Dr.
Amitai Mendelsohn is the Curator of Israeli Art in the Israel Museum,
Jerusalem.
He
holds an M.A. in Art History from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and finished his Doctorate in Israeli Art in the Ben-Gurion University of the
Negev. His PhD. Thesis focused on the figure of Jesus in Jewish and Israeli
Art.
Mendelsohn has curated many shows in the Israel Museum, among them:
“Table
for Two: Avraham Ofek and Micha Ullman” (1999), “Michael Sgan-Cohen: A
Retrospective” (2004), “Prophets and Visionaries: Reuven Rubin’s Early Years,
1914-23” (2006), “Michal Helfman: Just Be Good To Me” (2007), and “Real Time:
Art In Israel, 1998 – 2008” (2008) (Co- curated with Efrat Natan).
