Moon and Sixpence moments for two contemporary painters

In its fifth year, the Israeli event is still shaking things up

His exhibition at Johannesburg’s Market Photo Workshop,  founded under Apartheid

The artists gave lectures at the Jerusalem Studio School and the Israel Museum

Report from… Athens, and evidence of the heroic spirit in recent Greek painting.

Far from being a studious plod through history, this is the coolest party in town.

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?