Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
| Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art | |
|---|---|
| Location | 4 Ha'banim St., Herzliya, 4637904 |
| Type | Art museum, Contemporary art museum |
| Director | Dr. Aya Lurie |
| Website | http://www.herzliyamuseum.co.il/english/homepage |
The Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art (Hebrew: מוזיאון הרצליה לאמנות) is contemporary art museum, established in 1965. The museum is located in Herzeliya, Israel. The museum main focus is on Israeli and international contemporary art. Museum building is designed by the architect Yacov Rechter. The Yad Labanim organisation, which commemorates Israeli fallen soldiers is located in the same building.[1]
The museum does not have a permanent collection and it holds painting, sculpture, video, installation, photography and architecture exhibitions. Major area of museum activity is around modern technics of video installations and digital media.[2][3]
The museum has an educational program MUZA – A Place for Visual Experience. It holds different activities in fields of video art and photography, including workshops and courses.
The museum is known for promotion of collaboration between Israeli and Palestinian artists by showing the group exhibitions and organizing meetings and workshops for artists to work together.[4][5] Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art also exhibits art from different continents, showing works of artists, acclaimed in their countries, but not known well to the Western World. [6]
Notable Exhibitions
- February 2015. "Signifiers of Place". Artists: Aziz + Cucher, Rotem Balva, Shibetz Cohen, Cliff Evans, Tal Frank, Ella Kandel, Uriel Miron, Julien Salaud, Irit Tamari, Noa Zait, Shay Zilberman.[7]
- September 2014. "Back to Berlin". Artists: Shy Abady, Ilit Azoulay, John Bock, Amir Fattal, Andy Graydon, Mattias Härenstam, Andy Hope, Erez Israeli, Zvi Lachman, Ella Littwitz, Hajnal Németh, Alona Rodeh, Erik Schiemann, Ariel Schlesinger, Amie Siegel, Ming Wong, Amir Yatziv, Maya Zack.
- January 2014. "Unnamed". Artists: Yair Agmon, Majd Amori, Rubi Bakal, Milly Barzellai, Ido Bercovier, Nava Berg, Ofer Bessudo, Adi Dahan, Ruti De Vries, Lali Fruheling, Jonathan Goldman, Dorian Gottlieb, Tzion Abraham Hazan,[2] Tamar Hirschfeld, Itamar Inbar, Orit Ishay, Elian (Lula) Kaczka, Mahmood Kaiss, Judith Kakon, Gili Lavy, Ori Levin, Inbal Mendes-Flohr , Ravit Mishli, Lior Modan, Shir Moran, Margarita Perlin, Yeshaiahu Rabinowitz, Shai Ratner, Hadas Satt, Ester Schneider, Lior Shachar, Ayana Shany, Rony Shvide Hazan, Avinoam Sternheim, Noa Turkenich, Amir Yatziv, Zaudito Yosef[3]
- September 2013. "Other People’s Problems: Conflicts and Paradoxes" Artists: Nir Adoni, Adar Aviam, Gili Avissar, Olaf Breuning, Chris Coombes, Charles Heller, Lorenzo Pezzani, Parastou Forouhar, Kendell Geers, Guy Goldstein, Efrat Hildesheim, IRWIN (Dušan Mandič), Miran Mohar, Andrej Savski, Roman Uranjek, Borut Vogelnik, Christian Jankowski, Shahar Marcus, Aharon Ozeri and Roee Ozeri, Jean-Gabriel Périot, Pablo Rasgado, Santiago Sierra, Federico Solmi, Roland Stratmann.
- September 2012, "Cabinets of Wonder".[4] Artists: Etti Abergel, Boaz Aharonovitch, Maya Attoun, Shay Id Alony, Sheffy Bleier, Ella Littwitz, Talia Link, Dana Levy, Noa Ben-Nun Melamed, Noah Raz Melamed, Ido Michaeli, Alice Fleisher, Dina Goldstein, Einat Arif-Galanti, Uri Gershuni, Sharon Glazberg, Efrat Klipshtien, Ariela Padan, Guy Raz, Roee Rosen, Karen Russo, Tomer Sapir, Ayala Serfaty, Michal Shamir, Uri Shapira, Belle Shafir, Yaron Steinberg, Asif Shwartz-Yassour, Eliezer Sonnenschein, Irit Tamari, Paulo Tavares and Eyal Weizman, Omri Zin, Itay Ziv.
- May 2012, "Boundaries on the Move: A Cross-Cultural Dialogue". Artists: Chien-Chi Chang, Chen Chih-Jen, Chen Ching-Yao, Hou Chun-Ming, Hsieh Ying-chun, Huang Chih-Yang, Huang Hai-Hsin, Peng Hung-Chih, Su yu-Hsien, Tsai Chia-Wei, Tsui Kuang-Yu, Tu Pei-Shih, Chu Chun-Teng, Wang Ya-Hui, Wu Chi-Tsung, Yao Jui-Chung, Nira Peleg, Miki Kratsman and Michal Shamir.
- 2003, "Mahogany". Solo exhibition. David Adika.Curatored by Dalia Levin
See also
- List of museums in Israel
External links
- Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
- Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art in ilMuseums.com
References
- ↑ http://www.israeltraveler.org/en/site/herzliya-museum-of-art
- ↑ "Cabinets of curiosities filled with peculiar wonder at Herzliya museum". Haaretz.com. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ↑ "New culture to greet the new year". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ↑ "Palestinian art show in Herzliya Museum". ynet. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ↑ "Art academy names expert on Israeli, Palestinian art to senior position". Haaretz.com. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ↑ "Herzliya Museum honors African art". ynet. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ↑ http://timeout.co.il/en/art-and-culture/contemporary-standards