Canadian-Israeli artist Nicole Kornberg Jacobovici combines art and archaeology beneath Jerusalem’s ancient walls
What do art and archeology have in common? Deep beneath the earth, visitors to Jerusalem’s Old City during Sukkot got a taste of the powerful connection between the two, thanks to Canadian-Israeli artist Nicole Kornberg Jacobovici. During a three-day exhibit from Oct. 12 to 14 entitled Arteology: The Power of the Ancients in Contemporary Forms, […]
Montreal museum’s exhibit on Israeli-made Pegasus spyware is criticized by HonestReporting Canada
An exhibition about a controversial Israeli manufacturer of cyber-surveillance technology at one of Montreal’s leading art museums is being criticized for spreading biased and unfounded claims about Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. Terror Contagion, which opened at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MAC) last month, is an indictment of the NSO Group whose Pegasus malware […]
The Holocaust as seen through Muslim eyes—on display in a Toronto painting exhibition (for one night)
Exhibitions of paintings depicting aspects of the Holocaust aren’t new; in fact, such art shows are generally part of Toronto’s annual Holocaust Education Week, some of whose programs this year extend to the end of this month. But these works are by a Muslim. The eight or so acrylics on canvas to be displayed at […]
A cattle car exhibit brought some Holocaust education to Toronto’s Trinity Bellwoods Park (before it hit the road)
“To imagine 100 people in there feels impossible.” “It’s explained how many people were in these cars, but it’s hard to imagine when you’re reading it in a history book. Ten of us were in there, and to imagine 100 people in there feels impossible. It’s a lot to take in.” That was the reaction […]
Heirs snub German city’s tribute to looted art dealer Max Stern
Canadian scholars concerned exhibit will not address the difficulty of restituting Nazi-looted works.
Virtual art show features the work of Jewish queer and transgender artists
Exhibit includes visual art, photography, poetry, music and film.
