Curating Contemporary Art at a University Museum: Art + Science Collaborations
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Please join us on March 20th at 6pm for the 2025 Stern Lecture by Tamar Mayer:

Curating Contemporary Art at a University Museum: Art + Science Collaborations

Abstract:
Throughout the last five years, the Tel Aviv University Art Gallery has developed an innovative platform for artistic-scientific collaborations. Located at the heart of the largest university in Israel, the gallery’s exhibitions combine the strengths of scholarly investigation with those of artistic exploration. Its interdisciplinary projects focus on pertinent topics that address challenges of contemporary life: botanical sustainability during an ecological crisis (Plan(e)t, 2020-22); perception and cognition under the threat of a post-truth era (In the Mind’s Eye, 2023), and pro-social behavior in a polarized society (Re: Empathy, 2024). Winning second place in the UMAC (ICOM) Award for Excellence in University Museums (2021; 2023), these exhibitions feature site-specific installations created through ongoing dialogue with researchers to offer original points of view, accompanied by a robust public outreach program that includes live performances, lectures, workshops, seminars, tours, film screenings, musical events, and more.

Bio:
Dr. Tamar Mayer is an art historian and curator, a specialist of nineteenth century French art, and researcher of museum history and practice. Tamar is the head curator of the Genia Schreiber Art Gallery at Tel Aviv University, where she established an innovative interdisciplinary platform that brings the sciences and arts together. She gained her PhD from the University of Chicago (2017) in the department of Art History and in the Committee on Social Thought, and her museum experience includes internships and fellowships in, among others, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Two of her exhibitions at TAU won 2nd place at the UMAC (ICOM) international award for excellence and innovation in university museums. Tamar is currently a member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (2024-25) where she pursues research on the drawings and exchanges of Israeli art historian, Moshe Barasch.