Cultural Pioneers aboard the Ruslan
An exhibition marking the 100th anniversary of the Central Zionist Archives
In December 1919, following a stormy passage from 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.
- Curator: Talya Amar
- December 20 2019 - June 19 2021
- Israeli Art Collection Galleries
Avner Katz: “I Have Already Been”
The creativity of Avner Katz (1939–2020) rested firmly on three pillars: illustration, painting, and writing. And each one supported the other, adding to the remarkable diversity of Katz’s distinctive work. The exhibition presents self-portraits that feature text and image in varying doses. Seen together, they enrich our understanding of the man and his unusual art: a writer who painted pictures and a painter who wrote metaphors.
- Orna Granot
- March 4 2021 - July 30 2021
- Israeli Art Gallery
The Bureaucrat
Painting by Matan Ben Cnaan, Reading by David Grossman
Matan Ben Cnaan’s monumental painting The Bureaucrat presents a dramatic moment involving a large crowd of women, men, and children in an open landscape. What is happening? Who is the “bureaucrat” standing at the center, clipboard in hand? The eminent Israeli author David Grossman took a long, hard look at this work and proposed a reading that scrutinizes details while offering a broad overview.
- Amitai Mendelsohn
- March 11 2021 - August 31 2021
- Focus Gallery
Teddy’s Code
Activity Kit for the Whole Family !
Teddy Kollek, former mayor of Jerusalem and one of the founders of the Israel Museum, reaches out from the past and asks for your help. A moment before he is about to cut the ribbon to open Israel’s first national museum, he realizes that an important object is missing, and without it the museum cannot open!
Through challenges, activities, and clues found throughout the galleries, sculpture garden, and Shrine of the Book, you can help Teddy crack the code!
Don’t’ wait, hurry now!