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The American Friends of Museums in Israel represents
and raises funds for eight outstanding and diverse museums
throughout Israel:
Design Museum
Holon, Haifa City Museum, Haifa Museum of Art, Hermann
Struck Museum, Mané-Katz Museum, National Maritime Museum,
Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art, and Tower of David Jerusalem
Museum.
Our partner museums offer engaging,
innovative, and transformative exhibitions, tours, art
education, and public programs that inform and inspire
visitors from around the world. To forward our mission, the
American Friends is presenting a Fine Art Online Benefit
Auction hosted by Artsy from May 9-23, 2023.
Auction Info
The online auction features over 60 works including
paintings, sculptures, photographs, and works on paper by
celebrated
artists including:
Derrick Adams, André Butzer, Jonni Cheatwood,
Gregory Crewdson, Peter Doig, Heri Dono, Don Eddy, Tracey
Emin, Rafael Gómezbarros, Ellen Gronemeyer, Maggi Hambling,
Damien Hirst, Mark Innerst, Marcus Jansen, Alex Katz,
Michael Kenna, Minjung Kim, Jeff Koons, Steve McCurry,
Harding Meyer, Yue Minjun, Alex Prager, Donald Sultan,
Jannis Varelas, and Jonas Wood, among
many others.
Partner Museums: News and Recent Exhibitions
Highlights
Tower of
David Jerusalem Museum is
located within the ancient walls of a citadel that guards
the Jaffa Gate entrance to the Old City.
The museum’s ongoing $50 million Renewal and
Conservation Project will, among other things, preserve and
conserve the citadel and introduce recent technologies that
will present the 3,500-year history of Jerusalem in
innovative ways.
A separate project is the construction of a
Contemporary Art and Design Gallery. When completed in the
coming months, it will be the only contemporary art gallery
in the Old City.
Plans are underway right next to the museum
for the construction of the new Tower of David Learning
Center that will include a complex of classrooms and offices
for the expanded education department.
Tikotin
Museum of Japanese Art in
Haifa holds one of the largest and most important
collections of Japanese art outside Japan.
The current exhibition, Time
Tunnel – Japan and the Jews, marks 70 years of
diplomatic relations between Japan and Israel. Works on view
by Japanese artists including Tatsuo Miyajima and Yuki
Onodera focus on the meeting point between Japan and the
Jews in relation to the Jewish narrative of rescue and
extermination.
Design Museum
Holon, housed in an iconic
building by acclaimed architect Ron Arad, is Israel’s only
museum exclusively dedicated
to design.
The recent exhibition, Alber
Elbaz: The Dream Factory, was the most extensive
exhibition of the international fashion legend to date, and
included couture pieces, rare archival material, personal
objects, and photographs on public view for the first time.
Haifa Museum
of Art is northern Israel’s
leading contemporary
art institution.
The current exhibition, Northern
Wind: Israeli Art from the Museum's Collection,
reflects Haifa’s uniqueness as a port city with works on
view examining the relationship it shares between its
immigrants
and refugees.
About American Friends of Museums in Israel
The American Friends of Museums in Israel recognizes,
promotes, and honors its outstanding partner museums in
Israel by providing exhibition, program, project, and
financial support through the generosity of its donors. In
addition, the non-profit organization provides heightened
visibility for its partner museums through special events
held in New York, virtual programming, and promotional
materials.
For more information call (917) 970-8846. A preview of the
auction begins on May 2 and can be viewed by visiting museumsinisrael.org.
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