Ruth Direktor is the Curator of Contemporary art in Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
She curated many exhibitions; most of them group exhibitions, aiming to focus on contemporary phenomenon and in the last few years – concentrating onvideo and performance.
She started her career as an art critic, writing regularly (from 1984 till 2008) in the most prominent newspapers and weekly magazines in Israel. Her articles and reviews were published in many publications.
Since the early 1990s she worked as an independent curator; in 2011-2014 she was the Chief Curator of Haifa Museum of Art. Throughout the years she has been teaching in art academies, focusing on different issues of contemporary art, both Israeli and International.