New Acquisitions: Works Exhibited at the Biennale of Crafts & Design

Some 60 artists whose works were exhibited at the Biennale of Crafts & Design held at the museum in 2020 and 2023 generously contributed their works to the collection of MUZA, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv. Among the donating artists are  Farid Abu Shakra, Avner Sher, Yael Atzmoni, Anat Negev and Esti Drori, Noa Ben-Nun Melamed, and more.

Building and expanding MUZA’s contemporary craft and design collection strongly resonate with the museum’s commitment to supporting, nurturing, and championing these creative arenas in Israel. Alongside exhibitions highlighting contemporary creativity, the continual growth and enhancement of the collection through the inclusion of new works promotes its ongoing development, as well as the representation of a wide range of voices, approaches and forms of artistic expression.

Ranging from intricately handcrafted pieces to works embracing cutting-edge technologies, the gifts donated by Biennale participants include sculptural objects, functional forms, design items, and site-specific installations. The artists themselves come from various backgrounds, and are at different stages of their careers. Prominent among them are Farid Abu Shakra, Yael Atzmony, Tal Batit, Ester Beck, Noa Ben-Nun Melamed, Sophie Berzon Mackie, Dylan Brams, Noam Dover and Michal Cederbaum, Naama Steinbock and Idan Friedman (Reddish), Ravit Lazer, Eran Lederman, Luka Or, Galit and Nadav Rauchwerger, Avner Sher, among many others (please see the complete list here).

Mr. Ami Katz, MUZA’s CEO: “We extend our heartfelt thanks to all the contributing artists. These gifts support and further motivate our ongoing effort to document, preserve and curate the development of these dynamic fields in Israel, and to promote a related discourse around them. MUZA’s collection is one of the largest in Israel, and these generous donations enrich it considerably by adding new layers to it.”

The Donating Artists

Farid Abu Shakra / Naama Agassi / Shir Atar / Yael Atzmony / Avital Avital / Ronit Baranga / Tal Batit / Ester Beck / Noa Ben-Nun Melamed / Sofie Berzon MacKie / Dylan Brams / Olya Brener / Uriel H. Caspi / Michal Cederbaum / Dania Chelminsky / Shaked Cohen Ilan / Noam Dover / Esti Drori / Galit Einav / Orly Eleanora Edlavitch / Ann Ruth Facktorovich / Noa Fein / Katya Izabel Filmus / Idan Friedman (REDDISH studio) / Michal Gamlieli / Ganit Goldstein / Hani Khatib / Eden Hevroni / Evgenia Kirstein / Ravit Lazer / Ariel Lavian / Eran Lederman / Apollo Legisamo / Shiran Magrisso / Dvora Morag / Dikla Moskovich / Fugi Naim / Anat Negev / Luka Or / Alina Orlov / Michaela Mika Orstav / Rubin Pantofaru / Galit Rauchwerger / Nadav Rauchwerger / Dafi Reis Doron / Eden Saadon Malin / Michal Shachnai Yakobi / Avner Sher / Koby Sibony / Avner Singer / Naama Steinbock (REDDISH studio) / Rachel Stollar / Ayala Tzur / Meira Una / Lior Vagima / Yasmin Vinograd / Ronen Yamin /  Ofir Zmudjak / Liora Zonshine / Noam Zonshine / Dr. Amit Zoran

Dark Ages of Our Own, 2023, Evgenia Kirshtein
Grey clay; hand built, hand painted
Photo: Elad Sarig