and yet: looking at contemporary art 1985-2025
The exhibition, and yet: looking at contemporary art 198-2025, invites visitors on a journey between darkness and light through a compelling selection of contemporary works spanning photography, painting, sculpture, video, and installation. Leading international artists—including Gerhard Richter, Wolfgang Tillmans, Ugo Rondinone, and Cecily Brown—are presented alongside emerging talents, reflecting the ebb and flow of extreme experiences and the search for balance.
Drawing primarily from TAMA's international contemporary art collection, the exhibition features new gifts that have not yet been displayed, supplemented by a small number of works on loan. The selected works, some by renowned artists and others offering a fresh perspective on lesser-known figures, span four decades. Together, they delve into the tension between crisis and potential, encouraging reflection on the elusive image of a yearned-for future.
As we navigate the changes taking place around us, the exhibition focuses on the quality of being human—on human vulnerability and endurance. At present, the museum looks inward, regarding its collection not only as a repository of outstanding works, but as a mirror reflecting its evolving character.
The featured artists include Alberto Abate, Frank Auerbach, Maria Berrio, Yan Bolotov, Cecily Brown, Peter Doig, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Tim Gardner, Lenz Geerk, Louise Giovanelli, Kevin Francis Gray, Shilpa Gupta, Anne Hardy, Alex Israel, Gabriel Klasmer, Friedrich Kunath, Djordje Ozbolt, Ged Quinn, Patrick Raynaud, Gerhard Richter, Ugo Rondinone, Thomas Ruff, Hanna Sahar, Wolfgang Tillmans, Bill Viola, and others.
Tim Gardner, Untitled (dawn smog), 2006
Watercolor on paper
Gift of Adrienne and Peter Biberstein, New York and Tel Aviv through the Tel Aviv Museum's American Friends, 2017
© Tim Gardner. Courtesy 303 Gallery, New York. Photo: Margarita Perlin, Tel Aviv Museum of Art