News
American Tourist Smashes Roman Sculptures at Israel Museum
The 40-year-old man said he considered the artworks to be “idolatrous and contrary to the Torah.”
Israel Museum
News
Family of Holocaust Victim Sues Israel Museum in Jerusalem
Ludwig Marum’s grandchildren say the museum did not conduct due diligence when it purchased a 700-year-old Haggadah book that was allegedly stolen from them.
Art
Art of the Russian Revolution, Through Contemporary Eyes
The Russian Revolution was an unparalleled disaster, but its artistic tradition remains of enormous interest.
Art
Documenting Signs of Life Around an Israeli Detention Facility
An exhibition at the Israel Museum brings together the photographs and videos that Ron Amir made over three years in the desert surrounding the Holot Detention Facility.
In Brief
Soda-Swigging Schoolkid Punches Hole in 17th-Century Painting
A trip to an art exhibition in Taipei ended in a less-than-ideal manner for a 12-year-old boy, who tripped and broke his fall by sticking his fist through a painting — thereby realizing everyone's worst museum-related nightmare.
In Brief
Google's Online Museum Adds 3D Animal Skulls and Sculptures
The Google Cultural Institute, known for empowering internauts to Street View their way through museums and look very, very closely at digitized two-dimensional artworks, has ventured into the third dimension.
Art
Ron Arad Lights Up Jerusalem
“When you look for Jerusalem online, the first thing you see is rocks,” Itay Mautner, the artistic director of the Jerusalem Season of Culture protested. “On Flickr, you see more rocks than people.” Mautner and his associates are hoping to give Jerusalem a facelift. The Season of Culture, a super-sp