Israel Museum Newsletter | January - April 2020

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January – April 2020

5 Exhibitions 24 Gallery Talks
19 Shrine of the Book Complex 25 Guided Tours
20 Rockefeller Museum 27 Israeli Friends
21 Ticho House 28 Members
22 Family Activities

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On the cover:
The god Horus, represented as a falcon-headed man, holding an inscription bearing his name,
3rd century BCE. Gift of Abraham Guterman, New York, to American Friends of the Israel Museum
From the exhibition Emoglyphs: Picture-Writing from Hieroglyphs to the Emoji

The Museum gratefully acknowledges the Bauhaus: Our Work, Our Play, Our Party
generosity of those who contribute to its Klil Design
exhibitions: Niso Handmade Masterpiece
Mariana Griessman Youth Wing Fund, London
Veiled Women of the Holy Land The Morris Rodman Fund, Washington, DC
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation The J. Weinstein Foundation in memory of 
The Beare Foundation, Durban, South Africa Joe and Celia Weinstein, New York
Donors to the Museum’s Exhibition Fund* Donors to the Museum’s Exhibition Fund*

Seated in Seclusion Nimba
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation Dina and Michael Weiss, Tel Aviv
Joseph Alexander Foundation, New York
Emoglyphs
Painting a Pilgrimage The William Davidson Foundation, Detroit
Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Firenze
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation Cultural Pioneers aboard the Ruslan
The Beare Foundation, Durban, South-Africa The Central Zionist Archives
Donors to the Museum's Exhibition Found Genesis Philanthropy Group

Shutters and Stairs Khen Shish
Bertha Urdang Ticho House Fund
Rodin and Toulouse-Lautrec
Raida Adon Osvaldo Romberg
In the Maharaja's Court Hagit Lalo neé Shtriet Memorial Fund
Donors to the Museum’s Exhibition Fund*
A Glimpse of Paradise
Bodyscapes Ministry of Jerusalem and Heritage
Grace Frankel and Hanns Salzer Levi, Marbella, Donors to the Museum’s Exhibition Fund*
Spain
Donors to the Museum’s Exhibition Fund*

The Wanderer
The Della and Fred S. Worms OBE
Endowment for European Art
Donors to the Museum’s Exhibition Fund*

Fateful Choices: Art from the Gurlitt Trove * Donors to the Museum’s Exhibition Fund:
Donors to the Museum’s Exhibition Fund* Claudia Davidoff, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
The Ministry of Culture and the Media, in memory of Ruth and Leon Davidoff
The Federal German Government, Berlin Hanno D. Mott, New York
The David Berg Foundation, New York The Nash Family Foundation, New York

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Exhibitions

Funerary cone of the priest
Denreg, Egypt, 13th – 11th
century BCE. Pottery
Bequest of Rudolf Herz, London

Emoglyphs

Picture-Writing from Hieroglyphs to the Emoji

Davidson Temporary The hieroglyphic script that developed in Egypt some
Exhibition Gallery, Samuel 5,000 years ago comprised hundreds of pictures. Over
and Saidye Bronfman time, the pictures were replaced by a writing system
Archaeology Wing consisting of approximately twenty signs: the alphabetic
script that reigns in Western culture to this day. Picture-
For Gallery Talks, writing appeared to have been abandoned forever,
see p. 24 but in the digital 21st century, the picture – namely,
the emoji – has returned in full force. This exhibition
Catalogue presents the metamorphosis of picture-writing from
antiquity to modern times through a wealth of finds
from ancient Egypt, displayed against the background
of contemporary emoji use. Films and multimedia
stations reveal how in the Cyber Age, as in the Age of the
Pyramids, pictures can provide a complex, sophisticated
system of visual communication. The objects on view
from the Israel Museum collection, many on display for
the first time, are complemented by loans from a private
collection in London.

Curator: Shirly Ben-Dor Evian

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Pinhas Litvinovsky, The Sufis, 1920s. Collection of the Lerer family, Israel

Israeli Art Collection Cultural Pioneers aboard the Ruslan
Galleries
For Gallery Talks, An exhibition marking the 100th anniversary
see p. 24 of the Central Zionist Archives

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Odessa, the SS Ruslan landed at the port of Jaffa. This
ship is often called the Mayflower of the Land of Israel,
since its 600 passengers included many figures who
would enter the Zionist pantheon: intellectuals and
ideologues, artists and poets, leaders and activists. One
hundred years after its arrival, and on the occasion of
the centenary of the Central Zionist Archives, the story
of the Ruslan – and the subsequent achievements of
its notable passengers – presented through artworks,
archival film excerpts, photographs, manuscripts, and
historical documents, allowing visitors to enter the world
of some of the people whose influence on Israeli culture
and society is felt to this day.

