Tel Aviv Attractions

Venue: Tel Aviv Museum of Art    When: Daily; not Sun

The Tel Aviv Museum of Art is Israel's largest museum devoted to Israeli and Jewish fine arts. It also houses paintings by other famous artists including Renoir, Monet, Van Gogh, Matisse and Picasso.

The Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art was founded at the beginning of the 1930s, prior to the official opening of the museum in 1932. It grew rapidly from the outset thanks to the addition of entire collections and individual works donated by collectors from around the world.

The current collection focuses on the major trends of Modernism, from Impressionism and Post-Impressionism through the main avant-garde streams of the early 20th century, the School of Paris and the New York School, up to the 1960s, complemented by a growing collection of contemporary art.

The museum also hosts temporary exhibitions and exciting cultural programmes of classical and jazz music, performance arts, lecture series, special events, children's programmes, dance and cinema.