Program 2024-25 - Thursday
Where: Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Sderot Sha'ul HaMelech 27, Tel Aviv
Cost: ESRA members NIS 650 | Non-members NIS 950
Schedule:
10:00 – 11:00 – Lecture
11:00 – 11:30 – Break
11:30 – 12:30 – Guided tours
Thursday, November 14:
New York-New Wave (PS1 MoMA): Graffiti Enters the Museum
The lecture will delve into the ground breaking integration of graffiti into the museum
space, showcasing how this vibrant, street-born art form was recontextualized within a prestigious institution. It highlights the exhibition’s role in challenging traditional
boundaries and celebrating the raw, urban creativity of New York's street artists during the 1980s.
space, showcasing how this vibrant, street-born art form was recontextualized within a prestigious institution. It highlights the exhibition’s role in challenging traditional
boundaries and celebrating the raw, urban creativity of New York's street artists during the 1980s.
Thursday, December 26:
The Garden of Earthly Delights: Hieronymus Bosch and Modern Art
The lecture will provide an in-depth exploration of the enigmatic triptych, examining its intricate symbolism and vivid portrayal of paradise, earthly pleasures, and damnation. The lecture will try to expose Bosch's imaginative, surreal landscapes that reflect the spiritual and moral concerns of the late 15th century, inviting viewers to ponder the complex interplay between sin, temptation, and redemption.
Thursday, January 16:
Peggy Guggenheim and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art: Beginnings
The lecture explores Peggy Guggenheim's influential role as a patron and collector, highlighting how her avant-garde tastes and significant acquisitions shaped the course of modern art. The lecture will tell the story of a unique relationship with the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, focusing on her generous donation of paintings from her personal collection to the museum.
| Thursday, February 13:
Damien Hirst: Kitsch and Death
A lecture that wish to examine the way the artist’s provocative use of kitsch aesthetics challenges conventional notions of beauty and mortality. It explores how Hirst’s work, characterized by its blend of high and low culture, confronts viewers with the stark realities of life and death through shockingly vivid and unconventional art.
Thursday, March 13:
Paula Rego: Expressional Art
A lecture that explores how Paula Rego's vivid and often unsettling imagery captures the emotional intensity of human experience. It delves into Rego's distinctive use of narrative and symbolism, revealing how her powerful, sometimes surreal compositions address themes of identity, power, and personal history.
Thursday, April 10:
Black Jewish Lives Matter
This lecture will review the development of a group of African-American Jewish
women creators in the last decade: a group of women creators who represent and
promote their complex identity in their work. The lecture will present four women creators from different fields and how their works are received in the different communities where they live.
women creators in the last decade: a group of women creators who represent and
promote their complex identity in their work. The lecture will present four women creators from different fields and how their works are received in the different communities where they live.
Thursday, May 15 :
A Short History of Light in Art
The lecture traces the evolving role of light as both a technical and thematic element across different art movements and periods. It examines how artists from the Renaissance to contemporary times have manipulated light to enhance realism, convey emotion, and explore abstract concepts, highlighting its profound impact on visual storytelling and artistic innovation.
Thursday, June 12 :
August Renoir: Nude from Behind (1881)
The lecture delves into the painting's exploration of form and sensuality, show casing Renoir's masterful handling of light and texture. It examines how the artwork exemplifies the artist's fascination with the female form and his contribution to the Impressionist movement's focus on capturing intimate, everyday moments with a soft, evocative palette.
Exhibit descriptions will be provided following registration.
Entrance to the museum will be possible from 9:30 a.m.
Entry with subscription card only for the same series and cannot be interchanged Monday for Thursday or vice versa. This Museum rule is strictly enforced.
Registration: Click on the register link above or contact the Booking Office at 09-9508371 (ext 2.)
