Virtual Encounter via Zoom / From the Diary of a Detective Curator: Chana Orloff and the Case of the Mysterious Photograph (in Hebrew)
Due to the current national security situation, the Museum will be closed to the public and all activities in physical spaces are postponed until further notice.
We are all going through extremely trying times. In a bid to help, however modestly, we continue to offer, for the third week running, an hour of respite, by providing captivating lectures and encounters every day, free of charge, via Zoom.
This week we will get to know important exhibitions, major artists and especially beloved works held in the collection of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. We invite you, the culture-loving public, to enjoy an hour of curiosity.
We wish everyone days of peace.
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From the Diary of a Detective Curator: Chana Orloff and the Case of the Mysterious Photograph / Lecturer: Sophia Berry Lifschitz, Assistant Curator at the Department of Photography
Among the many works held in the collection of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art are eighteen sculptures by the artist Chana Orloff (1888–1968). Each of these sculptures has a file in the Records Department documenting its history, how it was donated to the Museum, and other fascinating details. During her research for an exhibition, the curator came across a photograph of Chana Orloff sitting in her living room with a woman and a young man. During this lecture, we shall retrace the various stages of the curator’s investigation into who are the figures in the photograph, why and in what context was the photograph taken, and how it ended up in the Museum’s files.
Note: This activity is in Hebrew only.
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Image: Chana Orloff in her living room, Paris (photographer unknown)