[2] In 2003, Arad was a recipient of a Prize for the "Encouragement of Creative Art", awarded by the Israeli Ministry of Education and Culture.

[3] On February 1, 2018, the Israeli news portal Mako reported that Boaz Arad was under investigation for alleged sexual relationships with female students at the Thelma Yellin School of Art in Givatayim where he taught from 1983 until 2006.

The article included an interview with one of the students, who related that the relationship started when she was 16 and lasted for four years, partly after she graduated from the school.

He also complained that from the moment the story broke out, he had no reason to live, leading to Mako asking the police to check on him.

On July 26, 2018 Mako issued an apology clarifying that at no point was it their intention to claim that Arad was involved at any time in a forced or non-consensual relations.