Urban Jungle: Marik Lechner in South Tel Aviv
Some of the paintings look as if they are still growing.
Each To His Own Tahiti: Peter Doig and Luc Tuymans in London
Moon and Sixpence moments for two contemporary painters
The Greenhouse Affect: Tel Aviv’s Fresh Paint Fair Showcases Young Talent
In its fifth year, the Israeli event is still shaking things up
The Weight of Narrative: Photographs of David Goldblatt
His exhibition at Johannesburg’s Market Photo Workshop, founded under Apartheid
The Pleasures of the Pursuit: Talks by William Kentridge and Philip Pearlstein in Jerusalem
The artists gave lectures at the Jerusalem Studio School and the Israel Museum
In the Shadow of the Parthenon
Report from… Athens, and evidence of the heroic spirit in recent Greek painting.
South Africa’s Forwards: High scoring centennial survey at National Gallery greets World Cup
Far from being a studious plod through history, this is the coolest party in town.
Whitney Biennial and Tate Triennial 2006
It may not be a fair comparison but you can’t help wondering: How can the Whitney Biennial be so exciting and the Tate Triennial so tedious when both are showcasing the same kind of contemporary art on either side of a well-traversed pond?
David Ben White
No. 12 is an unoccupied Tel Aviv penthouse, still filled with the rich lives of its past owners – Sarah, a Berlin-trained psychiatrist, born nearly 100 years ago in Palestine, and her flamboyant husband Bandi, who designed the building. The flat is as it was left, with its fine books, grand piano, paintings by Bandi…
