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Anna Ticho. Mordecai Ardon. Yosl Bergner. Marcel Janco. Menashe Kadishman. Reuven Rubin. Ivan Schwebel. Shalom of Safed. David Gerstein. This exhibition features ten works by some of the best-known and most influential artists living and working in Israel throughout the twentieth century. Recently gifted to the Skirball Museum by Nancy Berman and Alan Bloch, many of the works were purchased directly from the artists or from distinguished early Israeli galleries by Nancy Berman’s parents, Philip and Muriel Berman.
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EXHIBITION OPENING
Thursday, September 19, 2019 from 5:30–8 pm
Mayerson Hall, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
3101 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH
5:30 Reception in Mayerson Hall
6:15 Remarks and light Israeli music provided by Jewish Folk Duo, Irina & Jude. Be sure to catch them again at ish, Cincinnati’s Jewish and Israeli arts and cultural festival on September 22 in Washington Park. Learn more at ishFestival.com.
Reservations recommended.
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PUBLIC PROGRAMS
TAKE TEN! A CLOSE LOOK AT MODERN ISRAELI ART
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at 7 pm in Mayerson Hall
Join Skirball Museum director Abby Schwartz for an informative slide presentation. Learn about the artists represented in the exhibition and their important contributions to the development of modern art in Israel. Collector Nancy Berman will join us via SKYPE to talk about the formation of her personal collection of Israeli art and to answer questions from the audience. Berman was the curator of the HUC Skirball Museum in Los Angeles from 1972 to 1995 and served as director of the Museum of the Skirball Cultural Center from 1996 to 2002. An exhibition walk and talk is included.
Reservations recommended.
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LUNCH AND LEARN
Tuesday, November 19, 2019 from 12–2 pm in Mayerson Hall
Join Skirball Museum director Abby Schwartz for an informative slide presentation over a casual lunch. Learn about the artists represented in the exhibition and their important contributions to the development of modern art in Israel. An exhibition walk and talk is included.
Reservations required.
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CLOSING DAY OF THE EXHIBITION
Sunday, January 5, 2020 from 1–5 pm in Mayerson Hall
Enjoy this last opportunity to self-tour Modern Israeli Art: Recent Gifts from Nancy Berman and Alan Bloch.
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Programs are free and open to the public
SKIRBALL MUSEUM
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 11 am–4 pm
 Sunday 1–5 pm
GROUP TOURS
jashton@huc.edu or 513.487.3098
Free museum admission made possible by
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