Eva Madjiboj-Levy has resigned as normal supervisor of the Israel Museum, stepping down lower than a yr and a half into the function. Her departure, introduced by the museum’s board of administrators and reported by Israeli newspaper Haaretz Wednesday, marks the fourth high-profile exit from the establishment’s management up to now decade.
In an announcement, the board thanked Madjiboj-Levy “for her contribution throughout one of the difficult intervals the museum has recognized because it opened to the general public 60 years in the past.” No cause was supplied for her departure.
Madjiboj-Levy’s exit follows the departure of the museum’s earlier director, Denis Weil, who resigned final yr after simply 18 months within the place. The present performing director of the museum is curator Suzanne Landau, who was beforehand the director of the Tel Aviv Museum of Artwork.
Weil, a design professional and former dean on the Illinois Institute of Expertise’s Institute of Design, had changed Ido Bruno, who had guided the museum by way of the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier than Bruno, James Snyder led the establishment for twenty years, securing vital monetary help at a time when the Jerusalem-based establishment was attempting to raisie its worldwide profile.
Madjiboj-Levy’s resignation comes amid heightened scrutiny on Israel’s cultural establishments in response to the Israel-Hamas Conflict.
Final July, Haaretz reported that, below Landau’s path, works on mortgage from the Israel Museum wouldn’t be labeled as such in overseas establishments. Then, in October, Literary Hub printed a letter signed by over 2,700 writers—together with Sally Rooney, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Viet Thanh Nguyen—calling for a boycott of Israeli cultural organizations, together with publishers, literary brokers, and festivals. In response, a counter-letter signed by different outstanding figures opposed the boycott, emphasizing the significance of cultural change.