Curator: Talia Amar

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Poster for Reine de Joie by
Victor Joze, 1892
Gift of Johannes Gustaaf
Wertheim, Amsterdam

Lotte and Walter Rodin and Toulouse-Lautrec
Floersheimer Gallery for
Impressionist Art Expressive Genius

For Gallery Talks, This exhibition presents works by two great French
see p. 24 artists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century:
Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) and Henri de Toulouse-
Lautrec (1864–1901). Both drew on Art Nouveau
dynamism and style, and dared to explore the human
form in its full range of emotion and gesture, as well
as capturing the new flavors of modern Paris in their
depictions of its diverse people and places. Renowned
sculptor Auguste Rodin’s dynamic compositions, free
handling of materials, and fragmentary representation
of the body profoundly influenced twentieth-century
art. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec tapped into the lively
atmosphere of Paris night life; his lithographic prints
penetrate the glamorous facade of entertainment venues
and expose passion, emptiness, drama, and despair
amongst distinct social classes.

Curator: Adina Kamien-Kazhdan
Co-curator (Toulouse-Lautrec): Efrat Aharon

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Faith-dorian and Nimba
Martin Wright Gallery
of African Art Baga Art and the Great Mother
For Gallery Talks,
see p. 24 The remarkable sculptures created by the Baga people
Leaflet of Guinea were collected and displayed in Europe, where
they inspired such artists as Matisse and Picasso. Since
Nimba the 14th century the Baga were subjected to attacks,
Baga Art and French colonial rule, and a Muslim Marxist regime that
the Great Mother banned their religion and destroyed their ritual art.
Though most of the Baga converted to Islam, many
Until 25.1 preserved their animist practices. Since 1984, under a
less hostile regime, their art has become recognized as
Bella and Harry Wexner folklore. Collector Michael Weiss spent a decade seeking
Gallery out traditional Baga art; the exhibition tells the story of
For Gallery Talk, his search, of the people he encountered, and of Baga
see p. 24 culture. Supplemented by objects from the Museum’s
Catalogue holdings, the exhibition presents loans from the Weiss
collection, including examples of the famous Nimba mask
representing the Great Mother.

Curator: Dorit Shafir

Fateful Choices

Art from the Gurlitt Trove

Some 100 works of art from the intriguing Schwabing
Trove, a recently discovered collection amassed by Dr.
Hildebrand Gurlitt, museum director, art dealer, and
agent for the Third Reich. Fateful Choices explores this
trove and showcases the diverse works Gurlitt acquired
during the course of his career. Paintings, drawing, and
prints by Manet, Monet, Renoir, Dix, Kokoschka, Grosz,
and Beckmann are displayed alongside Dutch still-life
paintings from the 17th century, Rococo pastels from the
18th century, and 19th-century portraits. Provenance
research on this art trove is ongoing, and with it the
search for the works’ rightful owners. The exhibition
supports these efforts and provides insight into the
research already completed.

Curator: Shlomit Steinberg

Exhibition in collaboration with the Kunstmuseum Bern and the
Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

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Veiled Women of the Holy Land New Trends in Modest Dress Until 7.3 Veiled Women of the Holy Land

Spertus and Focus New Trends in Modest Dress
Galleries
Audio guide In the past two decades it has become increasingly
Catalogue; common to see Jewish and Muslim women alike covering
Arabic insert their entire body with several layers of shawls, wraps, and
veils in adherence to strict laws of religion and modesty.
Veiled Women From a distance it is difficult to tell them apart, and some
of the Holy Land also recall Greek and Russian Orthodox nuns. To gain
insight into the rationales behind this trend, women
New Trends in Modest Dress from the different religious groups were interviewed, yet
the topic remains fraught with contradictions: do the
Until 18.4 multiple layers protect or do they reflect centuries of
oppression? The exhibition presents the attire of each
Hagit Gallery group, photographs and texts, and a video work created
For Gallery Talks, by consultant Ari Teperberg together with the curator,
see p. 24 offering a glimpse into the women’s private world.

