The Arts
Edmond and Lily Safra Fine Arts Wing
The Edmond and Lily Safra Fine Arts Wing reflects the wide-ranging, interdisciplinary nature of the Museum’s collections, encompassing works of art from across the ages in Western and non-Western cultures. The wing has been reorganized to highlight connections among works from its diverse curatorial collections, which include: Israeli Art, European Art; Modern Art; Contemporary Art; the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas; Asian Art; Photography; Design and Architecture; and Prints and Drawings. Installations are organized to underscore visual affinities and shared themes and to inspire new insight into the arts of different times and places, as well as an appreciation of the common threads of human culture.
Mira Lapidot, Yulla and Jacques Lipchitz Chief Curator of the Fine Arts Wing
Collection Galleries
Israeli Art
Israeli Art
The Israeli Art galleries present the works of artists from the beginning of the 20th century until today, and art’s complex response to Israel's loaded reality.
European Art and Period Rooms
European Art and Period Rooms
The collection of the Israel Museum’s Department of European Art spans the period from the 15th to the late 19th century, representing several of the nations of Europe. Alongside artworks of the period, three period rooms of 18th century social elite.
Contemporary Art
Contemporary Art
The Contemporary Art collection holds art works dating 1970 till today, and is still growing. The department shows recent acquisitions exhibitions as well as thematic exhibitions, exposing the public to contemporary art in real time.
Prints and Drawings
Prints and Drawings
Since its founding in 1973, the Department of Design and Architecture has been at the forefront of introducing the field of design into Israeli culture.
Photography
Photography
A major attraction of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem is the Billy Rose Art Garden, against the backdrop of Jerusalem’s dramatic landscape. The sculpture collection displayed in the garden includes works by the great sculptors of the late nineteenth century till today.
Modern Art, 20th Century
Modern Art, 20th Century
The highlights of the Israel Museum’s collection of 19th century and modern art resonate with the great changes of the epoch – cultural and ideological, scientific and technological.
Africa and Oceania
Africa and Oceania
The Africa and Oceania gallery displays the flourishing visual art and material culture in Africa and the Pacific. These are traditional cultures where art is an integral part of daily life, religious belief and ritual.
Design and Architecture
Design and Architecture
Since its founding in 1973, the Department of Design and Architecture has been at the forefront of introducing the field of design into Israeli culture.
Asian Art
Asian Art
The Asian art gallery in the Israel Museum display works of art that span almost 5,000 years of artistic creation of the rich cultures of China, Japan, and India and the Himalayan region.
Art of the Americas
Art of the Americas
The Americas display includes sections on North America, Mesoamerica, South America, and the Caribbean, featuring artworks from 2000 BCE to the 20th century.
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