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Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design

Bezalel’s new campus hopes to draw Jerusalem’s many communities into creative space
By Danielle Nagler
Israel’s oldest art and design school moves to downtown location, in bid to connect to capital’s diverse population
Sandra Weil (far left), Rola Khoury (center) and Roy Brand, co-curators of the first Autonomous Art Biennale, March 31-April 13, 2023 at Tel Aviv's Gymnasia Herzliya high school (Courtesy Eyal Izhar)
April 5, 2023, 10:30 am
Artistic freedom on display at historic high school’s Passover biennale
The first Autonomous Art Biennale opens at Gymnasia Herzliya in Tel Aviv, offering ‘Experiments in Learning’
By Jessica Steinberg
View of neighboring buildings and sites from inside the new Bezalel campus, Jerusalem, January 2023. (Courtesy SANAA Architects)
February 24, 2023, 2:29 pm
Bezalel’s new campus hopes to draw Jerusalem’s many communities into creative space
Israel’s oldest art and design school moves to downtown location, in bid to connect to capital’s diverse population
By Danielle Nagler
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to a vote in the Knesset on February 15, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 16, 2023, 12:58 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 16: No invites abroad for PM; is Israel earthquake-ready?
US correspondent Jacob Magid discusses why Netanyahu isn’t heading to the US or UAE; real estate writer Danielle Nagler on construction reinforcement plans, and Jerusalem art
By ToI Staff
The new, $50 million Sam Spiegel building, part of the Jerusalem Arts Campus in downtown Jerusalem. (Courtesy)
November 29, 2022, 11:29 am
Film school’s second act gives starring role to new downtown Jerusalem arts campus
Sam Spiegel Film and TV School moves from industrial zone into new home on Jerusalem Campus for the Arts, a $50 million complex shared with academies for music, dance and acting
By Jessica Steinberg
Tomer Dekel's 'Valhalla' exhibit of Viking-esque playground equipment at Artport through November 26, 2022 (Courtesy Artport)
November 10, 2022, 9:35 pm
Artist plays with Viking myths and politics in seesaw Tel Aviv installation
Tomer Dekel’s ‘Valhalla’ exhibit at Artport Tel Aviv toys with ancient symbols, warfare and childhood imagination
By Jessica Steinberg
From Michael Liani's 'LGBTQ+ LOVE' photography project, Yael Rozin and Ayala Weiss and their children (Courtesy Michael Liani)
June 15, 2022, 3:01 pm
Photographer highlights queer love and families on Pride month
Michael Liani makes waves on Instagram with his ‘LGBTQ+ LOVE’ Israeli portrait series
By Jessica Steinberg
'Breakfast in the Katamonim,' oil, by Marek Yanai, on display at Beit Avi Chai exhibition, 'On the Threshold, Jerusalem in Oil and Watercolor,' through July 2022. (Courtesy Beit Avi Chai)
May 22, 2022, 9:55 am
Veteran Jerusalem artist paints small city moments in new exhibit
Marek Yanai’s ‘On the Threshold’ offers up deep, rich oil and watercolor paintings of Jerusalem at Beit Avi Chai, and is available online as well
By Jessica Steinberg
Artist Tova Berlinski was born in Oswiecim, and died in Jerusalem in 2022 at the age of 106 (Courtesy The Israel Museum)
January 17, 2022, 5:49 am
Tova Berlinski, artist who painted the pain of Auschwitz, dies at 106
Oswiecim-born artist painted her life in gray and black, dedicated to her parents and siblings who were killed in the death camp
By Jessica Steinberg
Tel Aviv's historic Gordon Gallery opened its new location in Jerusalem's Givat Shaul industrial zone on December 22, 2021 (Courtesy PR)
December 24, 2021, 5:47 am
Tel Aviv’s Gordon Gallery brings contemporary art to an unlikely corner of Jerusalem
Branching into the capital, the historic art house has opened a light and airy space in the Givat Shaul industrial zone, looking for different kinds of neighbors and possibilities
By Jessica Steinberg
Revital Nadiv (left) and Viktoria Kanar, founders of textile innovation organization Re-Fresh Global, with designer Doron Ashkenazi jacket made from recycled fabric (Courtesy Re-Fresh Global)
July 14, 2021, 11:40 am
Something old, something new? Fashionistas urge industry to use recycled rejects
The women behind Re-Fresh Global aim to find new ways to embrace tons of new and secondhand clothing
By Jessica Steinberg
Ido Bruno, a professor of design at Bezalel, has stepped down as director of the Israel Museum after four years in the position (Courtesy Eli Pozner)
May 27, 2021, 10:39 pm
Israel Museum director steps down after four years
Design professor Ido Bruno navigated the coronavirus pandemic and a strategic plan during his tenure
By Jessica Steinberg
One of Nana Warszawski's Project Creatures under construction (Courtesy Project Creatures)
April 28, 2021, 1:46 pm
Israeli artists upcycle clothes, trinkets and memories into beloved keepsakes
Businesses help repurpose jewelry or turn cherished pieces of material and other items belonging to those who have passed into stuffed animals and other mementos
By Jessica Steinberg
Israel Museum curator Sharon Weiser-Ferguson with items from the Jewish Art and Life wing, some donated by his parents in memory of Yadin Tanenbaum, who fell in the Yom Kippur War (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
April 14, 2021, 1:30 pm
‘Israeliana’ display at Israel Museum showcases country’s early memorabilia
A family’s collection in memory of their fallen son brings new area of interest to Jerusalem institution, even if it’s not considered ‘art’
By Jessica Steinberg
Bezalel student Nadia Adler left the former Soviet Union as a young child and returned in her young adulthood to photograph her grandparents who stayed in Russia, for her final project on display in August 2020 (Courtesy Nadia Adler)
August 17, 2020, 5:05 pm
Cameras provide a way out for Bezalel students in lockdown
A final exhibit showcasing family, relationships, home and hearth points a lens at what truly matters to photographers graduating during a pandemic
By Jessica Steinberg
Award-winning animation app Looom, recognized at the 2020 Apple Design Awards (YouTube screenshot)
July 14, 2020, 11:23 pm
Animation app by Israeli, Swede wins Apple Design Awards
Looom app offers a simplified version of animation, akin to flip book design
By Jessica Steinberg
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