The Spiritual in Art

6 Aug 2019 — 2 Feb 2020 at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art in Tel Aviv, Israel

7 January 2020

The Spiritual in Art. Courtesy of Tel Aviv Museum of Art

The exhibition turns a gaze at art that reflects a spiritual dimension of existence. Wassily Kandinsky’s 1912 essay Concerning the Spiritual in Art sets a historical anchor to contemporary art that touches upon the mystical, the cosmic and the esoteric.

The works of the spiritualist artists Hilma af Klint (1862‒1944) and Emma Kunz (1892‒1963), who believed they channeled a higher consciousness in their art, are featured alongside 21st-century artists. Participating artists: Marina Abramović, Hilma af Klint, Friedrich Kunath & Adam Rabinowitz, Emma Kunz, Muntean/ Rosenblum, Maxime Rossi.

Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Tel Aviv Museum of Art is a municipal museum, one of Israel's leading artistic and cultural institutions. The museum comprises various departments: The Department of Israeli Art, which holds a comprehensive collection of local art from the beginning of the 20th century to the present; the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art, which encompasses international works from the mid-19th century to the present; the Department of Prints and Drawings; the Department of Photography; the Department of Architecture and Design; and the Old Masters Department, with art from the 16th to the 19th century.

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Location

Tel Aviv, Israel

Founded in

1932