Current sectionArt & CultureShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeCredit: Tal Nisim / Images courtesy of Artport, Azel Shneppat, Naama GrynbaumArtport's latest exhibition 'Fragments of a Portrait,' examines surveillance policies, while Israeli movie 'Tel Aviv/Beirut' about Lebanese and Israeli women caught up in the violence of war finally gets its Israeli premiere and the Jerusalem's International Writers Festival begins01:49 PM • May 26 2026 IDTMost museums offer a kind of escape from the disorder of reality. A different pace, a different way of thinking. But in Israeli museums and galleries, the contrast between the chaotic world outside and the carefully curated spaces inside can feel impossible to reconcile.In the NewsPortraits of Israel's Surveillance State: Turning Moments of Arrest Into Art'Barren and Desolate': Mark Twain Wasn't the Only American Miffed by PalestineThe Saga of the 'Egyptian Britney' Highlights the Vulnerabilities of Arab WomenThe Jewish Occult Comes Out of the ShadowHow Netanyahu Became a Punchline on American TVRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIFreed Gaza Flotilla Activists Report Sexual Abuse, Rape in Israeli CustodyBen-Gvir Posts Video of Police Dragging Detained Gaza Flotilla ActivistsThe Most Consequential Republican Primary for Israel Is Happening in Kentucky'It Was Okay to Be Crazy': IDF Soldiers Discuss Moral Decay in LebanonWill Trump Forgive Netanyahu Over Iran? The Emerging Deal Suggests NotOn Israel, Gaza and Palestine, Bigmouth Tucker Carlson Spoke Nothing but Truth