Museum-Cinema: Cinematic Fridays at the Museum / The Color of Ink, 2022
Following the success of the series last year, Tel Aviv Museum of Art is once again presenting Cultural Fridays!
Almost every Friday, the finest films about art and culture will be screened, preceded by a short lecture by one of the Museum’s curators. This collaboration between the Museum, the EPOS International Festival of Art and Culture Films, the Third Ear, and the Docaviv Festival allows film aficionados to enjoy captivating and thought-provoking films from around the world, as well as a visit to exhibitions of master artists from Israel and abroad.
* Admission to the film includes a visit to the exhibitions at the Museum, subject to its opening hours
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The Color of Ink, 2022 | Dir. Brian D. Johnson, Canada, 105 mins., English, Japanese and Spanish, Hebrew & English subtitles
Introduction: Anat Danon Sivan, Curator and Head of Prints and Drawings
The quest for raw materials takes Jason Logan around the globe, from lush forests charred by California wildfires to stark marble quarries in Italy. He gathers tree bark, rust dust, strawberries, rocks, flowers, and herbs, and harvests pigments from them to make fine ink used for traditional calligraphy in Japan and caricatures in New York. Logan is a master ink-maker who prefers to work with natural ingredients, and his fastidious high-end clients see him as something of an alchemist. He draws his inspiration from ancient history, when pigments were extracted from insects, snails, and even blood—and when his ink comes alive on paper, these deep memories rise to the surface. The film follows his work and the world’s fascinating ink-making traditions.
Film courtesy of docaviv.
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More films on Museum-Cinema:
1/11/24, 11:30 — Ada: My Mother the Architect, 2024 >
22/11/24, 11:30 — DEPOT—Reflecting Boijmans, 2023 >
6/12/24, 11:30 — Jeff Koons: A Private Portrait, 2023 >
20/12/24, 11:30 — Sagrada: The Mystery of Creation, 2012 >
3/1/25, 11:30 — And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine, 2023 >
17/1/25, 11:30 — Titian: The Empire of Color, 2022 >
7/2/25, 11:30 — Pearls on the Ocean Floor, 2010 >
21/2/25, 11:30 — Hong Kong Mixtape, 2023 >
21/3/25, 11:30 — Faces, Places, 2017 >
4/4/25, 11:30 — Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV, 2023 >
25/4/25, 11:30 — McQueen, 2018 >
9/5/25, 11:30 — The Museum and the Billionaire, 2017 >
23/5/25, 11:30 — The Salt of the Earth, 2014 >
6/6/25, 11:30 — Anselm, 2024 >