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Tower of David Museum opens exhibit exploring gold in art
The Tower of David Museum in Jerusalem has opened “GOLD”, an exhibit about the color and material and what they can represent.
It brings together work by 16 Israeli artists, from established creators to younger artists.
The exhibit also includes artifacts dating back 2,000 years, including ancient jewelry and coins.
The works use gold in different ways, including paint, gold leaf, powder and textiles.
For some artists, gold suggests holiness and spirituality, while others use it to represent power.
Museum director Eilat Lieber said the exhibit seeks light amid darkness, against a backdrop of crises including war.
The exhibit remains on view through March 2027 at the museum.
The Tower of David Museum in Jerusalem has opened “GOLD,” an exhibition exploring gold’s meanings in art.
The exhibition brings together works by 16 Israeli artists, ranging from pieces about 2,000 years old to contemporary works.
It is on display in the museum’s new entrance gallery through March 2027.
The works use gold in paint, gold leaf, gold powder and textiles, and explore themes including spirituality, power, light and darkness.
The exhibition also includes ancient jewelry and coins from the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods.
- Who
- The Tower of David Museum is presenting the exhibition, which features 16 Israeli artists.
- What
- GOLD” explores gold in art through works spanning ancient and contemporary periods.
- When
- It was reported on November 9, 2026, and will be on display through March 2027.
- Where
- The Tower of David Museum’s new entrance gallery in Jerusalem.
- Why
- The exhibition explores the different meanings of gold and how artists use it to seek light within darkness.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
A gold hoard was discovered during an archaeological excavation at the Tower of David.
Moshe Gershuni painted “Here is the Boy” the day after the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin.
The Times of Israel reported that the “GOLD” exhibition was on display at the Tower of David Museum.
The exhibition is scheduled to remain on display through this month.
- Artists
- 16 Israeli artists
- Venue
- Tower of David Museum, Jerusalem
- Display period
- Through March 2027
- Ancient works
- Pieces dating back about 2,000 years
- Museum director
- Eilat Lieber
What people are saying
That’s the point of this exhibit; the works in this exhibition search for light within darkness, and it is in the tension between shadow and beauty that they lift us from the everyday toward the sublime.
It’s such a complicated time when we’ve experienced so many crises: pandemic and judicial reform and war, and people look for light.