Israel”

For the Israel Independence Day this year I chose to present a cycle of works who have entered already the thesaurus of the Israeli and Zionist artistic mythology. Many of the visitors of the recent exhibition of the works of … Continue reading

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‘Cargo Cult’ at the Bat Yam Museum of Art

My round through the local museums in Israel took me a few weeks ago to Bat Yam where the local museum of art opens for the young generation of artists coming the countries of the ex-Eastern block and especially from … Continue reading

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‘Spiritul Sapantei’ – o expozitie la kibbutzul Beeri

Intr-unul din locurile cel mai putin verosimile se afla una dintre cele mai neobisnuite galerii de arta pe care le-am vizitat. Kibbutzul Beeri este situat in sudul Israelului, nu departe de Netivot si Shderot, langa fasia Gaza, zona care se … Continue reading

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‘Theatrical Gestures’ at the Herzlya Museum

The beautiful Saturday last week allowed us to walk to the local art museum which in the last few years hosted several interesting exhibitions, bringing together contemporary artists from Israel and from all around the world.     The theme … Continue reading

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‘Local Testimony 12’ – Israeli and World Press Photo Exhibition at the Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv

The annual exhibition of the best professional photo-journalism pictures of the year, as selected by the World Press jury combined with the selection of the best Israeli press photographs is open as each of the last few years at the … Continue reading

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