Virtual Encounter via Zoom / Peggy Guggenheim and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art: An Extraordinary Story (in Hebrew)
Due to the current national security situation, the Museum will be closed to the public. Most activities in physical spaces are postponed until further notice, except for a few events (free of charge, but advance registration is required).
We are all going through extremely trying times. In a bid to help, however modestly, we continue to offer, for the fifth week running, an hour of respite, by providing captivating lectures and encounters every day, free of charge, via Zoom.
This week we will recall past exhibitions at the Museum, get to know some of the beloved works in its collection, and visit important collections around the world. We invite you, the culture-loving public, to enjoy an hour of curiosity.
We wish everyone days of peace.
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Peggy Guggenheim and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art: An Extraordinary Story / Lecturer: Sophia Berry Lifschitz, Assistant Curator at the Department of Photography
In 1955, a collection of contemporary art was donated to the Tel Aviv Museum, including works by the leading artists of the period. Thousands flocked to the Museum to see the selection of abstract and surrealist works. What motivated the most celebrated art collector of her time, Peggy Guggenheim, to make her greatest donation to a small and unknown museum in Israel? In this talk, we will get to know Guggenheim—one of the most important and ground-breaking art collectors of the twentieth century—and the extraordinary collection she donated to the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, and perhaps understand some of the considerations that guided her.
Before or after the lecture, it is recommended to watch the short film Nothing Except 34 Paintings at this link >
Note: This activity is in Hebrew only.
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Image: Hanway Films