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"Plague in Rome" Jules Elie Delaunay, 1869. (Public domain)
April 18, 2020, 6:43 pm
When an ancient pandemic killed millions in Roman Empire, crippled world economy
The Israel Museum highlights the story of the Antonine Plague, which erupted in 165 CE, wreaked devastation for a decade
By TOI staff
Curator Shirly Ben-Dor Evian at Emoglyphs Picture-Writing from Hieroglyphs to the Emoji at the Israel Museum (Courtesy Sophia Kartavtzeva)
March 17, 2020, 11:36 pm
Israel’s museums go online for immersive experience amid pandemic
Virtual guided tours of new exhibits and fun activities for visitors of all ages to be available
By Jessica Steinberg
The outdoor areas of the Tower of David Museum at the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem's Old City make it a easier to visit during the restrictions necessitated by the 2020 coronavirus (Courtesy Tower of David Museum)
March 12, 2020, 5:03 pm
Israel’s museums stay open, but with limits; special events canceled
Local cultural institutions restrict number of visitors to 100 per gallery at any time, set up hygiene stands
By Jessica Steinberg
Actress and artist Raida Alon sets up house in a refitted suitcase of her own making, part of her one-woman video work, 'Strangeness,' at the Israel Museum through October 2020 (Courtesy Israel Museum)
February 27, 2020, 7:17 pm
Four new Israel Museum exhibits contemplate disparate elements of life
Exhibitions range from architecture and art collecting, to bodyscapes and the questions of belonging and home
By Jessica Steinberg
The Monastery of the Cross, situated in the Valley of the Cross, with the Israel Museum in the background, to the right; the location for the planned light rail station that the museum will protest on January 21, 2020 (Courtesy Ester Inbar)
January 14, 2020, 6:48 pm
Israel Museum prepares to battle Jerusalem city hall over planned train station
The light rail station would create a large barrier between the museum and the Valley of the Cross
By Jessica Steinberg
A video installation shows the image of a man with the emoji of a blue hart reflected on an ancient Egyptian plaque engraved with Hieroglyphs, at the exhibition "Emoglyphs: Picture-Writing from Hieroglyphs to the Emoji" at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, on December 19, 2019. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
December 21, 2019, 4:47 pm
Israel Museum exhibit explores the emojis of ancient Egypt
In recent years humans have found themselves one again communicating through pictograms, thousands of years after the invention of ancient hieroglyphics
By Claire Gounon
A visitor watches the paintings "Melancholisches Maedchen", left, and Nackte Frau im Walde" of German painter Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, in the exhibition 'Status Report Gurlitt. degenerate art - confiscated and sold' in the Kunstmuseum in Bern, Switzerland, Wednesday, November 1, 2017. (Peter Klaunzer/Keystone via AP)
November 10, 2019, 11:30 am
As Gurlitt art trove goes on display, a complicated family picture emerges
Showing works from collection amassed during World War II and discovered in 2012, Israel Museum attempts to untangle history of quarter-Jewish dealer who thrived under the Nazis
By Jessica Steinberg
Some 100 artworks from the Gurlitt collection make up the exhibit 'Fateful Choices: Art from the Gurlitt Trove' at the Israel Museum, which opened on September 23, 2019 (Courtesy Jessica Steinberg)
September 24, 2019, 6:53 am
Art and ethics mingle, as controversial Nazi-era Gurlitt Trove comes to Israel
Long-awaited exhibit of some 100 works of art from the larger collection of Hildebrand Gurlitt, some of which was looted by Hitler regime, goes on display at the Israel Museum
By Jessica Steinberg
Man Ray, Noire et blanche (Black and white), 1926 © Man Ray 2015 Trust / ADAGP, Paris 2019
September 7, 2019, 2:24 pm
New Israel Museum photography exhibition puts women artists back in the picture
Impressive showcase of museum’s Modernist photography collection provides opportunity to expand holdings of key female artists active in first half of 20th century
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Actress Rona Lee Shim'on demonstrates to her audience how to move with a Rodin sculpture, in 'Moved by Art,' a new program at the Israel Museum (Courtesy Barak Aharon)
August 6, 2019, 9:22 pm
Israel Museum visit offers audiences a chance to be moved, literally
Jerusalem institution launches dance program meant to uplift visitors physically and spiritually
By Hannah Harnest
Two visitors in front of the paintings 'Junges Paar' (l), and 'Diskussion' of German painter Emil Nolde, in the exhibition 'Status Report Gurlitt. degenerate art -- confiscated and sold' in the Kunstmuseum in Bern, Switzerland, November 1, 2017. (Peter Klaunzer/Keystone via AP)
April 21, 2019, 7:09 pm
Israel Museum to host Nazi-era art hoard held by German recluse
Exhibition of Gurlitt collection in Germany raised ‘touchy questions,’ says German curator, who sought to show how visual art was ‘instrumentalized’ by the Nazis
By Jessica Steinberg
One of painter Anna Ticho's works, 'On the Way to Mar Elias,' currently exhibited in 'Lifescapes' at Ticho House until March 8, 2019 (Courtesy Israel Museum)
February 25, 2019, 8:54 pm
New book, exhibit aim to show true size of artist Anna Ticho
Comparing the Israel Prize winner to Rembrandt and da Vinci, curator-editor says there’s a ‘kind of aura around her work’
By Jessica Steinberg
Cultural Movement dancers perform Renana Raz's 'Culture Form' at the Israel Museum, Tuesday, November 13, 2018 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
November 15, 2018, 1:39 am
At ‘Dance in the Exhibition,’ the audience doesn’t get to sit
Week two of the Israel Museum’s annual dance in the galleries event brought Renana Raz’s ‘Culture Form,’ examining forms as a shape or value
By Jessica Steinberg
Kites will fly at the Israel Museum's annual Kite Festival, held this year on September 25, 2018 (Courtesy Benny Maor)
September 24, 2018, 8:14 am
When a hut’s your home, Israel offers an abundance of fun activities
The Feast of Tabernacles brings a cornucopia of holiday events for those ready to venture out of their sukkah
By Jessica Steinberg
Art photographer Ron Amir (L) and curator Noam Gal stand next to a picture from the exhibition on migrants, "Somewhere in the Desert," at the Israel Museum storage room in Jerusalem on July 2018. (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)
August 19, 2018, 8:34 am
Migrants go unseen in Israeli photographer’s exhibition set to open in Paris
Curator says photos from migrant detention facility are ‘an opportunity to draw public attention to the phenomenon (of asylum seekers) from the artistic perspective’
By Jonah Mandel
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