Curator: No’am Bar’am-Ben Yossef

Osvaldo Romberg

Osvaldo Romberg taught at Jerusalem’s Bezalel
Academy in the 1970s, chairing its Fine Arts department,
creating a body of work, and leaving his imprint on the
development of Conceptual art in Israel. Romberg strives
to reach the fundamentals of the artistic act by breaking
it down into essential components, i.e., forms and colors.
His intellectual engagement is accompanied by a strong
emotional and even religious dimension. Romberg’s
spirit, buoyed by imagination and creative energy, hovers
over the scientific investigations, architectural sketches,
and theoretical texts that are incorporated into his
artworks.

Curator: Amitai Mendelsohn

Basilica of Constantine
(Forum Romanum), 1988.
Gift of the artist

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Until 18.4 BAUHAUS

Weinstein Gallery, Our Work, Our Play, Our Party
Ruth Youth Wing for
Art Education This exhibition focuses on the educational aspects of
the Bauhaus school, delving into its avant-garde style
Until 20.4 and experimental approach, its vision of a utopian
society, and its extraordinary group of teachers.
Della and Fred S. Worms Visitors follow the different stages of a Bauhaus
OBE Gallery student’s initiation process, starting with the famed
Audio guide “preliminary courses” and progressing from play to
unstructured experimentation, as they engage with a
From 15.1 range of Bauhaus objects spanning different media and
presented in an immersive installation.

Curators: Eli Bruderman and Noga Eliash Zalmanovich

The Wanderer

The figure of the wanderer, roaming land and sea, was
widespread in European art from the Middle Ages
on, captivating artists, poets, and composers. The
exhibition features oil paintings by Hubert Robert, Jean-
Léon Gérôme, and Benjamin West; works on paper by
Rembrandt, Gustave Doré, Ephraim Moses Lilien, Abel
Pann, and Michael Sgan-Cohen; and photographs by
Tim Gidal.

Curator: Shlomit Steinberg

Jim Dine: Self-Portrait

Kay Merrill Hillman American painter, sculptor, and print-artist Jim Dine
Gallery spent part of 1979 at Jerusalem’s Burston Graphic
Center. The prints he created there included self-portraits
and depictions of his robe, an object which he had come
to view as a reflection of his self. A selection of works from
this year reveals the dexterity with which he merged print
techniques: engravings with stone and screen printings,
manually and mechanically treated plates, and drawings
done directly on the paper. The works' visible erasures
and adaptations visible illuminate the many evolutions of
an emerging idea.

Curator: Nirit Sharon-Debel

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Bill Brandt, Nude, Seaford, East
Sussex Coast, 1957

Bequest of Arnold Newman,
New York, to American Friends of

the Israel Museum

From 21.2 Bodyscapes

Bella and Harry Wexner Bodyscapes studies the concept of embodiment and
Gallery the corpus as an organizing structure. Examining
the relationship between nature and culture through
For Gallery Talks, the prism of the body, this exhibition brings together
see p. 24 historical sources and artworks ranging from prehistory
to contemporary art in a variety of media: works on
Audio guide paper, photographs, sculpture, paintings, video works,
Catalogue and installations. Artists including Tracy Emin, Jenny
Saville, Micha Ullman, Maya Zack, Karam Natour,
Bodyscapes Sigalit Landau, and Ori Reisman explore questions of
proportion, the relationship between human beings and
nature, and corporeal and mental boundaries in order to
make personal, social, and political statements.

Curator: Adina Kamien-Kazhdan

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Benni Efrat, Untitled, 1972. Bequest of Bertha Urdang

From 21.2 Bertha Urdang

A Gallery of Her Own

‫ברטה אורדנג גלריה מִ שלּה‬ Design Pavilion Israeli gallery owner Bertha Urdang (1912–2001)
Bertha Urdang A Gallery of Her Own For Gallery Talks, significantly influenced the course of Israeli art. Active in
see p. 24 Jerusalem and New York in the 1950s to the 1990s, she was
‫ברטה או‬ Catalogue involved in the creation of private and museum collections
‫גלריה ִמש‬ in Israel and the United States, thus aiding in the formation
Bertha Urdang of the local artistic canon. Urdang introduced Israeli art
A Gallery of Her Own to the buzzing New York contemporary art scene of the
1960s and 1970s, paving the way for the geographical,
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garde artists onto the international stage. Her relationship
with the Israel Museum was particularly close, and many
seminal works in the Museum’s collections were sold or
donated by her, or presented in her honor by artists and
collectors. This exhibition displays a selection of these
works alongside pieces from her endowment, each one
reflecting her refined taste and minimal aesthetic while
offering new perspectives on the evolution of artistic and
curatorial processes. The exhibition highlights Urdang’s
tireless activity as a pioneer of Zionist ideology – operating
without economic or institutional support – who nurtured a
continuous vision of the advancement Israeli art.

