Please find details of “Jerusalem by Day and Night” by Valentina Sidon On the week of Shavuot, which is one of the Shalosh Regalim, holidays when all Israelites would make a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem, we would like to emphasise the depiction of…
In this blog we would like to highlight artworks depicting the beauty of violin playing. Dating back to the eighteenth century the violin constituted one of key elements associated with the Jewish culture. Klezmer is a musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. …
Please view details of “The Player” by Pinchas Litvinovsky Pinchas Litvinovsky built up naive bright "The Player" of geometric forms. The figure is two-dimensional, simplified and flat. Further more, resembling cubist artworks that convey the motion and different sight perspectives, the musician appears to move.…
Please view details of “Sheep on pink” by Menashe Kadishman Although widely recognized as a sculptor, Menashe Kadishman is famous for hundreds of portraits of sheep each one different from another. These paintings tell about nothing and everything at the same time. The first major appearance…
Please find details of “Woman (Cubism)” by Unknown artist This work incorporates cubist and expressionist features. Geometric shapes, a net of contours and shades create complexity and balance the silhouette. The darker tints combine with the brokenness of the figure. Rounded feminine forms of woman’s body…