Jerusalem Biennale for Contemporary Jewish Art 2019Thu | Oct 10

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Jerusalem Biennale for Contemporary Jewish Art 2018 events will be updated as they become available.

Jerusalem has been the beating heart and yearning soul of Jewish art and expression for three thousand years now, and there is no better place to celebrate contemporary Jewish art. That is precisely the opportunity offered by the Jerusalem Biennale for Contemporary Jewish Art – the one place to find the work of almost 200 Israeli and international professional artists, in dozens of exhibitions and eight unique installations.

Jerusalem Biennale Founder Rami Ozeri: “The Jerusalem Biennale provides a stage for professional artists – from secular to ultra-Orthodox – who refer in their artwork to Jewish thought, spirit, tradition or experience. After two successful Biennales and invitations to exhibit contemporary Jewish art around the world, the Biennale will throw the spotlight onto the concept of watershed, examining it from a literal, metaphorical and even historical perspective. The theme finds its expression in issues as varied as Jewish identity, immigration and refugees, alongside watershed moments in history such as the Balfour Declaration and even the US presidential election.”

The seminal Jewish watershed experience of migration, uprooting and refuge is explored in several exhibitions and projects under the title of “People on the Move”. Some of these exhibits include Dreamland Never Found, which captures the migration experiences of artists who left the FSU as children, Homelands, in which the Jewish communities that disappeared following the establishment of the State of Israel are explored, and an exhibition by Hungarian artists, reflecting on the symbolic spaces left behind in the once-massive and thriving Jewish community of Budapest.

The Jerusalem Biennale is supported by The Leichtag Foundation (San Diego), The Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund (New York), The Lambert Family Foundation (New York), Matthew Bronfman and IKEA Israel, The Leir Charitable Foundations and private donors, as well as The Jerusalem Municipality and The Jerusalem Development Authority.

Panel Discussions

Gallery talks and panel discussions with artists and curators will be available, as well as private and group tours guided in English and Hebrew.  Tours in additional languages can be arranged on request and based on availability – tours@jerusalembiennale.org

Each venue will have its own opening event (detailed information to be published nearer the time).

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