Israel Museum

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

This photo from June 4, 2018, shows a detailed figurine of a king's head on display at the Israel Museum, dating to biblical times, and found last year 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

Artist Zoya Cherkassky poses in front of one of her works in her solo exhibition 'Pravda' at the Israel Museum. (Eli Pozner/Israel Museum)

January 18, 2018, 8:22 am

Zoya Cherkassky paints her truth in first solo Israel Museum exhibition

Unafraid to shock and offend, Kiev-born artist uses edgy humor and crass stereotypes to portray mass post-Soviet aliya experience

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Jerusalem Jazz Festival director and trumpeter Avishai Cohen (left) at the 2015 festival (Courtesy Jerusalem Jazz Festival)

November 28, 2017, 6:13 pm

Third Jerusalem Jazz Festival bebops into town for 3 days

Local and international performers gather to perform and jam in the galleries of the Israel Museum

By Jessica Steinberg

Israel Museum staff making decisions about artwork placement in "The Museum," about the country's most well-known cultural institution (Courtesy 'The Museum')

November 15, 2017, 2:10 pm

Behind the scenes at the Israel Museum, in new documentary

‘The Museum’ offers a carefully curated look at what drives and directs one of Israel’s greatest cultural institutions

By Jessica Steinberg