The work of Israeli artist Maya Cohen Levy includes paintings, sculptures, installations, and book projects. She studied calligraphy in Japan and China and has also turned to Islamic art for inspiration. Her work has been the subject of group shows as well as solo exhibitions in Israel and Germany. Cohen Levy received the Israel Culture and Education Ministry Award (2005). She lives in Tel Aviv.
Then Khalīāl answered God:
“I have sworn an oath upon the Truth;
I will not hold back my hand from Isaac
Until my oath is carried out. O Lord,
My condition to desist is a witnessed covenant,
That…
Arnold Böcklin is dead—yet who among you knew that he lived? If I were to tell you that he was the man who knew how, with paintbrush dipped in colors upon a piece of canvas, to shake every heart…
The Steerage is considered Alfred Stieglitz’s masterpiece. It marks a departure from the painterly approach he had previously championed in favor of paying more attention to forms, a reflection of his…