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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
Close up of Yael Vizel "wearing" an article of clothing from the Decoding Israeli Dress exhibition, on the Zeekit app; July 31, 2018 (Ariella Gentin)
August 2, 2018, 4:39 pm
Israel Museum uses app to bring old clothes alive at fashion exhibit
Tel Aviv startup Zeekit says its technology, used for online shopping, is a perfect fit for museum visitors curious to see how the fashion of yesteryear would suit them today
By Ariella Gentin
A video installation displaying relationships between people as part of 'Eye to I,' a new Youth Wing exhibit at the Israel Museum (Maya Smira and S. Hashemi, Iran-Israel/Collection of the artists)
July 17, 2018, 6:18 am
Kids learn to look people in the eye at new Israel Museum exhibit
Youth wing’s ‘Eye to I’ focuses on ways to bring one’s real self to relationships and encounters, with strangers and loved ones
By Michael Harel
Curator Morag Wilhelm holds a signet ring that had been given by Sigmund Freud to close students, at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on July 12, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA)
July 12, 2018, 10:24 pm
Israel museum reunites rings Freud used to bind students
‘Freud of the Rings’ exhibit highlights personality of father of psychoanalysis, who founded society of analysts
By Jonah Mandel
Sara Netanyahu, left, and Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev attend the opening ceremony of the 20th Maccabiah Games in Jerusalem. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 2, 2018, 9:45 am
Culture Ministry said to condition museum funding on gala with Sara Netanyahu
Israel Museum request to help pay for exhibit celebrating local fashion industry reportedly morphed into demand for a fundraiser with PM’s wife as guest of honor
By Stuart Winer
The inverted runway of 'Fashion Statement; Decoding Israeli Dress' exhibit at the Israel Museum, which opened June 13, 2018 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
June 14, 2018, 9:22 pm
Israel Museum exhibit puts decades of Israeli fashion on runway
‘Fashion Statements: Decoding Israeli Dress’ goes beyond glamour to examine ideology and social dynamics
By Jessica Steinberg
King Hazael? A detailed figurine of a king's head on display at the Israel Museum, dating to biblical times, and found near Israel's northern border with Lebanon, in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Ilan Ben Zion)
June 9, 2018, 4:30 pm
King who? Rare sculpted head of mystery biblical ruler found in northern Israel
Is the monarch represented by the exquisitely preserved 3,000 year-old statue Ben Hadad or Hazael of Damascus, Ahab or Jehu of Israel, or Ithobaal of Tyre?
By Ilan Ben Zion
A fragile fragment of an enigmatic Dead Sea Scroll is on public display at the Israel Museum for the first time since its discovery 70 years ago, in Jerusalem, March. 20, 2018. (AP/Oded Balilty)
March 20, 2018, 9:32 pm
Enigmatic Dead Sea Scroll fragment makes rare show in Jerusalem
Israel Museum exhibits sole copy of ancient Jewish text elaborating on stories from the first book of Bible, dating back to first century BCE
By Ilan Ben Zion
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