Contemporary Art in Jerusalem
Weekly Highlights in Jerusalem's Contemporary Art Scene Exhibition Opening: Bright Moon/Dark Coffee A joint exhibition by Yehudis Barmatz and Elinora Schwartz. The exhibition presents installations, photographs, and sculpture and video work. Each work points to a personal, complete, and closed story…
Weekly Highlights in Jerusalem's Contemporary Art Scene Exhibition Opening: Torah U'elacha - The Missing Archives | The Missing Archives is part of a joint project between Muslala, Black Box and the Jerusalem Biennale. The exhibition's purpose is to change the hegemonic narrative surrounding the foundation…
“...glorious (gifts) of the Muses...makes…and of the Graces… slender…not to forget the anger… mortals… share…” -Sappho (from the Loeb Classical Library) Gallery visitors are now acclimated to exhibitions displaying unframed works. Adhesives, or sometimes pins, connect these works directly to…
Written by Lonnie Monka Flipping a page of a book too forcefully, someone may unintentionally tear it. As a page approaches losing its status as a single unit, it calls out to be fixed. Applying some sort of adhesive, the…
Hamiffal, one of our favorite spots in central Jerusalem is an art cooperative which, over the past two years, has turned an old abandoned building into a cultural hub and a vibrant home for creativity. HaMiffal works daily as a…
Gabriela Gleizer is a 27-year-old student based in Jerusalem, studying a BFA in photography at Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design. Gleizer in interested in portraying social matters through documentary photography This annual project, entitled Through the Stations documents people on a…
As spectators and participants of Jerusalem's contemporary art world—enthusiasts, visitors, writers, curators, critics, artists, gallerists, etc.— it is our job to contemplate and justify the works of art that we see in local galleries, exhibitions, museums and studios. But it…
Written by Kara Meyer Jerusalem based artist Hila Avhael is a student of Musrara's interdisciplinary art school here in Jerusalem. I had the pleasure of first seeing her Untitled installation at the Musrara Mix Festival—an exhibit that displayed a collection of plaster vaginas…
