Museum-Cinema: Cinematic Fridays at the Museum / Niki de Saint Phalle, un rêve d'architecte, 2014 / In collaboration with the EPOS Festival

The Museum is pleased to offer its visitors extra-cultural Fridays! Every Friday, the finest films on art and culture will be screened, after a short lecture by the Museum’s curators.

This is a collaborative initiative between the Museum and EPOS International Art Film Festival, which offers film lovers captivating and thought-provoking films from around the world, alongside visits to exhibitions by leading artists from Israel and abroad.

Admission to the Museum’s exhibitions is included in the film ticket, during the Museum’s opening hours.

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Niki de Saint Phalle: un rêve d’architecte, 2014 | Dir. Louise Faure, Anne Julien, France, 53 minutes, French & English, Hebrew subtitles
Introductory lecture: Galit Landau-Epstein, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art

Niki de Saint Phalle left an indelible mark as a sculptor throughout the world. Born to an American mother and a French father, she moved freely between the two languages. She grew up in New York and married at a young age, and traveled widely around the world until finally settling in Paris. At the age of 25, she encountered the works of Antonio Gaudí, which shook her world and inspired her. Since then, de Saint Phalle insisted on creating her own private visions, not letting anything stand in her way. In her monumental sculptures, she dealt with femininity, dreams and nightmares, magic, and, in particular, with the creation of alternative spaces that would touch the most profound emotions of viewers and provide a sensory experience. This is a unique film about an extraordinary artist.

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