Exhibitions

Marina Abramovic  and her partner Ulay* represent a performative approach that was extremely influential during the 1970s.  They examined the threshold of pain and the limits of physical endurance, which at times entailed putting the viewer in uncomfortable and embarrassing situations

Curator: Yehudit Matzkel Itay Ziv's works are narrated from the perspective of a storyteller or a writer of fictional biographies, who spins a tale about a number of young women during one hot Israeli summer in the 1950s. The exhibition is a journey back in time, in search of the innocence and

Curator: Yehudit Matzkel Anan Tzuckerman's exhibition centers upon a discussion of male identity among young Israelis. The exhibition includes five autonomous works, which together form one narrative entity. Tzuckerman acts as the director and producer of large-scale "cinematic" images which

Joshua Neustein: Berlin - LuftkissenDov Or-Ner and Tamar Dubrovsky: Have You Ever Considered Suicide? June 24, 2006 - October 29, 2006Curator: Ilana Tenenbaum In the "Emergency Exit" exhibition space, a work by Joshua Neustein is projected alongside a joint work by Dov Or-Ner and Tama

Joshua Sobol June 24, 2006 - October 29, 2006 I once used to paint. That was many years ago, when I was a boy and understood little about myself. My painting teacher Shlomo Katz, a new immigrant from Sweden, arrived in our small village and painted the surrounding citrus groves. I studied

Curator: Tal Yahas The exhibition "Making a Scene" is centered upon the practice of staged photography, which has pervaded the art world since the late 1970s. This photographic practice does not aim to document; rather, it declares itself to be a construction involving casting, costumes

Chapter 3 in the Series "Videostroia": The First Generation of projected Images June 24, 2006 - October 29, 2006Curator: Ilana Tenenbaum The third chapter in the "Videostoria" series of exhibitions concludes the process of mapping the emergence of video art in the 1960s and 1970s. The

Curator: Tami Katz-Freiman This work by Yael Efrati is composed of interlocking pavement stones produced by Akerstein Industries, which are omnipresent in the Israeli urban landscape. The play with various shades of stone creates an image that can only be perceived from a distance. Based on a

An important part of the museum's activity revolves around the updating, preservation and renewal of its collection. In addition to presenting changing exhibitions, the museum's mission is to assemble and present the cultural assets produced by Israeli artists. Parallel to the preservation of works

The scenes in this video installation were all filmed during family celebrations - holidays and birthday parties - on the artificial lawn in the back yard of the artist's childhood home. This back yard, which is situated in Holon, also functions as the yard of the private childcare center run by