Curator: Ronit Sorek

Noa Yaffe, The Stairwell, 2017
Purchase through "Here &

Now” Contemporary Israeli Art
Acquisitions Committee, Israel

From 21.2 Shutters and Stairs

Elements of Modern Architecture in
Contemporary Art

Ayala Zacks Abramov Floors, doors, shutters, and stairs feature prominently
Pavilion for Israeli Art among the architectural elements depicted by the
works displayed in this exhibition, most of which were
Catalogue recently acquired by the Museum. Each work presents
an encounter with a different element, offering an
For Gallery Talks, opportunity to examine the small details that normally
see p. 24 evade us, as well as the conceptual shifts involved in the
transition of an object into a work of art. A geometrical
abstraction echoes in some of these works – perhaps
inspired by the modernist nature of the components
themselves – and yet these tangible items and their
immediate reality also highlight that which is human
and existential. Though many of the artists featured in
the exhibition often use photography to dissect their
reality or installation to immerse the viewer in new
surroundings, here they focus on a solitary element
selected from the vast and incomprehensible space of
life. What can these individual details tell us about that
which lies beyond them?

Curator: Aya Miron

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Raida Adon, Strangeness, 2017. Photo: Tami Weiss. Video work purchased by "Here & Now”
Contemporary Israeli Art Acquisitions Committee, Israel

From 21.2 Raida Adon: Strangeness

Robert and Rena (Fisch) The Israel Museum debut of actress and artist Raida
Lewin Gallery Adon (born 1972), displaying her new video work
Strangeness – an epic and poetic work addressing
For Gallery Talks, identity, refugees, and the yearning for a home. This
see p. 24 narrative is comprised of powerful and dream-like
images and is set a location that is at once surreal and
Catalogue yet rooted in the local landscape. Strangeness evokes
conflicting emotions of fragility and stability, wandering
and permanence, as Adon shifts between her personal
and collective identities, both Palestinian and Israeli. This
work makes an important statement with a powerful
urgency, transcending the local and the political and
striving for the universal and human. Also on display
are preparatory sketches and sculptural objects
incorporated into the work.

Curator: Amitai Mendelsohn

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Eran Lederman, Bratslav chair, K'nei Bosem Forest near Bet Shemesh, Winter 2018

From 4.3 Seated in Seclusion

Robert and Rena (Fisch) Bratslav Hasidim and Contemporary Design
Lewin Gallery
Hitbodedut – self-secluded prayer and introspection – is
For Gallery Talks, practiced by Bratslav Hasidim in forests throughout Israel.
see p. 24 These Hasidim use the salvaged parts of old chairs to
create “new” chairs for this very purpose. Rabbi Nahman
Catalogue of Bratslav (1772–1810) believed a regular practice of
hitbodedut was perhaps the most important element
in one's relationship with God. In this state the Hasid
addresses God directly, sharing his most personal prayers
and thoughts without the mediation of a prayer book or
synagogue, as he strives to achieve spiritual affirmation
and restoration. Photographs of some of these chairs
documented by industrial designer and exhibition co-
curator Eran Lederman are displayed alongside chairs
created by contemporary designers and accompanied
by quotes attributed to Rabbi Nahman. This encounter
of objects from different worlds invites exploration of the
meaning hidden inside an object, delving into cross-cultural
concepts of nature and civilization, self-seclusion and repair.

Curators: Sharon Weiser-Ferguson and Eran Lederman

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Maharaja Dip Singh hunting boar, Bundi, ca. 1775
Bequest of Wolf Ladejinsky, Washington, DC, through American-Israel Cultural Foundation

From 5.3 In the Maharaja’s Court

Design Pavilion Royal Paintings from Northern India
Audio guide
Catalogue On display are some fifty portraits from the royal
courts of the Indian Rajas and the Muslim and Mughal
Sultanates who ruled north-western India from the
sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. These works reflect
the role of art as a means of conveying messages of
supremacy, military power, knowledge, and wealth,
as well as offering a glimpse into this complex world
of the kingdoms and empires of this complex chapter
in India's history. Painters who moved from court to
court incorporated different traditions in their works,
including local, Persian, and European techniques. In
addition to portraits of rulers, this exhibition displays
scenes from court life: royal meetings in ornate palaces,
hunting expeditions, and portraits of the palace women.
The paintings are accompanied by a small group of
photographs of rulers from the nineteenth to early-
twentieth century, the modern equivalent of the royal
portrait brought to India by the British.

