Israel’s Post-October 7 Art Scene By Art Up Nation On Display In NYC

window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({article:'auto'}); !function (e, f, u, i) { if (!document.getElementById(i)){ e.async = 1; e.src = u; e.id = i; f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f); } }(document.createElement('script'), document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0], '//cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/zengernews-network/loader.js', 'tb_loader_script'); if(window.performance && typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');} window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'UA-160618588-3',{'custom_map': {'dimension1': 'story_id'},'story_id': ''}); By Yulia Karra Earlier this month, a unique week-long pop-up art exhibition opened in New York City, showcasing over 200 curated Israeli artworks created in the wake of the October 7 Hamas attacks.  A group of volunteers came together to organize the project shortly after the attacks, which left over 1,200 people dead and more than 300 abducted to Gaza. The goal of the project was to allow art to act as a healing tool. The inaugural Art Up Nation exhibition was also intended to boost the Israeli art scene, which has been devastated over the past year. The exhibition featured one-of-a-kind works from more than 70 Israeli artists. Some of the 1,500 people who visited the exhibit purchased at least 153 pieces of art, worth over $500,000 in total. The money from the sales went directly to the artists. Keren Bar-Gil, Art Up Nation’s curator, tells ISRAEL21c...