The Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art ( he, מוזיאון הרצליה לאמנות) is

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museum.

History

The museum was established in 1965 in Herzeliya,

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. The museum's main focus is on Israeli and international contemporary art. The museum building was designed by the architect

Yaakov Rechter Yaakov Rechter (14 June 1924 – 26 February 2001) ( he, יעקב רכטר) was an Israeli architect and an Israel Prize recipient. Biography Yaakov Rechter was born to Paula Singer and the architect Zeev Rechter on 14 June 1924 in Tel ...

. The museum does not have a permanent collection, and hosts painting, sculpture, video, installation, photography and architecture exhibitions, as well as video installations and

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exhibitions. The museum has an educational program MUZA – A Place for Visual Experience. It holds different activities in the fields of

video art Video art is an art form which relies on using video technology as a visual and audio medium. Video art emerged during the late 1960s as new consumer video technology such as video tape recorders became available outside corporate broadcasting ...

and photography, including workshops and courses. The museum is known for promotion of collaboration between Israeli and

Palestinian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

artists by showing group exhibitions and organizing meetings and workshops for artists to work together. Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art also exhibits art from different continents, showing works of artists who acclaimed in their countries but are not known well to the Western World.

Exhibitions

Among the artists exhibited in the museum are

David Adika David Adika is an Israeli photographer and educator. Biography David Adika (דוד עדיקא) was born in Jerusalem in 1970. He lives and works in Tel Aviv. Adika graduated from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in 1997, receiving BFA. He r ...

, Alona Rodeh, Shachar Freddy Kislev,

Chien-Chi Chang Chien-Chi Chang (; born 1961) is a photographer and member of Magnum Photos. Life and work Chang was born in Taichung, Taiwan. He received an MS from Indiana University, Bloomington and a B.A. from Soochow University, Taipei. He joined Magnum ...

, Hou Chun-Ming, Hsieh Ying-chun, Nira Pereg, Miki Kratsman, Sheffy Bleier, Ella Littwitz,

Einat Arif-Galanti Einat Arif-Galanti ( he, עינת עריף-גלנטי; born 1975) is an Israeli visual artist, mainly known for her photographic and video works. Biography Arif-Galanti was born in 1975 in Jerusalem, Israel. Between the years 1995 and 1998 she s ...

, Uri Gershuni,

Olaf Breuning Olaf Breuning (born February 16, 1970)SIK ISEAOlaf Breuning/ref> is a Swiss-born artist, born in Schaffhausen, who lives in New York City. Works *''Home 1/Home 2'' (2004/7)--30 minute video starring Brian Kerstetter. ''Home 1'' is presented as ...

Kendell Geers Jacobus Hermanus Pieters Geers, commonly known as Kendell Geers, is a South African conceptual artist. Geers lives and works in Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text ...

, Parastou Forouhar, Ilit Azoulay, Uriel Miron, Cliff Evans, Maya Zack and

Aziz + Cucher Aziz + Cucher, consisting of Anthony Aziz and Sammy Cucher, are American artists working collaboratively since meeting in graduate school in 1990 at the San Francisco Art Institute. They are considered pioneers in the field of digital imaging and ...

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History

Exhibitions

See also

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