Jerusalem Biennale
Program: Jewish
Area of Work: Arts
Grant Purpose: Jerusalem Biennale
Overview
Founded in 2013, the Jerusalem Biennale is dedicated to exploring the places in which contemporary art and the Jewish world of content meet. It is a stage for professional artists, who create today and refer in their work to Jewish thought, spirit, tradition or experience, to exhibit their work in Jerusalem.
Grant
Purpose: To support the 5th edition of the Jerusalem Biennale, titled Four Cubits.
Every two years, a growing community of artists, art lovers, collectors, writers, researchers, and social activists gather in Jerusalem to celebrate a variety if exhibitions, projects, site specific installations, and events that brings a Jerusalem perspective to the contemporary art world.
Impact
The 2021 Biennale hosted works by 342 artists in 37 exhibitions and projects that were distributed in 30 locations across Jerusalem. During the seven weeks of the Biennale, 65 events took place in public and private spaces including performances, live music, dance and theater, discussion panels, gallery talks, poetry readings, and workshops. More than a dozen partner institutions hosted exhibits and events.
Index photo YMCA Pool Event with Video installation: Marina Abramovic̀.
Banner photo by Andi Lavine Arnovitz.