Curator: Miriam Malachi

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Tombs of the Righteous near Tiberias, Florence, BNC, Ms. Magl. III, 43; courtesy of Ministero dei
beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo / Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze

From 31.3 Painting a Pilgrimage

Spertus and Focus A 14th-Century Hebrew Scroll Unveiled
Galleries
A unique scroll from the 14th century, is displayed here
For Gallery Talks, to the public for the first time. This scroll – measuring
see p. 24 almost eleven meters in length – documents through
illustrations and inscriptions the pilgrimage of an
Catalogue Egyptian Jew to the Land of Israel. 130 illustrations
depict places from Egypt to Lebanon, offering a sense of
what the region looked like over 700 years ago. During
the research of the scroll, intriguing discoveries were
made relating to the Tomb of the Patriarchs, the Western
Wall, and other holy sites. The central illustration spans
some two meters and depicts the Temple Mount; its
components reflect the belief shared by Muslims and
Jews during the Middle Ages that the Dome of the Rock
was built in memory of Solomon’s temple.

Curator: Rachel Sarfati

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Special Display

Bronze Age Period Virtual Tour of the Orthostat
Galleries, Archaeology Temple at Hazor
Wing
The Museum's first virtual tour invites visitors to
explore the Canaanite temple of Hazor, which was
active around 3,400 years ago. The tour captures
the mystical ambiance inside the temple and enables
examination of the temple's details, including the lion
reliefs guarding the entrance and the Holy of Holies,
where only the select few were allowed.

The Thinker from Yehud

The contemplative look of "the thinker" on this
exceptional 3,700-year-old jug stands in stark contrast
to the spirit of the warrior who was buried in the grave in
which the artifact was excavated.

Curator: Nurit Goshen

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Masks

Bringing Myths to Life

Arnold Maremont For some 3,200 years, masks have played a central
Gallery of Precolumbian role in the various cultures of the Americas. Even
Art after the European conquests and the imposition of
Christianity, they continued to be used, and to this day,
For Gallery Talk, the people of Mexico create wooden masks that hint at
see p. 24 pre-Christian myths but are worn in church contexts:
special dances, processions, and pilgrimages. In the
Precolumbian period, masks served many purposes
in daily life, as adornment, protection, ritual objects,
and signs of status. In the colonial era, a process of
syncretism began: beliefs, symbols, and customs from
the old and new religions melded together. The masks
on display – dating from 1200 BCE to 2010 CE – reflect
ancient rituals, recent folk practice, and 500 years of
cultural fusion.

Curator: Yvonne Fleitman

Shrine of the Book

Audio guide Model of Jerusalem in the
Second Temple Period

A recreation of Jerusalem as it appeared in 66 CE at the
height of its glory, a few years before its destruction.

Dorot Auditorium Film Screenings
No extra charge
A Human Sanctuary
For screening times, see Rebirth
the Museum’s website
Time Travel: The Story of the Dead Sea Scrolls –
Every hour, beginning at Animated children’s film. Alma sets on a wonderful
10:30 am journey through time to discover the incredible story of
English subtitles the Dead Sea Scrolls.

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Rockefeller
Archaeological Museum

27 Sultan Suleiman St.
Tel. 628-2251
[email protected]

Sun, Mon, Wed, Thurs David Ohannessian,
10 am – 3 pm Tiled panel, Jerusalem,
Sat 10 am – 2 pm 1922–48. Wolfe Family
Closed Tues, Fri, Collection, Jerusalem,
Holiday Eves courtesy of Shula and
Parking available on Lenny Wolfe
Saturdays only
Buses 1, 3, 51 A Glimpse of Paradise

Exhibition in cooperation 100 Years of Jerusalem Armenian Ceramics
with Yad Yizhak Ben-Zvi,
Ministry of Jerusalem and The vibrant Armenian ceramics found throughout
Heritage, and East Jerusalem Jerusalem’s built landscape represent a unique
Development Ltd. style: a school of pottery born only a century ago and
appreciated by the Holy City’s diverse populations. A
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roots in the Dome of the Rock’s 16th-century cladding
and the 18th-century tiles in the Armenian St. James
Cathedral, through the school’s emergence and
flourishing during the British Mandate, to the present
day. The notable oeuvre of the founding generations of
Jerusalem Armenian ceramicists – David Ohannessian,
the Karkashians, and the Balians – is supplemented by
the work of present-day artists, as well as by a special
project by students in the Bezalel Academy’s ceramic
screenprinting workshop. The exhibition’s setting in
Mandate-Period Rockefeller Museum, itself adorned
with Armenian ceramics, only enhances our glimpses of
the paradise they evoke.

