On Friday, Doron Langberg, one of the most successful and well-known Israeli artists working today, will open his first New York exhibition in seven years at Jeffrey Deitch’s Tribeca gallery. For the occasion, Langberg has so far opted to give a single interview—to the New York Times—and to publish an accompanying 750-word text on Deitch’s website addressing how his new body of work reflects the Israel-Palestine conflict. Langberg has not spoken extensively about the issue in the past. The body of work for which he is best known consists of portraits and domestic scenes that explore queer life, gender, and sexuality. He has cited David Hockney, Wolfgang Tillmans, and Mickalene Thomas as influences; in a 2019 Jewish Currents feature, Langberg and several other LGBTQIA+ painters, including Louis Fratino and Salman Toor, were described as part of a movement dubbed “New Queer Intimism.” Related Articles A graduate of Yale University’s prestigious art school, Langberg has been featured in exhibitions at the Leslie Lohman Museum in New York and the Schwules Museum in Berlin, had a piece …