Art at Mishkenot Sha'ananim

At one of the seminars at Mishkenot Sha'ananim, author David Grossman remarked that during his stay here for the purpose of writing, he requested that the curtains be drawn and all the openings closed so that the view would not distract him and prevent him from concentrating on his creative work. It is indeed difficult to ignore the beauty of Mishkenot Sha’ananim or to compete with it or with the rich collection of works of art that adorn the walls of the residence. The photographic works of Israeli artists included in the Mishkenot collection are displayed in the interior public spaces and guest rooms of Mishkenot Sha'ananim and emphasize the tension between the old and the new—contemporary art versus the immortal landscape of the city’s walls—which is also the story of Jerusalem.

Artists in Mishkenot

Galia Gur Zeev

Born in 1954 in Israel.

Galia Gur Zeev is a graduate of the Department of Photography at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. In 2002, she won the Tel Aviv Museum of Art’s Leon Constantiner Award for an Israeli Artist.

Gur Zeev photographs her immediate family and constructs family events using her photographs. In the series Table and Seder, she examines the concept of the shared meal and sitting together around a table.

Galia Gur Zeev