Curator: Fawzi Ibrahim
Co-curator: Nirit Shalev-Khalifa

Ticho House

10 HaRav Agan Street Shem Tov (Good Name), 2018. Collection of the artist
Tel. 645-3746
[email protected]

Sun – Thurs
12 noon – 8 pm
Fri and Holiday Eves
10 am – 2 pm
Closed on Saturdays
Free entry

Anna Italian Café
Tel. 543-4144
[email protected]

Hebrew catalogue

Khen Shish

Gallery Talk In her new body of work, Khen Shish investigates the
with the curator relationship between randomness and intention, as she
Wed 22.1, 19.2, 1.4 | 7 pm creates through a process that recalls the Rorschach
test used in psychology. Shish pours paint or ink on a
In the framework of page, which she then folds in half to produce a mirror
Traces VII – Action Line image. Taking the result as her starting point, she
The Seventh Biennale of completes the work, whether by adding gold leaf or
Drawing in Israel actual myrtle leaves, or by using photographic and
print techniques.

Curator: Timna Seligman

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Family Activities

10–11.3 Purim

Ages 3 – 9 | NIS 20 | Tel. 670-8963 Purim-themed Guided Tours

Festival of Masks and Costumes

12, 13.4 | 12 noon | NIS 20 Passover

Illustration Library The Golden Nut
Festive Passover story time with story-teller Mia Sahar
Grades 1–6 | 1, 2, 5, 6, 7.4
Passover Camp
8 am – 1 pm | NIS 130 per day
IS 600 for 5 days | Register at Camp activities inspired by the Museum’s exhibitions:
Emoglyphs: Picture Writing from Hieroglyphs to
tel. 677-1302, 670-8960 the Emoji
Nimba: Baga Art and the Great Mother
In the Maharaja's Court: Royal Paintings from
Northern India

29.4 Independence Day Program and details will be

posted on the Museum's website closer to the date.

Ages 3–9 Recycling Workshop
NIS 15 | Tel. 670-8963
Unleash your creative potential through textures,
Tues | 4–7 pm shapes, and colors, inspired by the BAUHAUS exhibition
Paper, Glue, Scissors Design reliefs, sculptures, and
Wed | 4–7 pm decorative objects from paper

Mon | 13.4 The Museum – Especially for You!

5–7 pm | NIS 20 per family Families of children with special needs are invited to a
Register at tel. 677-1379 or at special quiet visit of the Youth Wing exhibition

[email protected]

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Please see the Museum website Illustration Library
for new opening hours
All programs in the Library are sponsored by an
anonymous donor.

Exhibition Until 12.3
Paul Kor: Kaspion and Other Animals

A special exhibition to celebrate the 30th anniversary of
Caspion, Kor’s beloved little silver fish, who propelled him
to international renown as an author and illustrator. Kor’s
original illustrations to the three Kaspion books, most of
which are displayed to the public for the first time, will be
shown alongside original illustrations of other popular
animal figures from Kor’s books and his paper cuttings for
The Magic Zoo.

Mon 11.2 | 5 pm Closing Event
Story time and theater with story-teller Limor Wexelblatt
6, 13, 20, 27.1
3, 10, 17, 24.2 Big Art for Little Artists
2, 16, 23, 30.3
A journey beginning with a story, continuing with artworks,
4:30 pm and ending with an art activity, led by artist Michal Kerer
5:45 pm Ages 4–6
Mon | NIS 30, NIS 25 for Family Ages 7–9
Membership holders | NIS 160 for
6 meetings | NIS 140 for Family Tuesdays in the Library
Membership holders
Story Time in English
Tues | 5 pm | No extra charge
For details of program, see A new theme every month, with books related to the theme:
January: Winter Stories | February: Love
Hebrew side or Museum website March: Groups of Three | April: Silly Spring Stories
Story time and crafting with Yael Katz
5 pm | No extra charge
Ages 4–7 Story time and play time with Shelly Wolf
Story time and yoga with Lucy Shvamental
9.1, 30.1, 20.2, 19.3, Story time and play with Jodi Davidovich
16.4, 30.4

16.1, 6.2, 5.3, 23.4
2.1, 13.2, 12.3, 2.4

23.1, 27.2, 26.3

During Museum hours Interactive Archaeological Dig

Photographs and information displayed along a 20-meter-
long wall detail the stages of an archaeological dig and
the evolution of archaeology in Israel. An activity booklet
accompanies the visitors at the path’s five stations.

