The exhibition marks thirty years of diplomatic relations between Israel and Spain. The exhibition features ten oil paintings – including The Parasol, Flight of Witches, and The Straw Manikin – from the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, on view for the first time in Israel. Five of the works were made as preparatory paintings for a series of tapestries that adorned the palace … [Read more...] about Francisco Goya: Daydreams and Nightmares, Temporary Exhibition, till April 18, 2017, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
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A Mummy in Jerusalem: Secrets of the Afterlife, Temporary Exhibition, till April 2017, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
The focus of this exhibition is a 2,200-year-old Egyptian mummy displayed in its original coffin, alongside objects from various tombs typically used in Egyptian funerary rites until the rise of Christianity in Egypt in the fourth century CE. The mummy, the only one in Israel, was given to the Jerusalem Pontifical Biblical Institute in around 1930 in honor of its inauguration … [Read more...] about A Mummy in Jerusalem: Secrets of the Afterlife, Temporary Exhibition, till April 2017, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem