| Tel Aviv Museum of Art doubles size with $55 million addition by Preston Scott Cohen |
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TEL AVIV (AP).- Israel's main modern art museum is unveiling a striking new wing Wednesday that provides a permanent home for hundreds of works by Israeli artists, a space lacking until now. The $55 million addition, which doubles the Tel Aviv Museum of Art's previous space, will present dozens of rotating exhibits every year but still will not suffice to permanently showcase one of the world's largest collections of Israeli art, mostly held in storage. "Today Israeli artists are known around the world... They have exposure and a reputation around the world. Therefore Israeli art needs to be presented properly here as well," said Shuli Kislev, the museum's acting director. "They now have a home." Fresh, airy and modern, the wing is set in a five-floor, 195,000-square-foot (18,500-square-meter) triangular structure with a concrete exterior. The centerpiece is an 87-foot-tall (27-meter-tall) atrium, where the walls of the 10 new galleries subtly bend and groove, creating a spiral read full article
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