Ido Bruno

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Ido Bruno (born 1963) is an Israeli designer, professor of design at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design and former Director of the Israel Museum.

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Bruno was born in Jerusalem in 1963 to Ofra and Michael Bruno. [1] [2] Bruno studied industrial design at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem. He joined the teaching staff at Bezalel in 1993, and received a full professorship in 2014.

He is one of Israeli's most prominent designers and has overseen a larger number of important museum exhibitions, including Herod the Great: The King’s Final Journey at the Israel Museum in 2013. [1] His works and exhibitions have been displayed in Israel and around the world, including MoMA, New York; the Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts, Lausanne; the Design Museum in London; the Tel Aviv Museum of Art; the Israel Academy of Science and Humanities, Jerusalem, and many more. [1]

Bruno was appointed Director of the Israel Museum in November 2017. [3] [4] It was announced that he would be stepping down in 2021. [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Wecker, Menachem (2018-08-27). "'I'm an Experiment': Why the Israel Museum Hired Ido Bruno, a Tech-Savvy Designer With No Institutional Experience, to Be Its New Director". Artnet News. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  2. ↑ Passell, Peter (1996-12-31). "Michael Bruno, 64, Economist And Israel's Banking Chief". The New York Times . ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  3. ↑ "Professor Ido Bruno's address as he takes up his role as Director of the Israel Museum". www.imj.org.il. 2017-11-30. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  4. ↑ "Ido Bruno Named Director of Israel Museum – ARTnews.com". www.artnews.com. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  5. ↑ "Another director steps down from Israel Museum". The Jerusalem Post, jpost.com. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
  6. ↑ Steinberg, Jessica. "Israel Museum director steps down after four years". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
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