Welcome to the temporary Maarav website.

We are still building the newenglish website with new features and design. In late junel we will launch a new and improved, English and Hebrew, online art and culture magazine from Israel. The new site will be launched with our new issue titled, "Whose Voice Is This Anyway?" (see call)

Meanwhile you can read:
Not Only Are We the Bad Guys, We’re also Poor - On the eve of the 53rd Venice Art Biennale’s opening, Ronen Eidelman interviews Dorit Levit?, curator of the Israeli pavilion, trying to understand why the Raffi Lavie show was chosen, why she is doing it and how all of that ties in with Israeli art’s place in the Middle East.

Who are we

Maarav (ambush) is an Online Israeli art, culture and media magazine. Maarav is one of the leading publications on art and culture in Israel and is the leading online art & culture Magazine in Israel.
Ma'arav was established in the beginning of 2004 and provides tools to those interested in art and culture – from theoretical discussions and debates to information on artists, exhibits, events, and technology.

Ma'arav is a unique alternative platform on the Israeli media map. In each issue we tackle a specific topic from various angles, including presenting relevant art works, talks with creators, debates and educational topics, and links to historical references. The topics that we choose come from the place we live in, for example: fundamentalism, messianic movements, violence, the place of Judaism in Israeli culture, intellectual property, and East-West relationship as it impacts on the Middle East.
In addition to Maaravs' topical issues, the website is updated daily with news, reviews, events, open calls and recommendations of what's going in the Israeli and global art world.

Ma'arav aims at expanding the borders of the Israeli art community, while trying to bring the periphery to the center. Ma'arav is also a forum for discussing the relationship between art, media, and politics.
Finally, Ma'arav explores the relationship between the Israeli art community and other communities around the world. A special emphasis involves the link with communities which are geographically and culturally closer to us.

Ma'arav serves a fast growing community of artist, writers, intellectuals, and students. We believe that anyone concerned about art culture, education and politics will find interest in Ma'arav. We feel that the English version of Maarav would put Maarav and Israeli contemporary culture in a leading position in the global art & culture discourse.