Hai, an exhibition of work by graduates of the Tel-Hai Institute of Arts, is now on view at MUZA, the Eretz Israel Museum, as a standalone show. It was first presented at the Tel Aviv Biennale of Arts and Design: Works and Days 2026.
The exhibition covers three fields: art, ceramics and jewelry. It sums up years of study during which the graduates developed their own artistic language.
The work was made against the backdrop of life in northern Israel, with ongoing threats, reserve duty, evacuation and uncertainty. It deals with childhood memories, family ties and questions of identity, loss, loneliness and belonging.
The biennale takes its name from Hesiod’s poem Works and Days, which sees labor as a way of living and surviving in the world, not just physical effort. The exhibition links that idea to the graduates’ practice of continuing to make art even as life around them is disrupted.
More information is available on the Eretz Israel Museum website.
