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Infinite painting, boundless experience: How Leo Ray finds joy in an increasingly dark world

For over 30 years, up to the pandemic, he taught art at Art School, Ein Vered, and BASIS School of Sculpture, Beit Yanai, where he also headed the painting program from 2006 to 2014. 

Leo Ray in his south Tel Aviv studio.
Two paintings by 17th-century artist Lucas Valdés returned to the Archdiocese of Seville on May 20, 2026.

Spanish police recover two priceless 17th-century paintings missing for nearly a century

 Study reveals high levels of lead and cadmium in popular protein powders. Illustration.

Hundreds of children hospitalized after school chef used lead-filled inedible paint in lunch

 SHIRLEY MONEYHON

Three artists, three questions: New artists explain what inspires them, sets them apart


Tambur presents the color of the year for 2024: Warmth and optimism

Tambur, Israel's largest paint and construction materials company, announces two shades as the color of the year for 2024, expressing support and solidarity in light of the situation in Israel.


Anti-hate mural showcasing Jewish diversity, hung up in Jewish area in LA

"The Common Thread" was painted on the exterior of an event venue in Pico-Robertson, a heavily Jewish neighborhood known for its abundance of synagogues and kosher restaurants.

Downtown Los Angeles.

This sleeping position could be damaging your neck and back

According to expert James Leinhardt, sleeping on your stomach is like putting your body through a car wreck.

Neck and back pain (illustrative).

Researchers find a way to objectively measure the amount of chronic pain suffered by patients

Most previous attempts to identify pain biomarkers have focused on healthy participants and experimental thermal pain that ignores natural, spontaneous fluctuations in chronic pain experience

Lower back pain 370

New paint without pigments can keep you cool - study

Creators of the pigment-less paint say it is more environmentally friendly than traditional paint.

 Yellow paint.

Jerusalem Highlights February 17-23

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 AN EXAMPLE of Risograph print work, via Polish studio Oficyna Peryferie.

Unusual compound found in Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’ - study

As part of the 2019 Operation Night Watch, an international research team joined forces to study how the painting materials react chemically and with time.

 The Night Watch, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1642

Jewish philanthropist brings ‘healing’ murals to hospitals and clinics

The Community Mural Project carried on a hospital system tradition to create works for government buildings.

FOR NEW YORK City, the financial capital of the world, cyberattacks have always posed a major threat.

Picasso artworks in Las Vegas fetch more than $100 million

Five of the paintings had hung on the walls of the Bellagio's fine dining restaurant, Picasso. The restaurant will continue to display 12 other Picasso works.

A portrait of Pablo PIcasso in 1908

French Jewish artist Chaim Soutine rediscovered in suitcase trove of letters

The forgotten legacy of Henri Serouya, historian, intellectual, philosopher, author of many acclaimed books and learned articles, all in French was found by the author in a suitcase in a basement.

 An old suitcase yields a treasure trove on French Jewish artist Chaim Soutine.