Museum-Cinema: The Impressionists / Mary Cassatt: Painting the Modern Woman, 2023
Film series in collaboration with the Jerusalem Cinematheque
Mondays at 18:30, 21:00
To mark the exhibition To Catch a Fleeting Moment: 150 Years of Impressionism, we are pleased to present a series of select films that take the viewers on fascinating journeys into the lives of the greatest artists and their work.
Admission includes a visit to the exhibition and a movie.
* Please note that on Mondays the museum is open for this activity only, and there is no admission to other museum exhibitions.
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Mary Cassatt: Painting the Modern Woman, 2023 | Directed by Ali Ray, UK, 93 mins, English, Hebrew subtitles
Mary Cassatt made a career painting the lives of the women around her. Her radical images showed them as intellectual, curious, and engaging—which was a major shift in how women were depicted in art. Presenting her astonishing prints, pastels, and paintings, this film introduces us to this often-overlooked Impressionist.
Cassatt’s career was as full of contradiction as the women she painted. She printed, sketched, and painted dozens of images of mothers and children, yet she never married or had children herself. She was a classically trained artist but chose to join a group of Parisian radicals—the Impressionists. The world’s most eminent Cassatt curators and scholars present a riveting tale of great social and cultural change; a time when women were fighting for their rights, and the language of art was completely re-written. Mary Cassatt and her modern women were at the heart of it all.
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The number of participants is limited | Advance reservations are required for all participants.
The film takes place near a secure space.
Visitors can visit the exhibition To Capture a Fleeting Moment: 150 Years of Impressionism before the screening starting from 17:00 until 21:00.
This film series is presented in collaboration with the Jerusalem Cinematheque. It includes a selection from the unique series Exhibition on Screen, which presents some of the most influential and fascinating exhibitions held around the world. Through cinematic exploration of the corridors of museums and insights from the world’s leading historians, curators, and art critics, the films take the viewer on fascinating journeys into portrayals of the greatest artists and their work.
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More films on Museum-Cinema:
14/10 — Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse, 2016 >
28/10 — Pissarro: Father Of Impressionism, 2022 >
4/11 — The Danish Collector: Delacroix to Gauguin, 2021 >