Basia Monka

Basia Monka, who made aliyah from Poland in 2014, is a multilingual journalist with many years of experience in TV and leading international publications. Covering both culture and politics, at The Jerusalem Post, she interviews both unknown artists/musicians and those of global acclaim.

 SHIRLEY MONEYHON

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

 NANI VAZANA: Restoring traditions

The matriarchal language: Ladino singer Nani Vazana on her rise to fame

 Anat Weiss with glass sculpture.

Three artists, three questions: Sound, light, and glass


Samaria Theater: A look at West Bank's first repertory theater's debut performance

Artistic director Nathan Ravitz wants to reach all sorts of audiences, secular and religious, and make the theater accessible to those who can’t travel to big cities due to traffic or security.

 A SCENE from 'Journeys of Redemption.'

Three artists, three questions: Israeli female artists for Int'l Women's Month

With International Women’s Day on March 8, I have chosen for this column female artists whose solo exhibitions have caught my attention and can be seen in Petah Tikva, Tel Aviv, and Bat Yam.

 ALMA GERSHUNI.

Three artists, three questions: Ukraine-born artists in Israel, living between two wars - interview

The complex double identity, which touches most Jews around the world, has become even more complicated for Ukrainian Israelis, among them Israeli artists born in Ukraine. 

 ZOE SEVER.

The world of Yaacov Agam reexperienced

The work of Yaacov Agam both inspires and provokes questions. A visit to the Yaacov Agam Museum of Art (YAMA) in Rishon Lezion provides answers to many of them.

 Yaacov Agam.

Three artists, three questions: Roles of art

Art plays different roles in our perceptions and lives, and these artists profoundly prove that.

 MAYA SHIMONY

Multidisciplinary Israeli artist holds new exhibition: ‘Slowly, the Whole Unfolds’

The name of her latest exhibition, which opened on December 19 at the Tel Aviv Artists’ House, seems to be the quintessence of her life and work: “Slowly, the Whole Unfolds.”

  SULY BORNSTEIN WOLFF  during the interview.

Three artists, three questions: Textiles vis-à-vis paintings

For this month’s column, I chose only artists currently showcasing their works in textiles or on canvas as they are used traditionally; or who use canvas as a medium.

 ORLY MAIBERG.

‘Monkeys in the Mist’: An interview with award-winning Israeli artist Eti Jacobi Lelior

In an exclusive interview, Eti Jacobi Lelior discusses her view on the nature of painting and her individual approach to the process.

 Eti Jacobi Lelior

Dan S. Chill: World naïve art promoter in Israel

Listening to his life story, including the tragic events of his childhood, the sense was that he had rediscovered his childhood in naïve art.

 Dan S. Chill

Three artists, three questions: Art in south Tel Aviv and Jaffa

Art lovers have followed their paths, going from gallery to gallery like pilgrims, especially at the beginning of the Israeli weekend on Thursday night.

 AYELET AMRANI NAVON