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 beginsAvshalom Halutz02:13 PM • May 27 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.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel cultureIsraeli cultureIsrael occupationGazaPalestiniansCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesU.S.-Iran StrikesMohammed DahlanGulf StatesNetanyahuAbraham AccordsWorld CupHaQuizHaaretz PodcastIn Tel Aviv, an Exhibition Turns Israel's 'Enemies of the State' Into ArtHow a Portrait of an Australian Jewish Leader Humanizes an Anguished Community'The Mandalorian and Grogu' Is Another Uninspired 'Star Wars' Offering'Barren and Desolate': Mark Twain Wasn't the Only American Miffed by PalestineThe Saga of the 'Egyptian Britney' Highlights the Vulnerabilities of Arab WomenRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIFreed Gaza Flotilla Activists Report Sexual Abuse, Rape in Israeli CustodyBen-Gvir Posts Video of Police Dragging Detained Gaza Flotilla ActivistsFormer Israeli Soldier Dies by Suicide in Miami at Age 23'It Was Okay to Be Crazy': IDF Soldiers Discuss Moral Decay in LebanonNetanyahu's Promises of Victory in Iran End in a Glorious U.S. CapitulationWill Trump Forgive Netanyahu Over Iran? The Emerging Deal Suggests Not