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The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Magazine - Winter 2008 - Spring 2009 |
Cover | From Our Director and Chairman | Campus Renewal Project: Work in Progress | New Exhibitions | Ruth Youth Wing | Happenings at Home | Special Events at Ticho House | Staff News | Out in the World | Museum on the Move | Traveling Exhibitions | International Events | In Memoriam | Selected Loans to Other Museums | Recent Publications | Selected New Aquisitions | People and Places | Acknowledgments |
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Recent Publications
Early Israeli Arts and Crafts: Bezalel Treasures from the Alan B. Slifka Collection in the Israel Museum
Chaya Benjamin
Hebrew and English editions Made possible by Alan B. Slifka, Jerusalem This volume presents a unique collection of objets d’art created in Jerusalem at the Bezalel School between 1906 and 1929 and generously gifted to the Museum by longtime friends Alan and Riva Slifka (see page 35).
Woman with a Camera: Liselotte Grschebina, Germany 1908 – Israel 1994
Edited by Yudit Caplan
Hebrew/English/German
Made possible by the Association of Friends of the Israel Museum in Germany Accompanying the exhibition of the same name (see page 8), this publication includes the first research into Grschebina’s life and work, in the context of the German- Jewish émigré milieu, by exhibition curator Yudit Caplan; an essay on women photographers in the Weimar Republic by German scholar Prof. Dr. Christoph Stölzl; and an album of 100 full-page photographs.
Deir el-Balah: Uncovering an Egyptian Outpost in Canaan from the Time of the Exodus
Trude Dothan
English
Made possible by Hon. and Mrs. Abraham D. Sofaer, Palo Alto, California; Joan and Richard Scheuer, Larchmont, New York; Jonathan Scheuer and Debra Granik, New York, New York; Laura Scheuer, New York, New York; Elizabeth Scheuer and Peter Joseph, Riverdale, New York; and Jeanie Ungerleider and Dr. William Stone, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Legendary archaeologist Prof. Trude Dothan relates the mysterious story of the discovery of Deir el-Balah, a 14th–13th-century BCE Egyptian graveyard on the borders of ancient Canaan, presenting drawings, maps, and photographic documentation of the site. The book also provides an illustrated catalogue of the artifacts that were removed from the site prior to its scientific excavation and are now in the Israel Museum’s holdings.
Bizarre Perfection
Curator: Suzanne Landau
Hebrew/English
Made possible by the Jack N. and Lilyan Mandel Fund; The Joseph C. and Florence Mandel Fund; The Morton L. and Barbara Mandel Fund; and the donors to the Israel Museum’s 2008 Exhibition Fund: Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond J. Learsy, Aspen, Colorado; Ruth and Leon Davidoff, Paris and Mexico City; Hanno D. Mott, New York; The Nash Family Foundation, New York. This publication presents the exquisite works displayed in the exhibition of the same name.
see also
Dreaming with Open Eyes: The Vera and Arturo Schwarz Collection of Dada and Surrealist Art in the Israel Museum
Edited by Tamar Manor-Friedman
Revised English edition, with addendum, coordinated by Adina Kamien-Kazhdan Hebrew version edited by Adina Kamien-Kazhdan
An updated reprint, including subsequent gifts, of the comprehensive catalogue of the collection gifted to the Museum in 1998 by scholar, collector, and longtime Museum donor and friend Arturo Schwarz, and shown in the landmark exhibition of the same name in 2000.
Three Hebrew/English booklets accompanying recent Ticho House exhibitions:
The Homes of Others: Video Art and Photography by Contemporary Israeli Artists
Curator: Aya Miron
Signs of Life: Animating Ticho House
Curator: Mira Lapidot
Paperworks
Curator: Ronit Sorek
Made possible by the Edith and Ferdinand Porjes Charitable Trust