Ruth Direktor

Ruth Direktor is the Curator of Contemporary art at Tel Aviv Museum of Art, since 2014. A major part of her curatorial practice is based on video art and performance.

In the early 1990s, she began working as an independent curator, and from 2005 was the curator of several institutions, including, in the years 2011-2014, the Chief Curator of Haifa Museum of Art. From 1984 till 2008 she wrote regularly, as an art critic, in some of the most prominent newspapers and weekly magazines in Israel. Her articles and reviews about contemporary art, Israeli and international, were published in many catalogues and other publications.
Over the years she has taught at various art academies, her courses focus on various issues of contemporary art, both Israeli and International.

Last updated, November 13th, 2022