Museum-Cinema: Cinematic Fridays at the Museum / Pearls on the Ocean Floor, 2010

Following the success of the series last year, Tel Aviv Museum of Art is once again presenting Cultural Fridays!

Almost every Friday, the finest films about art and culture will be screened, preceded by a short lecture by one of the Museum’s curators. This collaboration between the Museum, the EPOS International Festival of Art and Culture Films, the Third Ear, and the Docaviv Festival allows film aficionados to enjoy captivating and thought-provoking films from around the world, as well as a visit to exhibitions of master artists from Israel and abroad.

* Admission to the film includes a visit to the exhibitions at the Museum, subject to its opening hours

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Pearls on the Ocean Floor, 2010 | Dir. Robert Adanto, USA, 77 min., English, Persian, German; Hebrew subtitles
Introduction: Noa Rosenberg, Curator of Modern Art

This thought-provoking, feature-length documentary examines the lives and works of Iranian female artists living and working in or outside the Islamic Republic. Featuring interviews with numerous art luminaries, it captures the uncertainty of a momentous period of Iranian history. Speaking with grace and honesty, these brave women express what is seldom seen in the Western media—namely, unique individual perspectives of issues of identity, gender, and the role played by art in challenging the traditional stereotypes often associated with women in Iran.

In collaboration with the EPOS Festival.