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Gallery Talks

Gallery Talks are in Hebrew unless otherwise indicated

No extra charge
Meet at the Upper Information Desk; "walking stools" available in the cloakroom

For Gallery Talks at Ticho House, see p. 21

Tues 7 pm
14.1 Osvaldo Romberg with curator Amitai Mendelsohn
21.1 Cultural Pioneers aboard the Ruslan with curator Talia Amar
28.1 Raida Adon: Strangeness with the artist and curator Amitai Mendelsohn*
4.2 Nimba: Baga Art and the Great Mother with curator Dorit Shafir
11.2 Rodin and Toulouse-Lautrec: Expressive Genius with co-curator Adina
Kamien-Kazhdan
18.2 Emoglyphs: Picture-Writing from Hieroglyphs to the Emoji
with curator Shirly Ben-Dor Evian*
25.2 Pop Art Returns to the Museum with Oren Meyers
3.3 Masks: Bringing Myths to Life with curator Yvonne Fleitman
17.3 Bodyscapes with curator Adina Kamien-Kazhdan
24.3 Seated in Seclusion with curators Sharon Weiser-Ferguson and
Eran Lederman
31.3 Bertha Urdang: A Gallery of Her Own with curator Ronit Sorek

Wed 12 noon A Modern Love (Photography and the Portrait) with curator
1.1
Noam Gal
8.1
Emoglyphs: Picture-Writing from Hieroglyphs to the Emoji
15.1 with curator Shirly Ben-Dor Evian*
22.1 Nimba: Baga Art and the Great Mother with curator Dorit Shafir

29.1 Fateful Choices: Art from the Gurlitt Trove with curator Shlomit
5.2 Steinberg*
Cultural Pioneers aboard the Ruslan with curator Talia Amar
12.2
Rodin and Toulouse-Lautrec: Expressive Genius with co-curator
19.2
26.2 Efrat Aharon

4.3 Emoglyphs: Picture-Writing from Hieroglyphs to the Emoji
18.3 with curator Shirly Ben -Dor Evian*
Osvaldo Romberg with curator Amitai Mendelsohn
25.3 Raida Adon: Strangeness with the artist and curator Amitai Mendelsohn*
1.4 Shutters and Stairs with curator Aya Miron

22.4 Seated in Seclusion with curators Sharon Weiser-Ferguson and

Eran Lederman

Shutters and Stairs with curator Aya Miron

Bodyscapes with curator Adina Kamien-Kazhdan

Painting a Pilgrimage with curator Rachel Sarfati

* Register in advance on the Museum website

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Guided Tours

Free of charge | Schedule subject to change
Tours are in English and last approximately one hour
Meet at the Upper Information Desk
Number of participants is limited

Sun, Mon, Wed, Thurs 11 am Archaeology

Mon, Wed 12:30 pm Jewish Art and Life

Mon, Wed 2 pm Art in the Galleries

Sun, Thurs 1 pm New in the Galleries

Sun, Thurs 2 pm Synagogue Route

Sun, Mon, Wed, Thurs 3 pm Shrine of the Book and Model

Fri 11 am; Sat 11:30 am Highlights

Tues 5 pm Creative Paths

Mon. Thurs 11 am French-language highlights tour
Thurs 11 am Spanish-language highlights tour
Thurs 11 am Russian-language highlights tour

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about exhibitions and events directly to your inbox.

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bac.org.il The Israel Museum hosts
Fri | 11 am – 12 noon Beit Avi Chai
No extra charge
Weekly Torah Portion
3.1 New perspectives on the week’s Torah reading
Modern Art Galleries
VaYigash – Families and Tears
10.1 with Prof. Avigdor Shinan and Shir Aloni-Yaari, curator of
In the Illustration Library Modern and Contemporary Art

exhibition –VaYehi Animals and Symbols

17.1 with Rabbi Prof. Dalia Marks and associate curator
Israeli Art Galleries (Reuven Orna Granot

Rubin’s First Fruit) Shemot – Crops and Fruit of the Land
24.1 with Prof. Avigdor Shinan and curator Daniella Shalev

Rhythm of Life Gallery, Jewish VaErah – Wedding Clothes, Marriage, and Partnership
Art and Life Wing with Prof. Avigdor Shinan and associate curator Efrat Assaf-
Shapira
31.1
Jewish Life and Art Wing Bo – Exodus from Egypt and Laws of Passover
(textile depicting the Exodus with Prof. Avigdor Shinan and curator Rachel Sarfati

from Egypt)

Details at tel. 670-8860 Training Courses for Educators
(Lihi Sapir) and on the Museum’s
A range of programs for the enhancement of
website | Fee includes yearlong professional development, creative thinking,
Museum membership enrichment. Groups can be created according to the
specific needs and goals of the participants.

