The Tel Aviv Museum of Art is set to reopen on Thursday, after being closed since the beginning of the war with Iran last month.
To mark this moment, the museum invites the public to an “Art Weekend,” offering complimentary admission to all its spaces and activities.
The reopening coincides with the start of the summer vacation, providing a rich array of free experiences for all ages.
Creative workshops, a new family-friendly exhibition, and guided tours and talks with artists and curators will bring fresh life to the museum’s diverse exhibitions and collections. Additionally, a Book Week event will be held in the Sculpture Garden.
The reopening weekend features a varied public program.
On Thursday, highlights include a meeting with chief curator Mira Lapidot at Ruth Patir’s Motherland exhibition, a guided tour of Bella Brisel: Waters from Waters, and a special launch event for poet Yonatan Berg’s Fabric Poems (Tharst Publishing), inspired by the permanent exhibition Material Imagination: Israeli Art from the Museum’s Collection.
Friday will see the opening of Once, the Sky Was the Sea at the Experiential Center for the Family.
Saturday’s schedule includes creative activities for children throughout the day, culminating in the Book Week event in the Sculpture Garden, where art books will be sold at discounted prices, and books and catalogs from the museum’s library and shops will be given away.
A range of exhibitions are returning to display
Visitors can explore a range of exhibitions returning to display. These include the museum’s core collection of modern European masterpieces, alongside notable temporary shows.
Among them are Hannan Abu-Hussein’s Broken Borders, which examines the layered identities of women in Arab society; landscape architect Yael Moria’s The Garden, an immersive space of hills, trees, shrubs, and flowers; and Maria Saleh Mahameed’s Peace of Mind, which conveys a spiritual search for tranquility and reconciliation amid existential challenges.
Also featured is Mohammed Abu Salameh’s monumental Waterfall installation, crafted from thousands of meters of metal chains – a visual element reminiscent of military dog tags, now linked to the families of the hostages. Photographer Ronen Zien’s Walking Into explores the connection between photography, memory, and walking.
Tania Coen-Uzzielli, CEO of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, described the reopening as part of a healing process. She emphasized the need to “allow time and space to heal from all we’ve been through” and to “plan and offer activities that respond to the public’s needs in this challenging period.”
Special operating hours for the reopening are Thursday, July 3, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday, July 4, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; and Saturday, July 5, from 10 a.m. to 4p.m.
A detailed activity program is available on the museum’s website: tamuseum.org.il/en/