Virtual Encounter via Zoom / Alberto Giacometti: Beginning, Again (in Hebrew)
Due to the current national security situation, the Museum will be closed to the public. Most activities in physical spaces are postponed until further notice, except for a few events (free of charge, but advance registration is required).
We are all going through extremely trying times. In a bid to help, however modestly, we continue to offer, for the fourth week running, an hour of respite, by providing captivating lectures and encounters every day, free of charge, via Zoom.
This week we will recall past exhibitions at the Museum, get to know some of the beloved works in its collection, and visit important collections around the world. We invite you, the culture-loving public, to enjoy an hour of curiosity.
We wish everyone days of peace.
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Alberto Giacometti: Beginning, Again / Lecturer: Ronili Lustig Steinmetz, curator of the exhibition
The exhibition presented, for the first time in Israel, a comprehensive selection of works by Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966). Giacometti is known first and foremost for his lanky figures, alienated and consumed by anxiety, which became icons of the postwar period, as an embodiment of the soul-searching and horror that informed it. The exhibition, which inaugurated the Eyal Ofer Pavilion, spanned Giacometti's entire career, presenting his repeated attempts, according to him, to “capture vision.” This is a unique opportunity to hear from the curator about the curatorial process of this extraordinary exhibition, which has just closed.
Note: This activity is in Hebrew only.
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Image: Alberto Giacometti, Three Walking Men (Small Square), 1948
Fondation Giacometti © Succession Alberto Giacometti / ADAGP, Paris, 2023