Register at tel. 677-1303, Art Classes for Children, Youth,
670-8961 | Full course list on the and Adults
Museum’s website | Fee includes
Year-long courses for art-lovers who wish to learn
yearlong Museum membership from the Museum’s teacher-artists. Drawing, painting,
sculpture, digital photography, pottery, digital drawing,
and architecture, for a range of age and skill levels

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Israeli Friends

Association of Israeli Friends of the Israel Museum

Tel. 677-1344, 670-8815, [email protected]

The Association sees as its mission to The “Here & Now” Contemporary Israeli
strengthen the Museum’s relationship Art Acquisitions Committee
with the local community of art, Join the committee and enjoy the
archaeology, and Jewish art patrons. rare opportunity to participate in the
It aims to raise funds for the Museum, purchase of contemporary Israeli art for
engage its members with the Museum’s the Museum’s collections. In the past ten
rich and varied program, and reach out years only, the committee has acquired
to the public at large. some 150 important works by leading
Israeli artists, displayed in the Museum’s
Among the many activities that galleries. One of the high points of the
members enjoy are exclusive previews committee’s yearly activity is a special
of new exhibitions, encounters with trip to a central art event abroad –
Israeli artists, invitations to exhibition including, in recent years, Lisbon, China,
openings, visits to private collections in Miami, Japan, Moscow, the Manifesta in
Israel and around the world, and more. St. Petersburg, the Biennale in Venice,
Tours abroad have included New York, and Documenta in Greece.
Los Angeles, Chicago, Milan, Rome,
Miami and China. Please note that all expenses are
recognized as a tax-deductible donation.
The yearly activities culminate in a
special Gala evening whose proceeds An Original Gift Idea
subsidize a free entrance to the A personalized certificate acknowledging
Museum and guided tours for soldiers your donation towards educational and
doing compulsory military service and youth activities at the Museum (for a
for those doing National Service. contribution of IS 180 or more) will be
issued by the office of Israeli Friends of
Members may choose one of the the Israel Museum: 670-8815, 677-1344;
following membership options: Friend, [email protected]
Israeli Patron, International Patron, and
Guardian. The Israeli Friends provide free entry for
soldiers doing compulsory military service
Please note that 80% of the and for those doing National Service.
membership fees are recognized as a
tax-deductible donation.

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Members

Membership renewal and additional information at tel.
670-8855, at [email protected], or at the Members’
Desk at the Museum entrance on Sun–Thurs

Give a friend a membership – a gift that keeps on
giving!

Activities in Hebrew unless Dear Members, we are currently planning special discounts and
otherwise indicated benefits for you to enjoy over the coming months; full details
will be sent to your email. If you have not yet updated your email
address with us, please do so at [email protected]

Wed 29.1 | 12 noon A Golden Opportunity
A rare hoard comprising 24 golden coins and a gold earring
In the Islamic Art and was discovered in Caesarea a year ago, was buried in a bronze
Archaeology storerooms inkwell and hidden inside a well dating from 900 years ago. A
Space is limited | Register at coin from the end of the eleventh century connects the hoard's
hiding to the Crusader invasion of the city. Curator Liza Lurie will
[email protected] lead this preview of the hoard before it is displayed to the public.
Members are invited to closely examine it, to learn about its
history, its preservation, and its journey to the Museum.

Fri 17.1, 14.2, 20.3 Neighboring Sounds
Concert series featuring musicians from the Conservatory of the
12:30 pm | Free of charge Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
Details will be sent by email
Lecture in the exhibition Emoglyphs:
closer to the event Picture-Writing from Hieroglyphs to the Emoji
No registration necessary
An exploration of the metamorphosis of picture-writing from
Tues 25.2 | 6 pm antiquity to modern times through finds from ancient Egypt,
displayed against the background of contemporary emoji use.
Springer Auditorium Follow the journey of this form of writing throughout history, and
Space is limited | Register at learn how pictures can provide a complex, sophisticated system of
visual communication.With exhibtion curator Shirly Ben Dor-Evian
[email protected]

Special Benefits for Members:

Discounts on tickets for Museum events

Shops, cafés, and restaurants: 10% discount

Entrance for friends who join you on a visit

to the Museum: 10% discount on full-price tickets

Free entry to Haifa Museums: Haifa Museum of Art,

28 Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art, National Maritime Museum,
and Haifa City Museum