Jerusalem street art exhibit sheds light on Israeli women heroes

Tel Aviv street art and graffiti born in the wake of October 7 has been recreated at the Djanogly Visual Arts Center’s “Heroines of the Hour” exhibition, curated by Yuval Caspi, which opened in Jerusalem last week and will run through March. “‘Heroines of the Hour’ showcases citizens, as well as soldiers, who have suddenly become our heroines due to the extraordinary bravery they demonstrated during the difficult days,” explained Hila Timur Ashur, artistic manager of the Djanogly gallery and Jerusalem Municipality Center for Visual Arts, part of the Jerusalem Foundation. The idea behind “Heroines” was to create “a topical exhibition that would reflect feelings, thoughts, and ideas in a kicking and artistic way that would allow it to continue to resonate,” she said. “What has happened to us all is that all our realities have changed and become temporary since October 7 – just like graffiti is constantly changing, and one work reacts to another. “Graffiti is one of the areas that is being developed at the Djanogly Center for Visual Arts because it is very much developing in the world and because it is a way to reach teenagers, which is one of our goals,” she added. Students...